[VABS] Convention Week: The Pressure is On

[Naim Abu-ElHawa]

Allow us to rock this Convention! Here we go…

Many Thanks And Much Respect.

Sincerely,



Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa

Student: Northern Virginia Community College.
Member: Virginia Association of Blind Students.
Member: National Association of Blind Students.
Member: National Federation of the Blind.

Email Address: nmabuelhawa at gmail.com

Cell Phone Number: (202) 848-8932

"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
Robert H. Goddard

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 29, 2017, at 12:07 PM, Robert Parsons via VABS <vabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Bonjour VABSters
> 
> 
> 
> Who's excited? Who's pumped? Well, if you are not, too bad I am. We are
> officially in convention week and I wanted to just remind people of duties.
> All board members need to email me with their ice breakers ASAP. I have
> heard nothing from any of you and if I don't get anything today then we will
> hold hands and sing the wheels on the bus for 2 hours on Friday night.
> 
> 
> 
> I also want to remind the people who are slated for positions on the board
> by the nominating committee that it is this weekend that your work ethic
> should be seen. I need VABS to look like they are a force and I need its
> potential leaders to look like they want to have these positions. I have
> seen plenty of elections where a new student comes in and upsets a person
> that was slated for a position because no one in the membership saw the
> slated person until the actual election process. Don't be one of those
> students. The reason the nominating committee believes that you are a good
> fit for the position you are nominated for is because you showcased talent
> that, with the right connections and support, can make you an awesome leader
> of not just VABS, but the affiliate as well. Don't make their research go to
> waste.
> 
> 
> 
> All moderators of the panel discussions will receive their questions to ask
> the panelists this afternoon. Again, they are not tough questions. They are
> just an avenue for the panelists to introduce and describe themselves and
> their experience.
> 
> 
> 
> Finally, all students that will be at the hotel on Thursday night, please
> come find me. I think it would be fun to catch up for a bit and discuss
> things for the first day. 
> 
> 
> 
> I look forward to hearing from all of you very soon.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert E. Parsons Jr.
> 
> President, Richmond Chapter
> 
> President, Virginia Association of Blind Students
> 
> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
> 
> President, French Club
> 
> Secretary, Caribbean American Student Alliance
> 
> Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society '15
> 
> Randolph Macon College '18 
> 
> Phone: 804 801 7674
> 
> "Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass
> 
> 
> 
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