[Txabs] It Is Upon Us!

[Gabe Cazares]

Dear TABSters,

The seventy second annual National Convention of the National Federation of
the blind will commence in exactly: , and We as part of the hosting
affiliate have a major role in this year's convention. I would like you to
keep a few things in mind as you prepare for Dallas:

1.       Register: If you have not done so already, I encourage you to
officially join your Federation family by registering at the National
Convention. We currently have 198 Texans preregistered, but I'm sure that
number can change if you register. Please refer to the agenda for times and
locations to register.

2.       Texas Caucus: if you can, I would like to encourage you to attend
the Texas Caucus Saturday morning at 9:00 AM. This meeting is for all Texans
who are attending the National Convention, this will give us the opportunity
to welcome first timers, receive up to the minute announcements, and learn
how we can assist our state affiliate in insuring that this convention runs
smoothly. The meeting will be held in the Steuben Room, in the Atrium
Mezzanine. Please come, TABS is a large student division with a dynamic
membership, and your energy and enthusiasm will be greatly appreciated at
this meeting, and throughout the convention.

3.       NABS Social: The National Association of Blind Students will be
hosting a social Saturday from 9:00 Pm to midnight in the Affiliate Action
suite, 2372. Come mingle with students from all over the country, come get
to know the NABS board, and make new friends as well as reconnect with old
ones! (This will be a great opportunity for any first timer students to get
to know NABS.)

4.       NABS Annual Seminar and Business Meeting: the National Association
of Blind Students is one of our national parent organizations, and as a
state division of NABS I would really like to encourage every Texan student
that is attending convention to be present at this meeting. In addition to
fabulous door prizes, like the grand prize of an 8GB iPod Touch, this
meeting will feature inspiring speeches from students all over the country,
as well as informative presentations from companies like Learning Ally,
Bookshare, etc. You will also have the chance to elect the leaders of the
NABS board for the following two year terms, so come and join the Texas
delegation on Sunday July 1, registration opens at 6:15 PM, and remember
that if you register before 6:45 PM you'll be doubling your entry into the
door prize drawing. You can save yourself a lot of time and hassle by
preregistering here:
http://www.nabslink.org/drupal/civicrm/event/register?reset=1
<http://www.nabslink.org/drupal/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=2> &id=2
Lets show the other student divisions who the best in the country is!!! If
you purchase your Southern Strums T-shirt ahead of the meeting, we would
love for you to wear it along with the TABS board and show your Texas pride!

5.       Remember to visit: http://www.nfbtx.org to see the agenda,
restaurant guide, exhibiters list, exhibit hall layout, and anything else
you could possibly want to know about convention! A big thank you to our
webmaster, Mr. Thomas Stivers for his hard work in making our website easy
to use, and very informative.

6.       You can also check out TABS' schedule of activities during the
National Convention at: http://www.nfbtx.org/tabs

7.       Don't for get to follow us for real time updates from the
convention: http://www.twitter.com/txtabsters And if you tweet, don't forget
to include the hashtag #NFB12 so you too can be part of the conversation,
also if you search the hashtag, you will be able to see all the tweets
relating to our national convention.

 

I hope that you learn, network, and have lots of fun this week, I would like
to connect/reconnect with as many of you as possible, so please feel free to
look me up. You can tweet me directly at: http://www.twitter.com/gmcazares
or stop by the Texas Information Table in the Atrium Lobby, I will be
spending a lot of time there. Make this convention experience a positive
one!

See you awesome TABSters in Dallas!!!

Best,

 

...Gabe

 

Gabriel M. Cazares, 1st Vice President

Texas Association of Blind Students - TABS (A Division of the National
Federation of the Blind of Texas)

www.nfbtx.org/tabs

Phone: 713-581-0619

 

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