[Oabs] memberships, speak up! it's time to schedule meetings!

[Macy McClain]

Hi Aleeha,
My answers are below.
1. I'm available Tuesdays and Thursdays, and evenings work great.
2. I'd prefer to still do conference calls. I do agree with Kaiti about email correspondence between meetings, to see how everyone's doing with assignments.
3. I would like to see more members, but I think the retreat would be a great vehicle to get things going.
Macy

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> On Jan 18, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Here are my answers:
> 1. When is a good day and time to meet this semester?
> I can meet Tuesdays after 7:00, Fridays after 5:00, or Sunday nights
> at 6:00 or 7:00 for now.  My Monday nights will open up after Feb 9 as
> well when my com module ends, so I'll be free any time after 3:30 PM
> on those days.  Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as Saturdays and
> Sundays before 6:00 or so, are pretty much spoken for.
> 
> 2. Do you still want to meet every month, or would you like to
> connect some business by email and reduce the meetings? If you'd like
> to reduce the meetings, how many would you like to see this semester?
> If we do things by email, we will need to be extremely diligent.
> I don't think we can afford to reduce the meetings because the
> infrequency might make people even less likely to show up than they
> already are.  However, email might be a good option to keep dialog
> going between the meetings.  I just don't see the group (outside of
> the exec board people and Lillie when she wants to be) as diligent
> enough to handle the meetings if we reduced them or conducted them
> only over email.
> 
> 3. What items would you like to see the committee improve on? What
> new things can we do?
> I think getting a retreat together would be wonderful, either between
> us as a division for bonding or with other blind students from Ohio to
> serve as a bonding/recruitment event.  I'm concerned about our ability
> to pull this off with the small number of people who show a vested
> interest in the committee though.
> 
> 
>> On 1/17/15, Aleeha Dudley via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> I wanted to write, especially to the membership committee, but also to the
>> rest of you, to start thinking about what this semester means for the
>> membership committee. Anyone is welcome on this committee, even if you have
>> not already been assigned by Kaiti. I would like to see this committee
>> really strive this year to build this division up. There are many things
>> that I would like to see us work on, but I would also like to hear from you.
>> What do you think this committee can be doing to strenghen OABS? What can we
>> do to push this proud division into the future? With that, I would like for
>> each of you, especially committee members, to send me an email by next
>> Friday, January 23, at 11;59 PM EST, with the following information.
>> Nonmembers, you do not have to fill out the meeting times if you don't want
>> to, just give me ideas on what the committee could work on.
>> 1. When is a good day and time to meet this semester?
>> 2. Do you still want to meet every month, or would you like to connect some
>> business by email and reduce the meetings? If you'd like to reduce the
>> meetings, how many would you like to see this semester? If we do things by
>> email, we will need to be extremely diligent.
>> 3. What items would you like to see the committee improve on? What new
>> things can we do?
>> Thanks all,
>> Aleeha
>> Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas
>> Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
>> Both proud divisions of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>> Email: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com <mailto:blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
>> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
>> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
>> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
>> blindness is not what holds you back.
>> "The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." - Arabian
>> proverb
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> 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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