[Ncabs] Ncabs Digest, Vol 43, Issue 7

Leah Seabury leah.seabury88 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 17 18:12:31 UTC 2011 

As long as I am not working during the day, I can help man power any
thing that is needed. I think all of the ideas are good ones Movies,
charoke, or what about some board games? Maybe a survey can go out on
what activities students would like to do. I think Alcohol should be
avoided if at all possible because of the fact that parents may not
allow their kids to come.


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>    1. Re: NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>       (Salisbury, Justin Mark)
>    2. Re: NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night (Cindy Bennett)
>    3. Re: NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night (Gary H. Ray)
>    4. Re: NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night (Gary H. Ray)
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> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:16:56 +0000
> From: "Salisbury, Justin Mark" <SALISBURYJ08 at students.ecu.edu>
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> 	<ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
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> 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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>>>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:58:48 -0400
> From: Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com>
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> 	<ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
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> 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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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cindy Bennett
>>>>> UNC Wilmington Psychology major
>>>>>
>>>>> clb5590 at gmail.com
>>>>> 828.989.5383
>>>>>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:06:28 -0400
> From: "Gary H. Ray" <ghraynfbofnc at charter.net>
> To: "'North Carolina Association of Blind Students List'"
> 	<ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
> Message-ID: <004301cbfd00$43fa5e20$cbef1a60$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
> Artiels will be due by last day of June.
>
> gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Cindy Bennett
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 2:59 PM
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>
> 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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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cindy Bennett
>>>>> UNC Wilmington Psychology major
>>>>>
>>>>> clb5590 at gmail.com
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>>>>
>>>> clb5590 at gmail.com
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>>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:06:28 -0400
> From: "Gary H. Ray" <ghraynfbofnc at charter.net>
> To: "'North Carolina Association of Blind Students List'"
> 	<ncabs at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
> Message-ID: <004401cbfd00$46806cc0$d3814640$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
>
> You all could get a move from the library for the blind.  I can see that it
> happens.
>
> gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ncabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Salisbury, Justin Mark
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:09 AM
> To: North Carolina Association of Blind Students List
> Subject: Re: [Ncabs] NFB of NC State Convention Friday Night
>
> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Ncabs mailing list
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