[Nfb-or] Student Meeting

[Bill]

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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