[Oabs] September meeting

[Macy McClain]

I'm sorry to say that I will not, if we have a conference call this Thursday, be available on the call. I already have something scheduled for that time. Next Thursday? I should be free then.

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> On Sep 21, 2015, at 10:12 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, OABS,
> 
> I recognized tonight that we have not yet had a meeting this month,
> and that we should have held it last Thursday.  This month has been
> very sleepy for us without a membership committee meeting as Aleeha
> moved into LCB just a short time before that, but we do need to meet
> this month to start finalizing convention details.  I appologize for
> the oversight.
> 
> As some of you already know, my grandmother has been very sick the
> past few months.  It looked like she was going to move into hospice
> earlier this month, and that time came this past week right around
> Wednesday.  It truly was a case of not having the meeting even cross
> my mind at that time.  I recognize that we might have to play with the
> timing to make it work, but I am open to suggestions for that.  My
> recommendation is that we hold the call either this Thursday at 7:00
> or 7:15 in advance of the fundraising committee's usual time, or we
> hold them the following Thursday which would be vacant of any other
> committee meetings anyway.  That would be October 1st if I'm not
> mistaken.
> 
> I hope that you all will be patient with me this month, and I will
> make sure this does not happen in October; it can't right before
> convention.  This is the time we need to make the push to get
> everything settled.  We do have the luxury of a few extra weeks to
> prepare since convention isn't in early November this year, but we
> need to take advantage of those as best we can.
> 
> A final note: Please send me any additional information or corrections
> you might have for the gavel award forms.  I know I need to contact
> Emily to go through treasury information, but otherwise I am missing a
> good amount of information from those on the list serve who may not
> attend meetings regularly.  Even if you don't attend meetings
> regularly, please do send me an email with answers to the form, or
> even a list of your activities or extracurriculars you are involved
> in.  Knowing if you have signed up for Newsline, Scrip, or if you
> belong to a local chapter is also helpful.  Odds are that if I know
> you're involved in something I already put it down on the form, but
> there is a lot that Aleeha, Macy, and I (who filled out the form last
> month) do not know about the membership and we don't want to exclude
> anything important.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton 2016.
> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Secretary, NFB Performing Arts Division
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
> 
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