[Mn-abs] Nabs needs your help at national convention!

[Al Jask]

Hi,
Great jobs and activities.
I will not be at the convention in person because of funding problem but willing to help in what ever way you would want me to especially in the area of accessibility of assisted technology.
apple is my specialty so I do have some experience using the Macbook pro, iphone amongst other apple products
I guess lot can be done by way of virtual connect..
Cheers.

Alvin Jask
MABS Vice President		



Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Fellow Students,
> Convention is just around the corner- can you believe it?
> 
> As you all know,  the National association of blind students is
> planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may
> not know however is that we as a board  can’t do  all of it ourselves.
> So we would  very much  appreciate your help in making  The nabs
> activities a success this year!
> Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas:
> 1.  assistance  in staffing the nabs table  located in the exhibit hall.
> Here you will be partnered up  with a nabs board member selling
> coffie mugs and handing out nabs literature.  The schedule  for
> tabling looks like this:
> Monday , July 4:
> Shift  1. 11 a.m. -1 p.m.
> 
> Shift 2. 1 p.m.  – 3 p.m.
> 
> Shift 3. 3 p.m. – 5p.m.
> 
> 
> Tuesday, July 5:
> 
> 
> shift 4:  9a.m. – 11a.m.
> 
> 
> Shift 5: 11a.m. – 1 p.m.
> 
> Shift 6: 1: p.m. – 3p.m.
> Shift 7. 3p.m. – 5 p.m.
> Wednesday, July 6:
> Shift 8: 12 noon – 1:45 p.m.
> 
> Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
> 
> Shift 10:  8:30 p.m. – 10p.m.
> 
> Thursday, July 7:
> Shift 11: 12 noon – 1:45 p.m.
> 
> shift 12:  7p.m. – 8p.m.
> 
> shift 13: 8p.m. – 9p.m.
> 
> 
> 
> As you can see, we have  thirteen shifts, so  if you contact me with
> your preference, I will be more  than happy to get you scheduled in!
> *Note  to state Student division presidents: we would like to  offer
> you the opportunity to  sell your fundraising items at the nabs table,
> if you would be willing to  help us staff it.  If so, please  contact
> me with the times you would be willing to work.    If   your state
> student division president is not  going to be attending convention,
> still contact me, and we’ll get your division in there to fundraise.
> 
> 2. The Nabs business meeting and elections.   We want to make
> registration and elections as painless and orderly as possible, and
> you can absolutely help with  this! We are going to need: individuals
> who are willing to marshal (you know, those folks that say “nabs
> meeting: this way!”. If you are  loud, we could really use your help
> here!)
> We will also need individuals to be “runners”. These  individuals will
> help to count ballots in the event that a voice vote is not sufficient
> to settle a contested election.  These individuals should be willing
> to collect and count ballot cards in order to  determine the winner of
> the electoral contest.  It is  strongly recommended that individuals
> serving in this vital role   do not seek election  to any nabs office,
> in order to  insure an unbias and fair election for all persons
> involved.
> 
> 3. Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great
> opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us  in putting together
> one of our most successful events that we do.  For this we will  need:
> Individuals who can work  an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
> Those  individuals will be asked to:
> a.    Marshal.
> b.    Set up for the event
> c.    Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games)
> We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.)  Those
> individuals would be asked to:
> a.    deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games)
> b.    assist with event clean- up and playing  chip  counting.
> 
> Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working
> (exhibit hall, monte carlo or both), and please include a phone number
> which we can use to contact you at convention (just in case). If
> Monte carlo,  please let me know what job you would like to take on,
> if you would like to deal and what games  you would like to deal
> (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games).
> This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to
> get to know you. As well, this is  an equally great opportunity for
> you  to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time.
> Please contact me by July 1 if interested.
> I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com
> 
> Thank you   so much for your interest  and I look forward to hearing
> from you all real soon
> And of course, See you in Orlando!
> Best,
>  Darian
> 
> 
> --
> Darian Smith
> Board member/ convention  volunteer coordinator
> National Association of Blind Students
> 
> “My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.”
> 
> — Shaquille O'Neal
> 
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