[nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with other blind folks

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Tue Feb 19 04:40:26 UTC 2013 

Ashley and Mauricio,

I agree. We have to be careful here, as the list is publically archived and
it could be considered an "official" list of the Federation; after all, it
is the official list of NABS. Conversely,a list like the one Desiree and
others are talking about would be a place where these topics can be
discussed more freely.

Chris

Chris Nusbaum, Co-Chair
Public Relations Committee
Maryland Association of Blind Students
Phone: (443) 547-2409


-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mauricio
Almeida
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:17 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues with
other blind folks

well said.
noone is putting anyone down here.
go for the list:)
On Feb 18, 2013, at 11:13 PM, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Carley,
> We were not putting him down. We were  just saying that another list
devoted to only social issues is better.
> David already spoke his mind and said we can sometimes discuss dating on
here, but it cannot get too far off track.
> I say go for creating the list and we can have more private conversations
there.
> Ashley
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Carly Mihalakis
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 10:55 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; National 
> Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues 
> with other blind folks
> 
> Hi, List,
> 
> Are we not ALL blind students? Isn't a potential YAHOO or other social 
> forum, positioned  for each and every one of our  enrichment?
> Where is a sense of unity? Why are people being made to feel like some 
> pariah, with some kind of disease,  simply for being emotionally 
> unstable?  Indeed, People are well aware of how advice delivered via 
> an On-line support forum, may be subject to thinking twice. I'm 
> convinced of people's  being well aware of this.  We are talking about 
> emotional crises, people!
> Is not investing too much in any of the Internet's resources not a 
> given, anyway?
> Car, but
>> I think the list should be for support, not primarily for therapy.
>> -----Original Message----- From: Desiree Oudinot
>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 6:11 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues 
>> with other blind folks
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> Since I was the person who  initially raised this suggestion, I guess 
>> I'd better speak up.
>> While I do think this is a great idea, and would like to see it 
>> happen, I'm not sure I'm the right person to even suggest it. Pardon 
>> the pun, but I'm not so sure having the blind lead the blind is such 
>> a good idea. To cut to the point, I'm not sure if it would be right 
>> of me to moderate such a list when I know I would use it to air out 
>> some of my own problems. I'm also not a psychologist, social worker 
>> or any other mental health worker. I only bring this up because I'm 
>> not sure how formal this group would have to be, and I don't want any
trouble.
>> My only other hang-up is that I'm not very good at thinking up clever 
>> names, and I'm drawing a blank as to what this hypothetical list 
>> should be called. I'm sure others may have some suggestions, though, 
>> so that's just a minor inconvenience.
>> So, what do you all think? Would you want the list to be moderated 
>> and ran by a trained mental health worker? Would you feel 
>> uncomfortable with a moderator who used the list for its intended 
>> purpose, rather than just sitting in the background and dealing with 
>> problems, both tech-related and within the list's members? Let me 
>> know, and I'll think about it some more.
>> 
>> On 2/18/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I can moderate, but would prefer someone who is more tech-savvy than 
>>> I to actually set up the list initially.
>>> Arielle
>>> 
>>> On 2/18/13, Loren Wakefield <theweird1 at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>>> It would be a great idea.  I don't know how those groups work.  But 
>>>> I suppose one could find out.  However, I am not sure that I would 
>>>> have the time to be its moderator.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carly 
>>>> Mihalakis
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:40 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; 
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Forum for discussing social/emotional issues 
>>>> with other blind folks
>>>> 
>>>> Great idea! Unfortunately, i am not qualified to set up, or 
>>>> moderate the thing, although it is a great idea.At 01:31 PM 
>>>> 2/18/2013, Arielle Silverman
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> A while back some of us talked about creating a list on 
>>>>> YahooGroups or GoogleGroups where blind students and mentors could 
>>>>> talk about sexuality and social issues. I am wondering if we 
>>>>> should go ahead and create this list to be a separate place from 
>>>>> NABS-L and one where the topic is a bit more relaxed so that 
>>>>> people could post about relationship issues, family difficulties 
>>>>> etc. If the list is hosted on YahooGroups, the archives will be 
>>>>> private so no one who is not subscribed will be able to read the 
>>>>> content of the list (and GoogleGroups might be that way too; I'd have
to check).
>>>>> The NFB lists tend to be a little strict about topic since they 
>>>>> are publicly archived and since they are intended to be about a 
>>>>> very specific topic. However that doesn't mean we can't create a 
>>>>> separate list that is more of a support group rather than a place 
>>>>> to obtain information.
>>>>> Does someone want to go ahead and do this?
>>>>> Arielle
>>>>> 
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