[NABS-L] announcing my perminant appointment to the presidency of The Ohio Association of blind students.

[Sandra Gayer]

Congratulations, truely well deserved!

Very warm wishes,
Sandra.

On 9/2/23, candice Attrill-Miller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Just wanted to say congratulations! You've got this!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L <nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Shane Popplestone via
> NABS-L
> Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2023 4:52 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>; National
> Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; Ohio
> Association of Blind Students list <oabs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Shane Popplestone <spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NABS-L] announcing my perminant appointment to the presidency of
> The Ohio Association of blind students.
>
> Good morning fellow federationists,
> This message is to let you all know that after careful deliberation and
> discussion between myself and Emily Kiehl it has been determined that due
> to
> a number of changes in her personal life she cannot carry on as President
> of
> The Ohio association of Blind Students for the remainder of her elected
> term.
> During our business meeting conducted on September 1, 2023, Emily
> officially
> tendered her resignation as president and nominated me to fill that
> position
> for the remainder of the 2023-2024 year.
> Our constitution does permit us to have simply made the change as at the
> last election I was elected the OABS Vice President, , but for transparency
> we held a vote by all members present to officially appoint me as president
> of OABS for the remainder of the term.
> This motion passed and effective immediately I will be serving as your OABS
> president for the remainder of the term.
> I am humbled and honored that Emily and the entire devision feel I'm up to
> the task of carrying the devision forward, but I've got rather large shoes
> to fill with Emily's departure, but with the support of the rest of my
> board, the devision, and every single person at a state and national level,
> I hope to do the devision, NFB Ohio, and the NFB as a whole, proud.
> Before anyone asks, Emily will still be a member of the devision, and will
> still support us going forward, it just means she will no longer be the
> president of the devision.
> I ask that you give me a few days to get myself acclimated to the position,
> and to permit myself and my board to do the internal work required for this
> transition, before you bombard me with stuff.
> If the Ohio affiliate, or nabs, needs to reach me and wishes to assist with
> this transition, those members have my information and are welcome to reach
> out to help make this transition as seamless as possible.
> I'll be the first one to admit, being acting president is a lot different
> then being the actual president of a devision, and to say I'm nervous, is
> an
> under statement.
> I don't know what to expect, but with the support of each and every one of
> you, I think I'm up to the task.
> Take care.
> Shane Popplestone
> President of the Ohio Association of blind students Co-chair of the ohio
> newsline committee member of the Grater Akron Chapter member of Ohio
> Association of Guide Dog users spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com
> 234-716-2208
> You can live the life you want!
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