[Nmabs] Student seminar update.
Darian Smith
dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Sat Oct 9 20:04:47 UTC 2010
Holey Whosits!
you all are on to some things!
i agree that there are some solid topics to talk about! I would get
this out in the state bulletin if possible too. a speaking of
communications- state newsline channel, maybe?
fundraiser options, maybe have a table in the back where you all can
sell your amazing mugs and t-shirts too!
as for registration, is there going to be something in place to get
people signed upon your member list/list serve?
As nabs reps, we try to make ourselves available to sign people up
for the nabs membership list.
speaking of nabs repping; I would love to come out and help out with
making this event a success; I'm just excited to hear that this looks
very likely to happen!
As the current NMABs president, requesting the rep falls on you, but
we can talk about that off-line.
as transportation goes, depending on if you have agencies sending
their students, you can see if they are going to provide dransport for
their own to the location- I think that's the best thing.
best,
Darian
On 10/9/10, Christopher Chavez <cchavez367 at cnm.edu> wrote:
> 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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