[nabs-l] A Follow Up To My Post From Last Night About The Thumb Drive Fund Raiser

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello David,

Please forgive me for making you feel as though I was minimizing your concern regarding the thumb drive. This was not the intent of my message. However, if you had access to the information on the thumb drive, it is possible you might agree with me that the intensity of your complaint is simply not warranted for this situation.

I chose to purchase a thumb drive at national convention not because of the content that was on the thumb drive but because I was interested in supporting the work of the National Association of Blind Students. I find it rather disheartening to see that others are more concerned about what they personally gain from making a financial contribution to NABS rather than gaining a sense of satisfaction of making a small contribution that will empower more students to live the lives they want through the positive philosophy of the National Federation of the Blind.

I understand the system put in place to distribute the thumb drives to those who were not at national convention may have not been the best. However, I commend the NABS board for doing their best to make the thumb drives available to those who were not at national convention. I honestly cannot recall the last time the NABS board responded so quickly to the requests of general members voiced here on the NABS email list. So even though the system that was created may not have been the best, I was rather impressed that action was taken to include those who were not at national convention gain access to the information on the thumb drives.

I have learned through my own personal experience that criticisms of the NABS board are generally not taken well when they are voiced publically here on the NABS email list. Therefore, I would encourage you to contact members of the NABS board personally to share your concerns and possible solutions to these concerns. I have noticed that members of the NABS board are more inclined to respond to personal emails that contain a possible solution rather than criticism voiced publically on the NABS email list.

If you do not receive a response via email from a specific NABS board member, try contacting other members of the NABS board until you receive a response. And if communicating via email does not work, try using other forms of communication such as a phone call or a text message. I have found the current NABS board to be more receptive and responsive than the past NABS board, and I believe if you contact them with a positive solution to a problem that at least one of the members of the NABS board would respond to you. I really like your suggestion, and the fact that you are willing to use your expertise in this area to help set up your suggestion. It sounds like a really good idea, and I hope members of the NABS board takes you up on your offer to help set it up.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth





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From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Dunphy via NABS-L
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 12:04 PM
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Cc: David Dunphy <discoduck221 at gmail.com>
Subject: [nabs-l] A Follow Up To My Post From Last Night About The Thumb Drive Fund Raiser

Hi There!
After reading some feedback received here and privately, I wanted to throw some things out there and make a suggestion based on ideas given to me off list and my own thinking.
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1. Thank you Elizabeth for your thoughts. You're right. Anyone can get a thumb drive. And anyone can find this information. But I felt like you were minimizing my concern, like you were suggesting I let it go cause it's just a fund raiser. I want to support an organization that I believe does good for people. But if something is guaranteed, I think that needs to be honored too.
2. After hearing some comments from membership, and I'd be willing to help with this, why not make these available as a digital download for a second method of delivery? As long as the payments get received, a link is delivered. There's a shopping cart system of sorts that can be set up to deliver this content upon receipt of payment in zip file format to be extracted. I also have a way to make it an installer of sorts so the student can save the files where he or she wishes. These links can be hand sent via email. But there are ways to provide a downloadable option providing payment is made.
If anyone on the board or otherwise would like to talk to me about these ideas of how this could be implemented, please feel free to get in touch via email.
Thanks for everything.
>From David Dunphy

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