[Ohio-Talk] announcing my perminant appointment to the presidency of The Ohio Association of blind students.

[Richard Payne]

Good morning, Shane, and all,

 

You will do a great job and truly being at the top of leadership can look very different and the state affiliate stands ready and willing to assist at any point. I look forward to working with you and the division to grow and to continue to be a strong part of the team.

 

 

Richard Payne,  President

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

937/829/3368

 <mailto:Rchpay7 at gmail.com> Rchpay7 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.

 

From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Shane Popplestone via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2023 4:52 AM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>; National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; Ohio Association of Blind Students list <oabs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Shane Popplestone <spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com>
Subject: [Ohio-Talk] announcing my perminant appointment to the presidency of The Ohio Association of blind students.

 

Good morning fellow federationists,

This message is to let you all know that after careful deliberation and discussion between myself and Emily Kiehl it has been determined that due to a number of changes in her personal life she cannot carry on as President of The Ohio association of Blind Students for the remainder of her elected term.

During our business meeting conducted on September 1, 2023, Emily officially tendered her resignation as president and nominated me to fill that position for the remainder of the 2023-2024 year.

Our constitution does permit us to have simply made the change as at the last election I was elected the OABS Vice President, , but for transparency we held a vote by all members present to officially appoint me as president of OABS for the remainder of the term.

This motion passed and effective immediately I will be serving as your OABS president for the remainder of the term.

I am humbled and honored that Emily and the entire devision feel I'm up to the task of carrying the devision forward, but I've got rather large shoes to fill with Emily's departure, but with the support of the rest of my board, the devision, and every single person at a state and national level, I hope to do the devision, NFB Ohio, and the NFB as a whole, proud.

Before anyone asks, Emily will still be a member of the devision, and will still support us going forward, it just means she will no longer be the president of the devision.

I ask that you give me a few days to get myself acclimated to the position, and to permit myself and my board to do the internal work required for this transition, before you bombard me with stuff.

If the Ohio affiliate, or nabs, needs to reach me and wishes to assist with this transition, those members have my information and are welcome to reach out to help make this transition as seamless as possible.

I'll be the first one to admit, being acting president is a lot different then being the actual president of a devision, and to say I'm nervous, is an under statement.

I don't know what to expect, but with the support of each and every one of you, I think I'm up to the task.

Take care.

Shane Popplestone

President of the Ohio Association of blind students

Co-chair of the ohio newsline committee

member of the Grater Akron Chapter

member of Ohio Association of Guide Dog users

spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com <mailto:spopplestone.nfb at gmail.com> 

234-716-2208

You can live the life you want!

 

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