[Nmabs] Location for Seminar!

Tue Nov 22 13:03:45 UTC 2011

The trivial stuff sounds good.

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On Nov 21, 2011, at 11:13 PM, "NMABS President" <nmabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Ok, so doing some thinking throughout the day and here’s what I’ve ccome up with.
> History, but in a more interactive setting: skit, or jeopardy game, or trivia.
> And/or: Kernel book story to fit for students and discussion. I think we can accomplish both.
> Thoughts?
> Tara
> PS. Vote for book, or interactive game, or both. I will go with what I hear the most for.
>  
>  
> From: nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terese Garcia
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:19 PM
> To: New Mexico Association of Blind Students
> Subject: Re: [Nmabs] Location for Seminar!
>  
> I think history is important.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Nov 21, 2011, at 1:40 PM, "NMABS President" <nmabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Ok, so I am rewriting the agenda for the seminar. With the school and employment panels; having put all three people talking about similar topics together, that pretty much cut the seminar in half. Which topic is more interesting to include? History of the federation/student division, or accessible phones? I need input from everyone so I know how to proceed with this.
> Thanks,
> Tara
>  
>  
> From: nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Monica Martinez
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:36 PM
> To: New Mexico Association of Blind Students
> Subject: Re: [Nmabs] Location for Seminar!
>  
> 
> This makes sense.  We don't want to beat some topics to "death."
> Monica
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:23 PM, NMABS President <nmabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I think we are taking both phones and history out this year. We will have a
> school panel and an employment panel. Does this sound reasonable? I will
> send the minutes regarding seminar and an updated agenda to the group this
> afternoon. I'd like everyone's thoughts on it ASAP so we can promote the
> event.
> Thanks,
> Tara
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Michael Postlethwait
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:07 AM
> To: New Mexico Association of Blind Students
> Subject: Re: [Nmabs] Location for Seminar!
> 
> While I think accessibility in phones would be a good topic, I think that
> having a tech talk would be very beneficial for students. This is a hard
> decision to make for me, because if we take out the phone stuff, the
> audience may not be able to learn about some very useful applications for
> the phones like the money identifiers for the iPhone, or even the KNFB
> reader. But at the same time, I know that we have time constraints, and we
> don't want to waste too much time on something that's not as important as
> other topics. I really like the idea of a tech lecture, and I think it might
> be better to leave the phone panel out this year. Perhaps we could save that
> for the seminar at the State Convention?
> 
> Michael
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Nov 18, 2011, at 6:01 PM, "NMABS President" <nmabs.president at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> > Ok, so I will let Kelly know we can have a tech talk at the seminar.
> > Should we even bother with a phone panel? When? What about history panel?
> Thoughts?
> > Tara
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nmabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Josh Brownell
> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:41 PM
> > To: Hey that sounds good and I look foward to meeting with everyone
> > and hereing about all the new and exciting presentatons. Thank's
> > JoshNew Mexico Association of Blind Students
> > Cc: warriorqueen4 at gmail.com; Elisha Wells; tavianaq at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [Nmabs] Location for Seminar!
> >
> > On 11/16/11, NMABS President <nmabs.president at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am proud to announce that the student seminar will be held at the
> >> Skills Center at the NM Comission for the Blind in Albuquerque! Any
> >> questions, please let me know. Also, Kelly suggested to speak not
> >> only about the KNFB Reader mobile, but also to update us on new
> >> technology and its uses for students. Thoughts?
> >>
> >> Tara
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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