[Nmabs] minutes from february.

NMABS President nmabs.president at gmail.com
Sun Mar 18 22:33:53 UTC 2012


New Mexico association of Blind Students Minutes for February, 19, 2012

 

Meeting called to order at 7:05 pm

 

Roll Call of Members;

 

Michael Postlethwait

Brianne Kotschwar

Tara Chavez

Chris Chavez

Terese Garcia

David Abraham

Amanda Youngblood

 

Guest Speakers: Patti Chang and Cheryl Fogle

Patty has requested to speak to students about NFB Scholarships. NFB
scholarship Program's top scholarship is $12,000. The four qualifications
include: you must be legally blind in both eyes, and must have proof of
visual impairment. You must be a student in college, which includes
community college and studying abroad. You must attend the entire NFB
convention and you will receive help to attend the convention.

The required documents are: two letters of recommendation, an official
transcript (if you are in high school, send your high school transcript.)
Your transcript must show leadership and academic proof. The president's
letter is written by your affiliate president (please request your letter
before March 31, 2012. The thing that affects the committee most is your
essay. Every document can now be uploaded to the website for easier
submission. The application can now be saved so that you can come back to it
at a later time. If you are in high school, you must submit your ACT and SAT
test scores. The scholarship committee selects the 30 finalists and contacts
them via telephone. The committee provides financial help with hotel, air
fare, and a $350 debit card to pay for shuttle services, cab expenses, and
meals. New Mexico must get the word out to students to apply for a
scholarship.

For questions about scholarships please Loraine Rovig at 410-659-9314 ext.
2415.

Or email Patti Chang at pattichang at att.net or via phone at 773-307-6440.

Please spread the word!! If you are a student, please go to
www.NFB.org/scholarships to submit all required documents and the
application.

 

Cheryl Fogle spoke to us about a scholarship opportunity in the Stem field.
Tara will send out the information via email for anyone who is interested in
this great opportunity.

Stem is a scholarship for New Mexico students that are studying in fields
that include science, technology, engineering, and math. Social sciences are
also accepted such as anthropology. The name of this program is Reaching the
Pinnacle or RTP. Every semester, the student receives $500 per semester to
provide students with an education. The deadline is March 30, 2012. Students
must spend 20 hours per semester helping students. These hours must be
logged to keep track of the student's activity. You must have proof of
disability, your grades, your schedule, and the log sheet. The log sheet may
include any type of mentoring that you do.

 

Minutes from the January meeting have been sent out to the list. Michael
made a motion to approve the January minutes as read. Chris seconded, motion
passed.

 

Treasurer's report: The current balance as of February 19, is 631.54.

As students, we need to really step it up to recruit new students into the
division.

We will be contacting other high school students to try and recruit new
members.

State convention Seminar will be 3 hours long. Tara is selling raffle
tickets for the NFB Affiliate for the 50/50 raffle. Tickets are 1 dollar
each, or 5 dollars for 6 tickets.

The next Albuquerque chapter meeting will be on Tuesday, February 21, at the
Ihop from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

The West Mesa chapter meeting will be Saturday, March 10, from 10:00 AM to
12:00 noon.

The discussion at the state board meeting was about paying for a Nabs
representative to come to State Convention. The hotel room must be paid by
the student division.

Terese made a motion to pay for a hotel room for a Nabs representative for
the cost of $350.

Amanda seconded, motion passed.

The Student Seminar will be held Friday, April 13 from 1:30 to 4:30. Tara
will email Kelly Burma to see if she would be willing to speak about
technology. Dr. Maurer is going to be our national representative. The
student luncheon speaker will be Monica Martinez. Terese will be speaking on
the topic of entering the world of the challenging sport of Mixed martial
Arts and how to modify it for a person with a visual impairment.

Speakers include: UNM Accessibility resource Center, and possibly CNM
special Services. 

State Convention will be Friday, April 13 through Sunday, April 15 2012. It
will be at the Sheraton Uptown on Louisiana and Menaul. The address for the
hotel is 2600 Louisiana Blvd. NE.

Terese will look into doing a bake sale to raise money for the division. We
will prepare baked goods to sell in front of a store. This will be our next
activity for public awareness. Ice skating will be a back up activity just
in case the bake sale does not work out. One activity or the other will be
held on March 10, 2012. Time to be announced.

Terese will look into information for both activities. The bake sale will be
held on a Saturday later on in March.

Presidential Release: Washington Seminar was a big success. Topics included
Sub-minimum wage and making appliances accessible such as braille on washing
machines, stoves, and refrigerators as well as the Americans with
Disabilities Business Act. Ben Ray Lujan signed off on the Sub-minimum wages
bill.

Information will be sent out with a link to reserve a room at the hotel.

 

Meeting adjourned at 9:10 pm.

 

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