[Mi-abs] Student Seminar at State Convention

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Jordyn and List,

The past few years we had a NABS representative come to our state convention 
and student seminar. Is there any interest in having a NABS representative 
come again this year? If I recall correctly, I believe the national student 
division pays for the transportation while we would be responsible for 
paying for room accommodations, registration, and banquet. I would be 
willing to share my room with the NABS representative at no charge to the 
student division.

I also have an idea for a fundraiser if anyone is interested. In the state 
of Michigan there are two major colleges that are known to be rivals. We 
could have two different jars of M&M's to represent these two different 
colleges, and then have people buy guesses to guess how many M&M's are in 
each jar.

For example, we could have a jar of peanut M&M's represent Michigan State, 
and we could have regular &M's represent the University of Michigan. We 
could then charge people a $ per guess, or six guesses for $5. Or if you 
think this would be too much per guess, we could make it $1 for two guesses 
for the same jar, or one guess for each jar.

I thought this might be an interesting twist on the traditional raffles 
every everyone does at convention. I also figured it would be easy to do, 
and would not require any up front cost for the student division. If people 
are interested in doing this fundraiser at state convention, I would be 
willing to provide the jars and M&M's at no charge to the student division.

Anyway, I just thought I would share some thoughts on student activities for 
state convention. If anyone else has any other ideas, please feel free to 
chime in on the conversation. Or if people do not want to put their ideas 
out on the email list for all to see, perhaps we could have a conference 
call to discuss some ideas so Jordyn does not feel as though she is doing 
this all on her own.

Elizabeth


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From: "Jordyn Castor" <jordyn2493 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:33 PM
To: "Michigan Association of Blind Students" <mi-abs at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [Mi-abs] Student Seminar at State Convention

> Hey all,
> Convention is right around the corner, and I am looking forward to seeing 
> everyone! I would like to get some ideas as to what kinds of topics we 
> could cover and/or activities we could do during our student seminar. I am 
> open to any suggestions. :)
> I know current technology is always a fun and interesting topic. We could 
> also have something like a panel, where students share tips and tricks on 
> succeeding in school. What about some of the students sharing about their 
> convention experiences, their experience participating in the Bridge Walk, 
> or other cool experiences they've had as part of the NFB?
> These are just some ideas.
> Your feedback is greatly appreciated as I'm definitely looking for more 
> suggestions!
> Thank you.
> Sincerely,
> Jordyn Castor
>
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