[NABS-L] New NABS Group!

[Amy Sabo]

hello chris and all,

as to having a another group for nabs on facebook is a good idea imo..
in all means of social media fb has many groups and pages for all
kinds of organizations, business, and companies. it's just a another
way for pr work and, also for networking and socializing in the
internet community!  we all need many kinds of ways to interact with
each other and, also to educate the public and society on blindness
and the nfb!  it's just good business imo...


just my 3 cents worth in the pr perspective:)



hugs,
amy

On 4/22/18, Chris Nusbaum via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> It sounds to me like this group is meant to be more of an unofficial open
> forum for the exchange of ideas and information among NABS members. These
> kinds of pages and groups are common in social media, most notably in the
> form of the unofficial "fan pages" or Twitter accounts which fans of
> musicians and other celebrities have created over the years. In our own
> community, someone created a Facebook group about a year ago for NFB members
> and supporters, which I believe was called "NFB Fans." As far as I know the
> group was never officially endorsed by our national office, but there are
> quite a few members in it, though traffic has decreased in recent months. Of
> course official announcements from NABS would need to be sent through NABS's
> official communication portals, but I don't see anything wrong with another
> resource being out there for our members, even if it's not endorsed by the
> organization officially.
>
> My two cents,
>
> Chris Nusbaum
>
>> On Apr 22, 2018, at 6:26 PM, Veronica R Gaspa via NABS-L
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> While I understand where Chelsea is coming from, I have never seen a
>> policy that says we need approval to create social media groups, and
>> Facebook is an open forum. I was just taking initiative, and if people
>> want to join both groups, there is no reason they cant. Furthermore, this
>> was not created to conflict with the other group, this is simply a
>> different style of group. No matter what social media approach we choose
>> to take, we are all in it for the same reason, to build the National
>> Federation of the Blind and the blindness community!
>> Best,
>> Vee Gaspa
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chelsea peahl <chelsea.peahl at hotmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:05 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Veronica R Gaspa <veronica.gaspa at student.shu.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [NABS-L] New NABS Group!
>>
>> Hello all,
>> Shouldn’t this be done with NFB and NABS approval? For example, the group
>> created has approval.
>>
>> Chelsea Peahl
>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Veronica R Gaspa via NABS-L
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good evening Nabsters!
>>> I have just created a new NABS group on Facebook. The differences between
>>> this group and the one that was made a few weeks ago are:
>>> Every person does not have to be approved to join the group, whether you
>>> want to be super active in NABS, or just check out resources you can join
>>> the group.
>>> Secondly, your post does not have to await moderator approval. If you
>>> have technology problems at midnight you can post, and it will be live
>>> right away. In the other group a moderator may not see it until a day
>>> later, and it may be too late.
>>> This group will be updated frequently with NABS information and updates.
>>> To join the group search on Facebook for: NABS: a resource for blind
>>> students.
>>> Or use the following link:
>>> https://m.facebook.com/groups/4405289230479922
>>> I hope this group renders helpful to many of you!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Vee Gaspa
>>>
>>>
>>> Vee Gaspa
>>> President, New Jersey Association of Blind Students Brother, Alpha Phi
>>> Omega Writer, the Setonian
>>> Phone: 434-989-1868
>>> Email:
>>> veronica.gaspa at student.shu.edu<mailto:veronica.gaspa at student.shu.edu>
>>> Remember, you can live the life you want!
>>>
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