[Nyabs] Our next Phone Conference

Justin Young jty727 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 15:23:05 UTC 2010


Thank you for your feedback

On 11/9/10, Rob Blachowicz <rob_blach at hotmail.com> wrote:
> ?
> There are two ways you can go about doing this:
> 1. you can join the chapter at large.  We now have a chapter via phone
> confrence for anyone in New York that doesn't live near a chapter.
> 2. Find enough people in your area that want to start  a chapter (that are
> blind) and have at least two bored members, a president, vice president and
> secretary/tresurer .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Young
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:39 AM
> To: New York Association of Blind Students Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Nyabs] Our next Phone Conference
>
> Hi Alex!
> I unfortunately couldn't make this year's convention due to crazyness
> of the semester.  I would like to congratulate both you and the other
> newly elected officials of the New York Association of Blind Students.
> I believe I have mentioned this before, but have been a bit busy so
> haven't had a chance until now to follow up.  My question is about
> having a connecting division in Rochester.  It is my understanding the
> closest division is Niagara.  I'm not sure how it works in terms of
> getting a division in Rochester, but by chance do you or anyone on
> this list know?  I ask because we have the Association of the Blind
> and Visually Impaired which a number of their employees are either
> visually impaired, legally blind or completely blind.  Also, I truely
> would love someday for Rochester to experience one of our State wide
> conventions.  I think many could benefit from that.
> Thanks so much!
> Justin
>
> On 11/9/10, Alexander Castillo <alexandera.castillo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all, I would like to say thanks for making this past
>> New York State convention so great. We had a strong student presence,
>> and we will definitely  continue to move forward. Over the past ear,
>> we have had some great ideas, and this year we will  see them through.
>>
>> Thanks Nihal, Will and Elizabeth for brailling our 50-50 raffle
>> tickets, and thanks to everyone for selling them at convention.
>>
>> Also, thanks for those who helped with contacting dancers for Hospitality
>> Night.
>>
>> Our elected officers this year are:
>>
>> 1st elected board member- Rob Blachowicz
>> 2nd Elected Board Member- Chancey Fleet
>> Secretary and treasurer- Lucy Cox
>> Vice President- Kathryn Carroll
>> President- Alex Castillo
>>
>> Our next phone conference will take place this Wednesday November 9th,
>> 2010, at 9:45 pm. The call in number is:
>> 305-848-8888
>> access code is
>> 7167041331.
>>
>> Our agenda will be as follows:
>>
>> 9:45- introductions and minutes
>> 9:55- Our goals for  the new year
>> 10:05- Committee overview
>> 9:15- Agenda Planning for student seminar
>> 10:25- issues and concerns
>>
>> Thanks for reading,
>> Alex
>>
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