[Nmabs] Student seminar update.
NMABS President
nmabs.president at gmail.com
Sun Oct 10 23:06:47 UTC 2010
Hi all,
Greate ideas all. Terese, I think you have a wonderful idea, how long would
you need to do your speech so we can start finalizing the agenda? Monica,
I'd love you to be the contact for the registration forms, the cost is $5
and I think having them to you by Friday November 5, is a wonderful idea. We
can meet that evening and compile the forms with the money and make sure we
have everything for the day of. I can print some for the day of the seminar,
plus I think the state has some sort of discount with one of the office
places. Any other ideas or someone to help with the agenda would be most
appreciated, Amanda, would you mind? Thanks,
Tara
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Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 5:37 PM
To: New Mexico Association of Blind Students
Subject: Re: [Nmabs] Student seminar update.
I was thinkinging...
one thing that is always pretty cool is a "didn't know anyone who
did this" topic.
for example: at national convention at the student meeting in 09 I
spoke about AmeriCorps as I was generally considered the first
totally blind person to serve in the national civilian community corps
of AmeriCorps.
I use this as an example, someone who you know of as a student
that has done something pretty cool that is rather unique.
if you know of someone in the state and can get them there, I think
it would be worth it.
Just one more thought.
Great ideas all!
Darian
On 10/9/10, Terese Garcia <terese.kg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Tara,
> I had an idea as far as a guest speaker. As a freshman in college, I
> have been exploring my horizons and trying out different classes. I
> feel that it would be very benefitial to everyone if I did a little
> speech about what to do when meeting a new teacher. I had some very
> interesting experiences this year that I would really love to share
> and I feel like they have made me a better person.
> Let me know what you think,
> Terese.
>
> On 10/9/10, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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