[nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.

Sat May 11 03:08:26 UTC 2013

Hi all,

I think this would be a very interesting topic for a membership call.
The problem Kaiti outlined has occurred in Missouri as well.  In fact,
I will soon be moving to a place for most of the year, but not the
entire year because I will be going to grad school away from my home
town.  So I think this is a common problem with students.  Some states
have member-at-large chapters, but many do not.

I think that also students are hesitant to join chapters because they
are unsure of how they will be received.  This can happen because of
age differences perhaps or maybe simply because students feel more
comfortable in their student division.  These are just some things
I've observed in getting to know students over the past couple years.
I am a member of a chapter now and plan to change my membership to the
chapter that exists where I will be attending grad school.

On 5/10/13, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think its a lot more relaxed than you are making it.  Most chapters would
> be happy to have an active member, even if only for half the year.  I know
> people who are members of more than one chapter.  There are members who are
> officers in other chapters who are also members of my chapter.
>
> Just go for it and get involved somewhere.  I'm sure both or either chapter
> would be happy to have you.
>
> -Greg
>
> On May 10, 2013, at 10:49 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Chris:  It's not that; I know the chapter nearest to my school and as
>> said in my last email I have made contact with that chapter president
>> with this question.  I'm confused on which one I should join, the one
>> nearest to my college or the one nearest to where I live back home.
>> Although for transportation reasons as the cities are an hour apart I
>> wouldn't be able to be an active member of either chapter throughout
>> the entire year, going to the one nearest to school seems like it
>> would make the most sense since I think I could independently get
>> myself there and back on campus for the months I'm in that city.  But,
>> my question to that chapter president was more along the lines of
>> should I join that chapter since I'm from a city with an established
>> chapter of it's own.  I'm just not really clear on what the rules for
>> chapter involvement are, or if such a thing as duel-membership exists.
>>
>> On 5/10/13, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Kaiti,
>>>
>>> You might contact your state affiliate President and ask him/her what
>>> the
>>> closest chapter is to your school. You may also be able to find this on
>>> your
>>> affiliate's Web site, as a list of chapters is usually put on affiliate
>>> Web
>>> sites.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>
>>> 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 Kaiti
>>> Shelton
>>> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 10:48 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.
>>>
>>> I would love to be part of one. I did go to a few Cincinnati chapter
>>> meetings when I was in high school and was a due paying member for a
>>> while,
>>> but since both my parents worked late and there are no buses in the
>>> suburb
>>> where I live getting downtown wad hard. Now that I go to school in a
>>> different city I'm not sure which chapter I should belong to. I brought
>>> this
>>> up to the president of tthe chapter where I go to school, bit he never
>>> got
>>> back to me on it.
>>>
>>> On Friday, May 10, 2013, christopher nusbaum wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sophie, yes; teens are welcome to become members of chapters! I have
>>>> the same problem with our local chapter. Unfortunately, we don't have
>>>> a chapter in our part of Maryland, and there probably wouldn't be
>>>> enough blind people to start one. The nearest chapter to us, the
>>>> Greater Baltimore chapter, meets about an hour away from me. I've gone
>>>> to a few meetings and am a due-paying member. I'd love to attend more
>>>> meetings, but would have to convince my parents to get up on a
>>>> Saturday morning and drive me to Baltimore (an hour's drive) for a
>>>> 2-hour meeting that they probably wouldn't even be interested in-not a
>>>> very easy thing to do. * Smile! *
>>>>
>>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On May 10, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Sophie Trist
>>>> <sweetpeareader at gmail.com<javascript:;>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would like to become a member of an NFB chapter, but first of all,
>>>>> I
>>>> don't know if teens are allowed to be members. And second of all, the
>>>> two nearest chapters are at least an hour's drive away, so if I could
>>>> become a member, it would be kinda inconvenient to go there,
>>>> especially since I believe most meetings take place in the evenings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Sophie
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com <javascript:;>
>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <
>>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>
>>>>> Date sent: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:35:29 -0700
>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Becoming a member of a local NFB Chapter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> I  was wondering   if any of you are currently active members of a
>>>> chapter.  If so, how do you like it? how did you find that chapter?
>>>>> If you are not members of a chapter, why aren't you? do you   not know
>>>> where a chapter is? do you think you won't connect with anyone in your
>>>> chapter?  have you given it a try but  didn't find anything  that made
>>>> you want to stick around?
>>>>> interested to hear what you fine folks have to say.
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Darian
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and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
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