[Nmabs] Student seminar update.

Fri Oct 8 14:40:41 UTC 2010

Tara and all,
  Monica has some great ideas!
 I would also   agree with  having two rooms.  If you have two rooms,
you have one main room for primary usage and the second room for the
splitting up of some break-out topics in the afternoon or something
like that.
 I like the idea of updates, but I would be careful not to have too
many of them or too many topics where you have individuals "talking
at"  the students.  interactive topics can be a healthy addition to
the seminar.
 Maybe an NFB history and philosiphy pannel? Something  where you can
have someone talking about  the history of the nFB, someone talking
about the history of the student division,  and someone talking about
the future of both? Maybe a Q and A about philosiphy; answering
questions like  ...  why are  we so big on braille and canes?   why
are  we so big on training? do we really dislike guide dogs? anything
you've ever wanted to  know about the NFB.
 Again,  this is just  some reactions but I like what you all are
thinking about and am interested to see what you are all thinking.
This is your division and your baby!
 great work folks!
  Darian

On 10/8/10, Monica Martinez <mmjackson469 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Tara,
> How about two rooms.  More than that and you might have people just
> wandering the halls and not really involved on one particular seminar.  I
> can't think of the particular pizza place right now, but there is one doing
> any pizza for ten dollars.  That will help keep expenses low and more
> choices for students.  As far as having breaks, you want to be careful doing
> that.  Any break over five minutes and we might lose interest and again have
> wanderers.
> Perhaps someone from the commission tech services can come and give a talk
> about new technology, along with some samples that students can see during
> the break and/or at a later point in the seminar.
> Presidents from the different areas: Alamogordo, Los Cruces, Albuquerque
> East Side, Albuquerque West Side and others can possibly give updates on
> what their specific divisions are doing this year.  This will also show
> students that we as NMABS are advocating for the entire state, not just
> Albuquerque.
> As for activities, how about talking about our upcoming goalball team and
> what we need to do to continue moving forward with that project.  Many are
> interested but we still have a lot to do to make it happen.
> When to have the registration forms returned by-I would think a week
> (November 5) would be reasonable.  Is there a charge for registration?
> They can send it back to me if you would like me to be in charge of that.
> I am willing to be the contact for this event.
> Can Christine come and explain the different job positions for each
> board/officer position?  If so, that would be fabulous.
> Perhabs we can have Cheryl come and talk about the history of NMABS.  Since
> she is the one that signed our original documentation into the National
> Federation of the Blind.  Speaking of history, why not have Art, Christine
> or Tonia talk about the history of the NFB?  Many of us don't know how it
> started originally.  We should know the base of what we have our division
> on.
> Anyway, those are just a few thoughts I had for contributing to the seminar.
> Monica
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:08 PM, NMABS President
> <nmabs.president at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>> First, I’d like to apologize for not sending the previous month’s minutes,
>> they will be sent in a few minutes. I wanted to give everyone an update on
>> our progress for the seminar taking place next month.
>>
>> The date for the seminar is Saturday November 13, 2010 from 9:p00-4:30
>>
>> It will be held at the NMSBVI Pre-school here in Albuquerque.
>>
>> We will be holding registration from 8:00-9:00 that morning.
>>
>> We are going to order pizza from somewhere, we need to decide where since
>> that would be the easiest and we can also have soda and water in coolers,
>> Christine has agreed to let us borrow her ice chest if we need it.
>>
>> Things we still need to finalize by October 17, 2010:
>>
>> 1.       Activities at the seminar
>>
>> 2.       Where to order the pizza from and what drinks to purchase
>>
>> 3.       Which date we want the registration forms returned and money
>> collected
>>
>> 4.       Who to contact with the information
>>
>> 5.       Guest speakers
>>
>> 6.       Specific discussions
>>
>> 7.       Breakout sessions for different groups?
>>
>> 8.       Partents involvement?
>>
>> 9.       Child care?
>>
>> 10.   How many rooms we will need?
>>
>> Please let me know if you are able to help with any of the above. I know
>> some of us in the group have a costco account plus we could purchase
>> things
>> directly out of the NMABS account now that we have our debit card.
>>
>> Any questions, please reply and let me know.
>>
>> Thank you, Amanda, Michael, and Josh so far. You are all doing a wonderful
>> job.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tara
>>
>>
>>
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