[Ncabs] March 2012 Minutes

Tue Mar 13 20:26:17 UTC 2012

Hey all,

Based on previous years of pre-registration and on-site registration I would anticipate getting about 20-25 additional attendees.  This takes into account that in recent years about 10-15 have registered on-site and we may have another 10-15 from those who were unable to register on the website.  I suppose this could be somewhat conservative, but I think its realistic based on recent data.  Therefore, I would suggest 20-30 print and 20-30 braille copies be produced to ensure that all students receive their selection.  

Alan

---- Brice Smith <brice.smith319 at gmail.com> wrote: 

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Hi everyone,

I am confused why we are ordering and requesting 40 Braille agendas
and 40 large print agendas. This makes a total of 80 copies of the
agenda in a specialized format. If I am reading these minutes
correctly, we have a maximum of 25 people signed up to attend on
Saturday. While a few more participants will probably arrive
throughout the day without registering, the difference between 25 and
80 is significant and cannot be ignored.

assuming that perhaps 15 more individuals sign up on the day of
registration, we would still be asking for more than double the amount
of agendas produced for the amount of registered participants in
specialized formats. Of course, none of these figures take into
consideration the people asking for agendas produced in regular print.
Does the registration form even specify or ask participants for their
preferred reading format?

I remember that there have always been way too many copies of the
agenda produced each year that we end up tossing at the end of the
day, and I think we should be extremely cautious with the number of
materials we request for production when in all fairness most of them
will go ignored, unread, or completely unused. Inevitably, this
results in a lot of wasted time and effort, Braille, print, and paper.

Brice

On 3/12/12, Currin, Kevin <kwcurrin at live.unc.edu> wrote:
> Hello Fellow blind students and everyone else:
>
> Here are the minutes:
>
> 	Attendance
> Justin Thornton (Webmaster)
> Justin Salisbury (President)
> Gary Ray (NFB of NC President)
> Brice Smith
> Kevin Currin (Secretary)
> Shelby (NABS Rep)
> Alan Chase (Treasurer)
>
> Meeting called to order at 9:36 pm.
>
> Breakout Sessions
> Shelby will be doing the dating and relationships in college breakout
> session.
> Kevin will be doing the getting involved on a college campus and the
> community if Justin Salisbury is busy.
>
> There is a survey that Gary Ray posted on the NCABS list that everyone
> should checkout.
>
> Registration and NCABS Table
> Kevin and Justin Salisbury will be at the registration table from 8:30 until
> 10. Justin Salisbury will be at the registration table from 10 to 11. Lea
> and Shelby will be at the NCABS table from 9 until 10. Kevin and Lea will be
> at the NCABS table from 10 to 11. Justin and Shelby will be at the NCABS
> table from 11 to 11:30. Kevin and Shelby will be at the NCABS table from
> 11:30 until 12.
>
> Afternoon Opening Session
> In our session from 1:15 to 1:45 we will have an introductory afternoon
> session. We would like to have each NCABS officer speak for a bit. Justin
> Salisbury will speak about on what the NF B can do for you, Lea will talk
> about NCABS, Shelby will talk about NABS, Alan will talk about local
> chapters, Kevin will talk about Youth Slam.
>
> Door Prizes
> Alan agreed to give away the door prizes. We are going to give away $100 in
> cash for the final door prize.
>
> Treasurer’s Report
> Currently we have 13 students, 4 parents, and 2 professionals that have sent
> in their money. However, 23 people have registered and Shelby said that she
> knows of 2 more people that haven’t registered that will come.
>
> Philosophy Discussions
> We have the wrestling room reserved so we can have philosophy discussions if
> people get done with the exhibit hall early. We need someone to lead these
> discussions. Shelby said that she’s knows of two people from Georgia that
> are coming that would be interested in helping out with the discussions.
>
> Agendas
> We are planning on ordering 40 braille and 40 large print agendas.
>
> Meeting adjourned at 10:21 pm.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
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North Carolina State University, Communication - Public Relations
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