[Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night

Sat Apr 16 18:58:48 UTC 2011

I think we would need to do a lot of beforehand advertising. We should
put something in the next News and Views, perhaps after an article
that someone could write about the student seminar. The next one will
be out in Early June probably, so submissions should probably be sent
within the next month, but talking to Gary or Miriam would provide
more accurate info on that. We could call the chapter presidents and
tell them to inform their chapters. If we want a line up of young
performers, then it is essential that we keep up with our seminar
attendees and keep reminding them about our convention scholarship,
and obviously a student track during general sessions will make
attending more appealing. We should try to do a better job of trying
to connect with students going. Maybe some of us could offer or split
our rooms to first time attendees to help them save money. Or maybe
some of us could try to procure rides and invite people to come with,
or offer to ride the bus with people from our areas to people who may
have not tried public transportation before to make the process less
intimidating. There are things that we can do to get more students
there, but it takes a lot of dedication, and a lot of that has to
happen during the summer when most of us are out of touch. But before
we make a decision on an open mic or movie night, Justin should talk
to Gary and perhaps call the hotel and see what kind of arrangements
can be made as far as audio/visual, and if these arrangements will
incur a cost.

Cindy

On 4/16/11, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
> Do you all think enough people would participate in the open mic?
>
>
>
> 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: Saturday, April 16, 2011 12:33 PM
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>
> I really like the movie idea. The only thing I have against it is that
> it wouldn't give time for us to really socialize, but it is definitely
> a great idea!
>
> I really like the open mic idea. We would have to see if there is a
> way to hook up a computer for music, and if we went the karaoke route,
> we would have to get music, and that could be interesting. We could
> make it like a play your own music/a cappella/poetry thing. If we do
> this, I think we should advertise a lot beforehand so people come
> prepared with the things they will need such as poems, instruments,
> etc. I think we should have snacks and drinks. We would then have to
> see the hotel's policy about bringing in food, but in the past no
> problems have arisen from our pizza lunch.
>
> I suggested a restaurant/bar so everyone could be included. I agree
> with not wanting to send the wrong message, but NABS has had several
> events where alcohol was present, but I highly doubt we could even
> begin to afford to have a bar at any event we host which is why I
> suggested the restaurant/bar thing.
>
> But I think the movie/open mic ideas are 2 things we could definitely
> work with. The movie might be easier logistically except we'd have to
> find a projector screen for these who would be able to see the movie,
> and the open mic would be better for socializing, but we would have to
> work out sound and probably more food/ drink (even if they aren't
> alcoholic) options.
>
> Cindy
>
>
> On 4/16/11, Salisbury, Justin Mark <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu> wrote:
>> I like the movie idea.  I also like the restaurant idea.  I think we
>> should
>> avoid anything called a "bar" because we don't want to send the wrong
>> message, especially when much of our target audience still lives with
>> parents.
>>
>> My concern with the open mic is that, if not enough people step up, it
>> gets
>> boring.
>>
>> I like the idea of doing a small student track, but I'm not sure how much
>> money and time it would take to arrange.  I'll bounce the idea off of
>> Gary.
>>
>> Keep it coming, folks!
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of
>> Jewel
>> [herekittykat2 at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:24 AM
>> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
>> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>>
>> 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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