[Oabs] Thank you, and some shout outs!

[Aleeha Dudley]

I think I can bring my Perkins to convention, if we decide we need one. We may not for tickets, but we may during the meeting for different things.

Aleeha Dudley and seeing eye dog Dallas 
Vice President, Ohio Association of blind students
Blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com
"The wind of Heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." Arabian proverb 
 
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> On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:08 AM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thank you to those who came to the make-up meeting tonight.  To recap,
> here are the things which were discussed:
> Contributions to the convention---we have elected to put together a
> basket with a movie night theme.  This basket will include gourmet
> popcorn; some decadent chocolate from Esther Price Candy, a Cincinnati
> favorite that is known state-wide; possibly some general admission
> tickets to a big and really common movie theatre like Showcase, Regal
> Cinemas, or AMC; a hot beverage of some sort like apple cyder or hot
> chocolate; and some fuzzy slippers or socks.  I anticipate that this
> basket will be at least $25 in value, and if it doesn't seem like it
> will remember that the chocolate will be more expensive than you might
> think.  I also have a $25 gift certificate to Doey's Pizza I am
> donating as a door prize, and a few of us including Aleeha and myself
> are going to walk around our campuses and ask restaurants for gift
> card donations.  Aleeha did pretty well with this last year, so I
> think that's proof that businesses might be more generous than we
> might think they would be.  I'm planning on trying a few of the
> businesses on Brown Street by my campus either Sunday afternoon when
> they're likely to be less busy and available to talk to me, or next
> weekend if for some reason that doesn't work out.  Lillie also
> mentioned that she has a Wal-Mart card she'd be willing to throw in.
> 2 cards is a good start, but we had more than that last year.  I'd
> like to at least match 2014 to 2013.
> The fundraiser this year will be a Split-The-Pot.  We are going to
> make tickets in advance by brailling on index cards.  If you are
> interested in making the tickets, you can use the following
> description to help:
> 
> Insert the flash card into the brailler/slate in landscape.  Braille
> in literary numbers in numerical order, leaving a space between each
> number so they can be cut.  Depending on the size of your index card,
> you should be able to get 2 to 4 numbers out of a card.  You can
> adjust your margins if using a brailler as well.  When you can fit no
> more numbers across, line feed down and braille dots 1 and 4 all the
> way across the card.  Line feed and left align again, and write the
> numbers you wrote before directly below the original ones.  Remove
> card when finished and flip it over.  Insert the card into the
> brailler again and line feed down till you are linged up with the row
> of Cs.  Braille a row of Cs again on the otherside to create a crease
> so that the tickets can be easily split into halves.  Fold the card
> hamburger style along the crease with the braille facing outward, and
> use scissors to cut the tickets apart.  When you have single tickets,
> one should look like this.  number at top, a line below, same number
> directly below.  If you need additional help, you can call either
> Aleeha or myself as we've both done this before.  Place any/all
> tickets you make into a baggy of some sort, and remember to bring it
> with you to the convention.  Aleeha will be brailling tickets 1-100
> because she is going to be at convention before the rest of us on
> Thursday night and Friday morning.  I will braille tickets 101-200
> since I will most likely be arriving at the hotel between 11:00 and
> 2:00 on Friday.  Lillie mentioned she'd be willing to braille, and
> perhaps Emily could also help when home.  Lillie, would you be willing
> to tackle 201-300 with the option of drafting Emily if/when available?
> I know the sisters will be arriving after 4:00, so that would be
> great.  We will also need people who know how to use a slate to bring
> their's to the convention so more tickets can be made if necessary.
> Since travel for me will be more than hitching a ride on local
> paratransit, and I may have to use Greyhound and figure out how to
> transport my guitar in such a way that it isn't damaged, I won't know
> if I'll be able to bring my Perkins like last year until I figure out
> how I'm going to get to Columbus.  Barbara has challeneged me to come
> to convention a competent slate-user, so hopefully this won't be an
> issue and I'll also be able to help with emergency ticket production.
> Lastly on this, tickets will be sold 1 for a dollar, and 6 for 5
> dollars.  Make sure when you sell that you take half of the ticket
> along with the money and place it in the container I will give you.  I
> have quart-sized ZipLoc bags, and I'll give one for collecting money
> and one for collecting ticket stubs to anyone who wants to help sell.
> 
> Next, membership committee needs help.  Membership is struggling, and
> especially since convention is a month away we need to step it up.
> Please join the call on the 10th of October; it will be the last one
> before convention, and we need to make a good presence.
> 
> Be prepared to pay dues at convention.  Our constitution states that
> we will vote on the amount to be paid to the treasurer there, but I
> know initial thinking was that they would be $5.
> 
> No word on whether or not Dr. Maurer will be attending our seminar or
> not, but Eric will keep me posted.  As soon as I know, I'll pass along
> what I've found out.
> 
> Now for the shout outs!
> Emily is gearing up to take the GMAT, which is the standardized test
> for admission into MBA programs.  From what she told us about the
> accomodations process, it sounds like College Board and ACT could
> learn a thing or two from the GMAT people.  There seems to have been
> no struggle at all in getting set up and approved for accomodations.
> That's what we like to see!
> Lillie will be making a TV debute, talking about the accessible TI84
> calculator she's using.  Details on when the film crew will shoot are
> still TBA.  Exciting!
> This last one isn't a shout out, at least yet.  Please keep your
> fingers crossed for me.  I've applied to go on a study abroad service
> trip to Jamaica this summer.  If all goes well, I will spend ten days
> on the northern coast of Jamaica, working in various clinical settings
> for music therapy.  I feel really confident about the interview I had
> earlier today and my professors have said they would support me iby
> giving thei recommendations, but we'll see how it goes.  I should know
> something within the next week, and then if I am accepted I'll need to
> do some serious fundraising of my own.  It's a wonderful personal and
> professional opportunity that I hope I will get the chance to have.
> 
> Thanks all, and if I left out any shout outs due to the late hour just
> shoot me an email or reply to the list.
> -- 
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton 2016.
> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
> 
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