[Oabs] Disappointed

[Annie Donnellon]

So, I'm not sure if you're saying it is too late to do anything about this, 
or if there is still an opportunity.
I will e-mail you off List.
Annie
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Subject: [Oabs] Disappointed


> Dear all,
>
> If someone offered your student division $2,000 to carry out a project
> between September and November, would you take it?  The amount is 
> certainly
> not a fortune, but it's $2,000 more than you have now.  It would give you 
> an
> opportunity to elevate your outreach among the general public, recruit new
> members and generally put your name out there for people to understand you
> are serious about the business of changing what it means to be blind.  Are
> you interested?
>
> I shared information of this grant my office was offering to youth almost
> two months ago.  I just checked the list of last-minute applicants, and
> unless I am mistaken, and I hope I am, no one took me up on that post.  I
> genuinely do not understand the apathy among my fellow students.  The
> application was relatively simple.  I offered to answer any questions 
> people
> had of the application.  I mean, I work for the grant maker.  I should 
> hope
> I know what we are looking for, and had you taken the time to talk to me, 
> I
> could have told you that your proposal could have centered around Meet the
> Blind Month in October, that the Braille coin could have made for an
> excellent literacy campaign or explored any number of different ways you
> could have developed a compelling case for why your division deserved the
> money over another organization.
>
> So, there we are.  Trying and failing leaves room for improvement.  Not
> trying at all?  ...  I don't get it.
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
> crowd."--Max Lucado
>
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