[Nfb-or] Student Meeting

[Haben Girma]

So is the plan to do both a Portland meeting and a teleconference in the 
next two weeks or so? Thursday after 4 PM and any time Friday works for 
me usually.

Haben

Bill wrote:
> I am free thursday and friday after 11:30 for board meetings.  I willbe out
> of town on the 19th and the 20th is a school day in which i have classes
> practicly from 9-6.
>
> Will there be transportation availible from portland on tuesday the 7th for
> the rally.
> Bill
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:24 AM, T. Joseph Carter
> <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>   
>> The 19th or 20th works better for me than next week does, I think.  My
>> professors are at it again.  I'll cope--I always do--but there is a definite
>> and concerted effort to interfere with my academic progress.  I continue to
>> not have the decency to just fail like a blind person should.  *grin*
>>
>> Paccini's was not as quiet as I'd hoped when we were there, and they don't
>> really have a meeting room.  Plus, if we go there for dinner, it's often
>> very busy.  If we don't have many more than we did last time, the same time
>> might work out okay.
>>
>> ORABS needs to have a board meeting in the near future as well.  Monday,
>> Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings aren't good for me (I have class.)  I want
>> to discuss times for this on the list so that anyone who wants to listen in
>> may have the opportunity to do so.  Art Stevenson will be there to make sure
>> our first proper board meeting goes well.
>>
>> We may also need to schedule a few things around Representative Gelser's
>> silliness with this attempt of hers to close the Oregon School for the
>> Blind.  Blocking this is taking up far too much of our time right now.  She
>> wants the school's closure to be resolved in April with closure taking place
>> by September.  My goal is to make sure that by the end of April she is
>> wholly convinced that closing our school is a terrible idea--for her as well
>> as for us.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:08:43PM -0700, Haben Girma wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Anyone else have a preference of activity? Bill says hiking or climbing,
>>>  Joseph says climbing sounds fun.
>>>
>>> Another option is to do just meet at a cafe/restaurant again (how about
>>>  Paccini's again?) and decide there for a climbing/hiking activity in the
>>>  future. Want to try for next week?
>>>
>>> Haben
>>>
>>> T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Some of us are very outdoorsy.  Others not so much (or not at all).  I
>>>>  love the idea of having another meeting, and I like the idea of  scheduling
>>>> some other events to get blind students active together  (our isolation has
>>>> been the greatest problem thus far), but I wonder  if we're not big enough
>>>> for an event that several of us wouldn't be  interested in.
>>>>
>>>> Rock climbing sounds like fun.
>>>>
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 07:58:12PM -0700, Haben Girma wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hey Joseph,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would love to have another meeting in Portland! We need to divide  up
>>>>>  the labor of sending letters to agencies for the blind and  schools in
>>>>>  Oregon. What do you think of combining the business  meeting with hiking,
>>>>>  tandem biking, rock climbing, or social  dancing? Hiking would involve no
>>>>>  costs, rock climbing and social  dancing would be about $10 per person,
>>>>>  and tandem biking would, I  have to say, probably be out of our financial
>>>>>  reach to organize. I'd be fine with the food or meeting room, of course.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe Orozco is the webmaster of the NABS website and he made it sound
>>>>>  like he could easily have a site up for us. If I understand you
>>>>> correctly, Oregon definitely needs a website so since Oregon will  get  one,
>>>>> might as well have the student page at the same place. Right?
>>>>>
>>>>> How do you all feel about a regional event with Washington and Idaho?
>>>>>
>>>>> best,
>>>>> Haben
>>>>>
>>>>>           
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