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

[Christopher Sabine]

Congratulations, Shane.

Chris

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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