[Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night

Sat Apr 16 10:24:01 UTC 2011

I like the idea of going to a bar, but that leaves out the high
schoolers and many of the college students (under 21!). What about a
movie and popcorn? I have hundreds of movies in mp3 format with DVS
from www.blindmicemart.com. We could pick one or two (voting, of
course), people bring popcorn, soda, and other snacks, and we all hang
out either in a room or in a conference room (we'd have to bring
things to lounge on if we do it in a conference room, though!)

Another idea is an open mic evening, where people get the chance to
sing a song, tell a short story, or read poetry, while people enjoy
refreshments and listen. Comfortable lounging spots are a must for
this, too.

With either of these, we could do the vendor hall, then have movie or
open mic from 9 to 11pm....like a sleepover, sorta *grin*

On 4/15/11, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Typically the exhibit hall will run from 6-9. In 2009 we did have both
> an exhibit hall and a game night. The game night was very
> unsuccessful, but we had different people at each location. If we do
> an event let's just make sure people can still concentrate on running
> the table and selling snack packs, because Friday night brought a lot
> of sales.
>
> I have always thought it would be really cool to have a student track
> separate from the general sessions. Several other states do this, but
> our state board has been staunchly against it in the past, but if we
> develop a good argument, we could present it. We could perhaps have
> some of the relevant presenters present to the general session and
> then perhaps present separately to the students so they could
> concentrate on their student related services and answer our more
> specific questions such as Bookshare and NCLBPH. This would be a
> bigger undertaking, but it could help us attract more students, and if
> we bring up the idea of a student track, it could only be during one
> of the general sessions, and maybe only a portion of one like 2 hours
> or so.
>
> We could do an event Friday. This year, Gary wants to stress to
> members to get to convention early, because there will be more
> sessions during the day. I think it would be cool to have some
> students at these sessions which will probably be run by our national
> rep to take notes for the students or something. I will not have the
> school obligation, and depending on when the Ashevillians get a ride
> down, I could potentially represent the students at these sessions. If
> Asheville won't come early, I will see if I can afford to go Thursday
> night. But if we wanted to do something concurrently on Friday, then
> we would have to ask, and like I said, typically NC is not in favor of
> anything running concurrent with their programming, and during the day
> Friday would most likely be difficult for students.
>
> We could always arrange to have a student breakfast that could be more
> socially oriented than our business meeting lunch, or we could do
> something after the exhibit hall like walk to a close buy
> restaurant/bar or something.
>
> Cindy
>
> On 4/15/11, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
>> What happened in 2009 with the exhibit hall?  Did we not have a table?  I
>> remember that we had a game night in 2009.  Last year, I remember us
>> having
>> a table in the exhibit hall but no separate event.
>>
>> I haven't heard an official schedule for the exhibit hall yet.  Once we
>> know
>> that, we can toy with the idea of scheduling around it.
>>
>> Justin M. Salisbury
>> Undergraduate Student
>> The University Honors Program
>> East Carolina University
>> salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu
>>
>> “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
>> change
>> the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
>> Cindy
>> Bennett [clb5590 at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 4:27 PM
>> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
>> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>>
>> What is hard is that we will have to be sure we have people to man our
>> table in the exhibit hall if we still plan to have one.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On 4/15/11, Cala Estes <cala.estes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Justin,
>>>
>>> Are we talking a social event? Maybe a group dinner?
>>>
>>> Cala Estes
>>> NCABS Secretary
>>>
>>> On 4/15/11, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
>>>> Dear NCABS members and leaders,
>>>>
>>>>      At the NFB of NC state convention in September, we might be able to
>>>> have some type of gathering on that Friday night.  Are you all
>>>> interested
>>>> in
>>>> having such a gathering, and what type of gathering would you like it to
>>>> be?
>>>>  Please give ideas!
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> Justin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Justin M. Salisbury
>>>> Undergraduate Student
>>>> The University Honors Program
>>>> East Carolina University
>>>> salisburyj08 at students.ecu.edu
>>>>
>>>> “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
>>>> change
>>>> the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”    —MARGARET MEAD
>>>>
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