[Nmabs] Student seminar update.

Sat Oct 9 19:38:03 UTC 2010

Hey Guys,
I'm glad to see some solid content that could be discussed. At the last 
statewide seminar, we mostly just had people ask questions about us, 
which didn't go over very well. The fact that we are coming up with 
different activities and topics for presentation makes this whole thing 
seem more feasible to me. This might be the first step towards bringing 
more life into the division again. As far as transportation goes, as the 
only sighted member of NMABS and as Tara's husband, I will surely be 
involved in transport from Costco and stuff like that, although it'll be 
another matter when it comes to transportation to and from the seminar.
Chris

On 10/8/10 6:27 PM, Michael Postlethwait wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As far As far as I know, Pizza Hut is still offering any size of pizza 
> for $10. Also, having 2 rooms sounds like a very good plan. I agree 
> that we should keep the breaks during this seminar to a minimum.
>
> Thanks and take care,
> -Michael
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Monica Martinez <mmjackson469 at gmail.com 
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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