[VABS] Ice Breaker Challenge: Networking Ability

[Robert Parsons]

Everyone I am so excited to see so much participation on this thread. I hope that we can continue this quantity of dialogue in the future. Keep it going. 

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> On Jul 2, 2017, at 4:00 PM, Naim Abu-ElHawa via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Welcome to the VABS  Family, Efose.  You are one with prestigious/ambitious goals, setting yourself up only for the best of successes. Yay, another multilingual individual. Awesome!  Genius!   Language skills is a key that will open many doors.
> 
> Thank you.
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> Sincerely,
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> Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jul 2, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Efose Oriaifo via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> My name is Efose. I'm 19 & I will enroll at MIT this upcoming fall to study bioengineering. My favorite color is orange and my favorite movie is The Lego Movie.
>> An interesting fact about me is that I am from the Netherlands, but English is my first language. In fact, I can also speak Dutch & Spanish proficiently, and I speak French & German at a conversational level.
>> 
>> Greetings,
>> 
>> Efose
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 1, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Robert Parsons via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Top of the Morning VABS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I hope you all are doing well. I want to recognize that we have about 30 new
>>> members on this list and want to give everyone a chance to meet virtually
>>> and get to know one another, so I plan to run a game. Over the next two
>>> days, I am going to give you all a chance to introduce yourselves, new
>>> members and old, to our list and division. If you follow the rules, your
>>> name will be entered for a prize that will be awarded at our next big event.
>>> To play the game, all you need to do if respond to this email with a list of
>>> information. To respond, you want to hit the "reply all" button or command
>>> and send a message with the following:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1.    Your Name
>>> 2.    Your Age
>>> 3.    The School, Training Center, or College you attend or want to attend
>>> 4.    Your favorite color
>>> 5.    Your favorite movie
>>> 6.    One interesting fact about you that we should know.
>>> 
>>> These emails should be sent out by Monday. There will also be a second
>>> winner for whichever person replies to someone's email and welcomes them to
>>> our group. Don't be shy guys, this is the time to get to know people.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I will start:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 1.    Robert
>>> 2.    I am 28 years old
>>> 3.    I attend Randolph Macon College in Ashland, VA
>>> 4.    My favorite color is Green
>>> 5.    My favorite movie is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
>>> 6.    One interesting fact about me is that my mother is from Belize. 
>>> 
>>> Good Luck
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Robert E. Parsons Jr.
>>> 
>>> President, Richmond Chapter
>>> 
>>> President, Virginia Association of Blind Students
>>> 
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
>>> 
>>> Randolph Macon College '18 
>>> 
>>> Phone: 804 200 3275
>>> 
>>> "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
>>> 
>>> 
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