[VABS] VABS Intern applications Closed

[Michael Munn]

Thank you Robert for sending out this email.
I appreciate it
Warmly
Michael Munn

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:58 AM, Robert Parsons via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Good Morning VABS
>
>
>
> First, I want to thank all of you for participating in this list serve. I
> love the fact that you guys are so engaged in all of this and I promise
> that
> there will be more insightful and enjoyable events to come. At this point,
> I
> want to inform you all about this internship program and all that it
> consists of.
>
>
>
> 1.      Inclusiveness: A VABS Intern is considered an official member of
> the
> VABS executive board. This means that they are part of the leadership of
> this division. We are a proud division of the National Federation of the
> Blind of Virginia and a local incarnation of the National Association of
> Blind Students. On the national level, the executive board consists of 9
> positions: President, First Vice, Second Vice, Treasurer, Secretary, and
> four board members. Our executive board will consist of 8 positions:
> President (Yours Truly), Vice president (Kim Valko), Treasurer (Andrea
> Perry), Secretary (Sharon Jose), and two board members (Tracy Jones, and
> Kinston Walker). The two interns will be the final two members of the
> executive board and will be prepped and primed throughout their term to
> ascend higher up on the board or continue serving in that position in the
> future if they choose.
> 2.      VABS board members and interns oversee committees. This means that
> you will be the point person of our operations. The first board member
> (Tracy) is the person that runs the membership aspect of our division. She
> works to add students to our board and refer them to myself. Kinston, our
> second board members is currently doing the communications part of the
> division, but this is a task that one of the interns will take. The second
> board member will be running the legislative committee. If there are any
> type of bill or law that we introduce or express disinterest in, this
> committee will work with the national student division to gather
> information
> and give it to our group. That person will also assist with coordinating
> students to make it to Washington Seminar. The first intern is the
> fundraising coordinator. When our division has any type of fundraising
> event
> or opportunity, this individual is the point person and liaison between our
> division and potential clients or partners. The final inter is the
> communications committee coordinator. This person will operate the
> division's Facebook or Twitter page.
> 3.      This intern term will last from Thursday until November 4, 2017 at
> our state convention. It is during our board meeting, on this day, that the
> board will end their term and must run for elections again. Please feel
> free
> to reapply for any position you already will have or for one that you want
> to have.
>
> We have a total of 5 applicants for the two vacant inter positions and
> their
> interviews will occur Thursday, July 20, 2017. Please wish your
> friends/contemporaries luck on their interview and efforts.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> 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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>
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