[Oabs] Looking forward to 2014

Thu Jan 2 17:59:08 UTC 2014

Hi Deborah, 

I mentioned this at our last meeting, but we will be sticking with the third
week of the month, just possibly changing the day of the week and the time.
I am asking for a lot of information because with several college kids
scheduling classes, night courses can come into play and I wouldn't want to
oust someone because the meeting overlapped a class time for them.  I know
this wouldn't generally effect Fridays if we wanted to keep them there, but
I know we've had issues with people forgetting about meetings simply because
it was a Friday and they were in weekend mode in the past so I am hoping to
change that.      

Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton---2016
Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
Ohio Association of Blind Students, President 
Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President
NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator

-----Original Message-----
From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Deborah Kendrick
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 12:50 PM
To: 'Ohio Association of Blind Students list'
Subject: Re: [Oabs] Looking forward to 2014

Kaiti,
The evenings and times that work best for me depend on which weeks you are
considering.  
For example, Thursday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 are usually free,
except for the last Thursday of every month.  
Monday evenings are usually free, except for the fourth Monday of every
month.  
Wednesdays and Fridays can work most of the time.  

Sometimes, it works best to narrow down to only, say, three or four specific
times and have people weigh in.  
For example:  Second Monday at 8:00; third Wednesday at 7:00; ...  You get
the gist.
Good luck sorting it all out!
Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 11:39 AM
To: Ohio Association of Blind Students list
Subject: Re: [Oabs] Looking forward to 2014

Hi, Kaiti,

As far as I know, the schedule below will work best.  By the time I actually
get to Ohio, we will hopefully have an established time for meetings, so
anything else will certainly be able to be rescheduled or scheduled around
the meeting time.

1.        Please list the times that you are available between 7:00
and 10:00 PM for each night of the week.  Bear in mind that OABS only meets
once a month and that it is possible to attend the meetings while doing
other things since we meet via telephone.

Monday:
7:00-10:00
Tuesday:
7:00-10:00
Wednesday:
7:00-10:00
Thursday:
7:00-10:00
Friday:
7:00-10:00
Saturday:
7:00-10:00
Sunday:
7:00-10:00

2.        Do you have any suggestions for future OABS calls?  What
topics would you like OABS to discuss/find speakers to talk about?
Fundraising:
I know this is a topic already under much discussion and that we already
have some advertising (for lack of a better term) in the works, but perhaps
we could arange some kinds of fundraising activities.  I know that Ohio
seems to be the state for blind musicians, so perhaps a concert could be
aranged to raise some money.
That is something that the South Carolina NFB is doing and which I thought
might be a neat idea to try as well.

Education/Self-Advocacy:
This is mostly for the younger students, but perhaps we, the
college-experienced students, could speak on the topic of the application
process and our various dealings with professors and disability resource
people.  I included self-advocacy skills here because they are skills one
greatly needs both in college and in the "real" world.  It is worth talking
about situations in which self-advocacy is necessary and discussing the best
ways to go about it without seeming to agressive or demanding.

Technology:
We could arange some sort of OABS-sponsored "tech day" where we have
different technologies (notetakers, computers, IOS devices, scanners, ID
mates, etc) available, say, at different tables.  We could assign people to
each table to demonstrate and explain the practical uses of these
technologies.  This may already be happening at places like Clovernook
and/or the Cleveland Sight Center, but I think having students who use the
technology on a daily basis do the demonstrations might be a little more
engaging to both students and parents than having the AT folks at Clovernook
do all the talking.  I know something like this happened at convension last
november, but as I recall from what I was told, it wasn't a very long
session.  We had something like this back home in Connecticut when I was in
high school, but it was so much less engaging for me and the other students
to listen to an assistive tech instructor ramble about the features of the
technology.  I think if we focused less on the features of the technology
and more on how those features are used in a practical way, that would speak
more to people.

I also love Emily's idea of traveling to different states and visiting their
own student divisions.  Perhaps we could even make it into a kind of
exchange.  In other words, we send a couple people down to, say, Virginia
and they send a couple of their people to us.  That way, we can learn from
each other.

Ryan L. Silveira

On 1/1/14, Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Hi, Kaiti.
> I just filled in my availability below on the same line as each day 
> rather than below. Like you said, some stuff is still up in the air 
> for me; I don't
>
> even know if I'll be in Lit Choir this semester becaues I sure as heck 
> can't
>
> do it on Wednesdays. That shouldn't matter in the long run, but I'll 
> let you
>
> know if an issue arises with that or something else.
>
> Emily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaiti Shelton" <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>
> To: "'Ohio Association of Blind Students list'" <oabs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 4:51 PM
> Subject: [Oabs] Looking forward to 2014
>
>
>> Hi OABS,
>>
>>
>>
>> It is time once again for us to evaluate the time that will work best 
>> for our meetings.  Please take a look at your schedules and fill out 
>> the form below.  It will probably be easiest to do this by either 
>> copying the form and pasting it into the body of an email, or hitting 
>> reply and scrolling down to type your answers underneath the 
>> questions.  I will need this information no later than Wednesday 
>> January 8th so that I can select the time which works best for the 
>> group in time for our meeting the following week.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you all had a happy new year and are looking forward to 2014!
>>
>>
>>
>> OABS Spring 2014 Survey.
>>
>> 1.        Please list the times that you are available between 7:00 and
>> 10:00 PM for each night of the week.  Bear in mind that OABS only 
>> meets once a month and that it is possible to attend the meetings 
>> while doing other things since we meet via telephone.
>>
>> Monday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Tuesday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Wednesday: 7:30-10:00
>>
>> Thursday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Friday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Saturday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Sunday: 8:00-10:00
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.        Do you have any suggestions for future OABS calls?  What topics
>> would you like OABS to discuss/find speakers to talk about?
> Since we are a growing division, I think it would be awesome for a 
> couple of
>
> representatives to go to a few different student division meetings 
> across the country. We could pick some big ones (i.e. Texas, Illinois, 
> and so on),
>
> and one or two people could go to each, just to gather tips and 
> suggestions
>
> for us to grow in numbers, in financial status, and some topics to 
> cover. I
>
> think it would be great to get some alumni from LCB, CCB, or other places.
> Pam Allen was an awesome speaker, and I think she or Julie Deiden 
> could definitely come back with great insight, but it would be cool to 
> hear from some students, like Macy. I know we talked about this at our 
> November meeting with Deborah, but I just wanted to write it down 
> while I remembered
>
> it. Perhaps we could also have a forum on canes versus dogs, and have 
> some students who use both come in and discuss the ups and downs. We 
> ourselves have some dog users who could give tips, but it would be 
> cool to get a few others too -- maybe even from different schools.
> This may be a topic for when more students are actively at our 
> meetings, especially high school-age
>
> students, but I think it could work.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kaiti Shelton
>>
>> University of Dayton---2016
>>
>> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
>>
>> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
>>
>> Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President
>>
>> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
>>
>> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
>>
>>
>>
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