[VABS] VABS Intern applications Closed

[Robert Parsons]

No problem Michael. Feel free to forward that message to your sister's email so she can better understand what it is you are applying for. 

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> On Jul 19, 2017, at 6:43 AM, Michael Munn via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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