[Ohio-talk] Convention Agenda anyone?

Fri Oct 24 21:41:01 UTC 2014

Hi all,

I have long had the agenda for the student seminar finalized, but I
would be open to discussing options for collaboration.  Doing so
during our seminar time might be difficult for a couple of reasons
though; the short notice would throw a monkey wrench into an already
packed program with introductions, board member elections, and our own
door prize giveaway.  I'm not sure how accommodating that would be to
individuals such as parents of blind children who have different
questions and concerns.  We're also hoping that Dr. Maurer will stop
by and talk with us for a few minutes as students, but perhaps if
we're all together and he is able to stop by he could tie the support
of family and parents into helping a student become a future NFB
member/leader.  Food would also be an issue.  The student division
provides pizza for its members, and this year we are using personal
funds rather than affiliate ones.  Emily Pennington has volunteered to
buy 2 or 3 pizzas for the group with her own money.  We were going to
buy our own so the affiliate wouldn't have to, but Emily, especially
because of her office I think, didn't want to dip into our small
treasury.  This is very generous, but I don't think it would be fair
to ask her to buy more if other people showed to our meeting.  Parents
and family members of blind children would certainly be welcome, but
if this is what ends up happening I think they should either bring
boxed lunches that they have individually purchased, or the parents
division could provide food for those people like the students do.

If this is what ends up happening, I know the student division board
members will do their best to help.  The latter part of the meeting,
whatever time is left after our business is taken care of, will be set
aside for networking and mingling.  That would be a great time not
only for students to get to know each other, but also for seasoned
members of the division to be available to parents who have questions
about technology, independent living skills, braille, etc.  All of us
love to talk and help where we can, so in that sense we would be able
to contribute something to the collaboration pretty well.  Carol, I
ask that if this is something you want us to do that you please let me
know by Monday, so we can try to figure something out in advance of
the convention.

If there are any other ideas for how we might collaborate over
convention weekend from anyone, I'd be happy to hear them.

On 10/24/14, Payne, Richard L (Synchrony Financial)
<richard.payne at synchronyfinancial.com> wrote:
> I would love to see the parents and students collaborate together and put
> together a joint lunching are some event that would include both groups
> working with each other. This is what we spoke about after the state board
> meeting.  Richard
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
> Shelton via Ohio-talk
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 11:37 AM
> To: Deborah Kendrick; NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Convention Agenda anyone?
>
> Please do tell us if there is anything in the works for parents and families
> of blind children. If there is something that will be happening, I know I
> would like to represent the student division, along with any other 2014
> officers who can work it out.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 23, 2014, at 6:44 AM, Deborah Kendrick via Ohio-talk
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Carol,
>> If your friends attend, you might introduce them to Elif Emir Oksuz, one
>> of our scholarship winners.  Elif came here to study in 2012.  She is from
>> Turkey, and is a great example of how a blind person from another country
>> can both get acclimated here and share what she learns with her fellow
>> citizens at home.
>> Keep spreading the word!
>> Deborah
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carol
>> Akers via Ohio-talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:39 PM
>> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
>> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Convention Agenda anyone?
>>
>> I am not sure if I have missed the agenda or if it hasn't been sent out
>> yet.  I was really hoping to be able to share it with the potential
>> attendees that I met at the gym.  I know it would help them to better
>> understand what NFB is about, if they could read what is in store for
>> them.  They are from another country and are searching for answers on how
>> to deal with blindness.   We are fortunate here in America, even though
>> the system is not perfect, at least there are programs for blind students
>> and adults.  In their country, once you are blind, that is the end of
>> education and there are no resources.I am encouraging them to attend, but
>> it would really help to have more information for them.Carol
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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