From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Apr  9 17:49:16 2012
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 10:49:16 -0700
Subject: [Uabs] Fwd: NABS Notes for March
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From: Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2012 00:07:52 -0400
Subject: NABS Notes for March
To: nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org

Please find attached, as well as pasted below, the NABS Notes update for March.

Thanks,

Sean

Sean Whalen
President, National Association of Blind Students
(608) 332-4147
nabs.president at gmail.com

NABS Notes

March 2012


In this edition of NABS? monthly bulletin:

1. NABS Needs You!
2. Congratulations to Missouri!
3. State Announcements
4. Meeting Minutes

NABS Needs You!

Are you planning on being in Dallas this July for National Convention?
You want to help NABS and meet new people at the same time? We are
looking for folks who would be interested in volunteering to assist
with a whole host of efforts at convention. So, whatever your talents,
get in touch and we would be thrilled to put them to use. We will be
needing help with a wide range of tasks from convention planning and
fundraising to dealing cards and manning the NABS table in the exhibit
hall. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Sean Whalen
at 608 332-4147 or nabs.president at gmail.com.

Congratulations to Missouri!

As of March 29, 2012, NABS has a brand new state student division in
the great state of Missouri! Congratulations to the newly elected
President, Bethany Bennington. Huge thanks are due to Shirley Grauel
for her efforts to rebuild the student group in Missouri and to bring
them to this point. Thanks as well to the support of Gary Wunder and
the entire MO affiliate. NABS is one step closer to having an
affiliate in each of the 50 states.

State Announcements
Note: All announcements are printed below as they were received from
their senders. No effort to edit for content, grammar or clarity has
been made on the part of NABS.
Delaware:

We are selling raffel tickets for a Holland American Cruise for 2 to
Mexico or the Caribean for a week. Everything is inclued except port
charges and transportation to and from the area where the cruise is
taking off from. 1 tickets for $10 and 3 tickets for $25. Drawing will
be held April 13 @ 10:pm at a Titanic Dinner. Please contact me at
nabs_delawaredivision at yahoo.com if you are interested in purchasing
tickets or desire more information.





Meeting Minutes

National Association of Blind Students

Board Meeting Minutes
March 18, 2012

Meeting called to order at 8:35 P.M.

Members Present:

Sean Whalen
Karen Anderson
Darian Smith
Cindy Bennett
Shelby Ball
Candice Chapman
Briley Pollard
Domonique Lawless

Committee Reports

Fundraising: Thank you?s to auction donators are going into the mail
tomorrow. The Apple TV raffle will be drawn shortly. We will do a
raffle at National Convention with several prizes. We will determine
the details of this over the coming weeks and finalize a decision on
the April call.

Membership: A flyer for the March call is in the works. Exploring
topics for next month?s membership call.

Slate: Almost ready to publish. Should be out in late March or early April.

Website: Contacts continue to be maintained, and the resource list is
still in the works.

Old Business:

Treasury: Checks were mailed to Cindy, BLIND, Inc. Holiday Inn Capitol, Sean.
There are still some outstanding checks. New Jersey, Jeff Lucas,
National, and Beth Debus. Sean and Shelby will follow up to ensure
that outstanding checks are cleared.

New Business

Rep Requests: Tennessee did not work out. A rep will not go to
Mississippi, but Candice will be there. Sean is going to Texas. Cindy
might go to Wisconsin. Darian might go to New Mexico. Decisions on WI
and NM will be made in the next week.

NABS Leadership Seminar: June 1 weekend is the most likely. Affiliate
action is interested in assisting with agenda and finding
participants. Dr. Maurer has been contacted.

NABS Promotional CDROM: A multimedia approach with interviews was
proposed instead of the CD just containing documents. The committee
will continue to work out the specific approach, and report back to
the full board for a decision at the next meeting.



As always, please contact Sean Whalen at 608 332-4147 or
nabs.president at gmail.com with any questions, comments or suggestions.
The NABS board works for you, and we want to know how we are doing!



-- 
Darian Smith

"To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the
formula
for a life well lived."

- Dr. Peter Benson
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From dandrews at visi.com  Fri Apr 13 12:57:13 2012
From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews)
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:57:13 -0500
Subject: [Uabs] Virginia Job/Mentoring Opportunity
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Hello counselors and potential mentors,

The Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Vision Impaired 
(VRCBVI) is seeking blind or visually impaired college students with 
a 3.0 average
or its equivalent (and at least 60 credit hours) as Mentors for our 
summer College Assessment Program (C.A.P.) to be held June 17th 
through June 29th 2012.
Maturity and good blindness skills a real plus! During CAP, targeted 
at blind and visually impaired high school students and blind adults 
who are considering
attending college, staff will assess students' skills and readiness 
for college by simulating a college schedule.  Mentors will accompany 
their group of
students (4 per group) to class, encourage good use of blindness 
skills (cane travel, Braille, non-visual computer use), share 
problem-solving skills from
their own academic and social experiences during college, participate 
on a student panel during the College Logistics' class, and help 
students at night
and on the weekend in the dorm. Telephone Interview required.  If 
accepted, mentors will be paid minimum wage ($7.25 per hour for a 
total of 80 hours--
week-day, evenings, and some weekend hours) and room and board for 
two weeks.   Specific schedules determined upon hire. Final 
notification of acceptance
during the week of May 14-18 by telephone/email with written 
acceptance to follow.  Please email a short essay no more than 500 
words detailing why you
would like to be a mentor and how your skills and experience apply. 
Include your name, address, email, telephone number, and resume 
including three references
to
buffa.hanse at dbvi.virginia.gov
  if interested. If you have any questions or would like further 
information please call me at: 502-296-3600. PLEASE POST ON LIST 
SERVS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
AND SHARE THIS NOTICE WITH OTHERS WHOM YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED.  




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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Apr 17 14:35:20 2012
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:35:20 -0700
Subject: [Uabs] Nabs Membership call: Sports and fitness
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Greettings Nabs members!
 We hope everyone  is getting excited for summer.  Because it will be
here very soon. And we know you want to look your best. So NABS is
happy to host a call about ways to get in to shape and stay looking
good. Please join us on April 22nd  at 7pm eastern. For some fun
conversation with some great folks who know all about fittness
including Amber   Sherrard and  Serena Olsen. We all need to get out
of our dormrooms or apartments and feel good about ourselves, so let?s
start talking about it, so you can go do it!

Confrence call number is : 712-775-7100 code: 257963
Sincerely,
 Nabs Membership Committee



From anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com  Sun Apr 22 03:42:45 2012
From: anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com (anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com)
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:42:45 -0700
Subject: [Uabs] Calling All Book Readers Out Here SPpend This Sunday Night
 With MItzi Friedlander
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Hi There!
The following post is meant to provide a service to this list and
community by providing useful information that some of you might find
useful.
That being said, I want to apologize in advance if anyone has a problem
with this post, but no matter what we discuss here, I know that most of us
on here
enjoy reading a good book. And you have an opportunity to meet a very
well-known and respected narrator of over 1500 talking books forr  blind
readers,
several of her titles are on bard. This is the only notice of this kind
you'll receive unless you're on another list where this has been posted or
shared,
and if you find the information useful, please share it with anyone you
think would be interested in the below event.
?
Greetings! Here's hoping this message finds you happy and having a great day!
Let me take you away from your world for just a minute or two. Imagine
that you're on vacation. It's a warm summer's day. The temperature is high
enough
to be warm and pleasant, but not too high to be terribly hot or
uncomfortable.
The sky is a bright blue; the grass is a perfect green; and the sun
combined with a gentle cooling breeze creates for you that picture perfect
day. Sun
tan oil rubbed on, a nice cool glass of lemonade on the table beside you,
the latest book from your favorite author purchased and loaded into your
mp3
player, you're about to settle down for a quiet afternoon of reading in
the sun.
?
And there's nothing that enhances an audio book more than when it's read
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the listener.
And if there's one narrator who has managed to secure a place in the minds
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If you're an avid talking book reader, and have read many of the books put
together by The American Printing House For The Blind, the name Mitzi
Friedlander
is as well known to you as Louis Armstrong would be to a lover of jazz!
But if you don't know the name Mitzi Friedlander, you have the opportunity
to learn just why so many readers  of all ages are unable to forget this
incredible
lady!
That opportunity will come your way this Sunday, April 22 2012, at 6 PM
eastern time, as Jonathan Matte, host of Anything Entertainment on the
internet
radio station Audio Access FM, presents An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander."
Join Jonathan as he tells Mitzi's story through a live interview with her.
You'll learn about Mitzi's career, the books she's read, and so much more.
Why
is she so famous to talking book readers? You'll just have to tune in
Sunday night to find out!
To hear the show live, tune in starting at 6 PM eastern (5 PM central, 4
PM mountain, 3 PM pacific) by going to either
http://www.audioaccessfm.com/listen_live.php
or if that link gives you trouble, go to
http://www.audioaccessfm.com/broadband.php
?
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picking up your cell or lan line phone and dialing
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and when prompted, enter in access code
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followed by the pound sign.
?
This is a presentation you're sure not to forget, delivered by a young man
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Mitzi for
years by the time he's done. So, at least for this Sunday, turn off the
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either join
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Friedlander"
this Sunday, April 22, 2012 beginning at 6 PM eastern on Audio Access FM,
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?
?
Can't make the live presentation?
If for some reason you can't be there live, send an email to
daviddunphy at audioaccessfm.com
letting him know you'd like a link to download a recording of the show,
and you'll receive the link as soon as it becomes available, which will be
shortly
after the interview has finished.
?
For all other inquiries about the interview, or if you have any questions
about the Anything Entertainment Program, contact the show host, Jonathan
Matte
at
jmatte28 at audioaccessfm.com
?
See You On Sunday!!!
?
>From Jonathan Matte>





From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sun Apr 22 17:14:22 2012
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:14:22 -0700
Subject: [Uabs] Nabs Membership call: Sports and fitness
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 Greettings Nabs members!
  We hope everyone  is getting excited for summer.  Because it will be
 here very soon. And we know you want to look your best. So NABS is
 happy to host a call about ways to get in to shape and stay looking
 good. Please join us on April 22nd  at 7pm eastern. For some fun
 conversation with some great folks who know all about fittness
 including Amber   Sherrard and  Serena Olsen. We all need to get out
 of our dormrooms or apartments and feel good about ourselves, so let?s
 start talking about it, so you can go do it!

 Confrence call number is : 712-775-7100 code: 257963
 Sincerely,
  Nabs Membership Committee



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sat Apr 28 00:24:36 2012
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:24:36 -0700
Subject: [Uabs] *For High School Students Only* Nabs High School Committee
 Presents: Bullies and Blindness.
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To All High School Students

list of 3 items
? Have you been bullied because of your blindness?
? Do you ever worry about what would happen if you were to be bullied?
? Would you like to seek advice from other blind students?
list end


Join the NABS high school group to discuss these situations and ways
to handle them on Sunday April 29th at 7:00 p.m eastern.

Call: 712-775-7100

Pass code: 257963

We look forward to talking to you:

NABS High School Committee