[nabs-l] Subscribing to The Student Slate

Sat Sep 7 18:42:24 UTC 2013

Hello Arielle,

I have reread your message after getting some much needed sleep, and I 
cannot help but notice that you seemed to have seen my message as some sort 
of complaint. I cannot help but wonder, how is it that my message is seen as 
a complaint while your message is not despite the fact that they appear to 
convey the same kind of message?

I spent about a week away from this email list to attend to some personal 
matters in my life. When I returned to the list, I saw Roanna sent out a 
message about subscribing to the Student Slate on August 21, 2013. I was not 
completely sure what she was referring to in her message, so I thought I 
would check out the website to find out what she was talking about before 
responding to her message. However, by the time I was about to respond to 
her message, I saw she posted a second message about a week after her 
initial post.

I thought it was rather sad that no one from the NABS board or Slate 
committee responded to her post. It does not seem unreasonable to expect 
someone from the NABS board to respond to an email within the week in which 
it was posted. This is why I offered an apology as a part of my response to 
her message.

I then went on to provide what information I could in regards to this issue 
as a general member. If you feel as though this information is incorrect, 
then perhaps you may wish to encourage the NABS board to communicate with 
the general membership on public forums such as this one on a more regular 
basis.

In the past, the NABS board has done a good job posting issues of the 
Student Slate to all of the student email lists. However, it would appear as 
though the last issue of the Student Slate was only posted through the 
current membership database and not through the email lists. As a general 
member, I did not know if this was a permanent feature of a new delivery 
system, or simply an oversight due to convention activities. I am glad to 
hear it was nothing more than an oversight, and most likely will not happen 
again.

However, I am not sure how I am expected to know this information as a 
general member when we do not hear from the BABS board on a regular basis. I 
also do not appreciate being scolded for doing my best to answer a question 
from another member on this email list despite the fact that I could not 
provide an adequate answer as a general member. I simply did my best to 
provide her with the information I knew as a general member, and then 
pointed her in the direction of someone who could provide her with more 
accurate information. I fail to see how this qualifies as some sort of 
complaint.

I agree that patience is definitely the key when corresponding with the NABS 
board. I believe Roanna displayed this kind of patience considering the fact 
that she first posted her question to this list about a month ago. Please 
forgive me for not displaying this same kind of patience. I simply felt as 
though she deserved an answer to her question.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth

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From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 8:05 PM
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Subscribing to The Student Slate

> Hi all,
>
> For whatever it's worth, when I was president I think I always sent
> the Slate out to this NABS-L list, and I'm pretty sure Sean does the
> same. So if you are on this list you should get every issue as soon as
> it is released.
>
> I would also suggest having a little patience with the NABS board
> members. Roanna sent her inquiry early this morning and a complaint
> about the lack of board response was sent merely an hour and a half
> later. Even the most attentive board members may not be able to
> respond within an hour and a half on a busy Wednesday morning at the
> start of the semester. I would suggest waiting at least 24 hours and
> if you still don't get a satisfactory response, you can think about
> re-posting  your query or writing to the relevant committee chair
> off-list. I sincerely believe the board members are trying as hard as
> they can to be responsive.
>
> Best,
> Arielle
>
> On 9/4/13, I. C. Bray <i.c.bray at win.net> wrote:
>> Tony,
>>
>> I'm not doing RSS Feeds, but perhaps I should look into it.
>> Will you let us know when the email module is fixed?
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tony Olivero" <anthony at olivero.us>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Subscribing to The Student Slate
>>
>>
>> : Roanna,
>> :
>> : I have added your e-mail to the NABS mailing list.
>> :
>> : For everyone's information,and to clarify, the subscribe link you
>> : clicked on brings you to what's called an RSS feed. You can add the
>> : slate pages to a feed reader like you would a blog or news site.
>> : Whenever a new issue is posted you would automatically see it in your
>> : reader. I realize the language is confusing, and this week I will do
>> : the following two things:
>> :
>> : 1. Change the language of that button to be a little more clear; and
>> : 2. Get the module fixed that allows you to add yourself to that mailing
>> list.
>> :
>> : Sorry for any confusion. Thanks for asking the question so we can make
>> : it easy for everyone.
>> :
>> : Have a great day.
>> :
>> : Tony Olivero, Webmaster
>> : National Association of Blind Students
>> :
>> :
>> : On 9/4/13, Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> : > Hi all,
>> : >
>> : > I hope that you are all doing well.
>> : >
>> : > I want to clear up any questions that anyone has about the student
>> : > Slate and subscribing to it.
>> : >
>> : > First of all, I will look into the website and talk to our webmaster.
>> : >
>> : > I did not take the time to look through the NABS archives, but I 
>> would
>> : > find it very surprising if we did not post the Slate to it. 
>> Currently,
>> : > we have a database of members whose information is gathered at our
>> : > in-person meetings (national convention and Washington Seminar) that
>> : > we send the Slate to directly. And then, we post it to NABS and on 
>> the
>> : > website.
>> : >
>> : > Roanna, I apologize that this issue has not been resolved for you, 
>> and
>> : > I am emailing our webmaster now asking him to make sure your email
>> : > address is on the recipient list.
>> : >
>> : > If anyone else is not receiving the Slate and would like their email
>> : > address added, please feel free to respond to me offlist. Keep in 
>> mind
>> : > that the Slate comes once a quarter. The last edition released was
>> : > just before the national convention so that could have been cause for
>> : > some people to miss it; I know that that time of year is usually 
>> crazy
>> : > for me and I am not always on top of my emails.
>> : >
>> : > Again, on behalf of the board, I apologize for anyone's 
>> inconveniences
>> : > in attempting to read the Slate or reach us. We appreciate the
>> : > interest and are always looking for ideas of new articles and for 
>> more
>> : > readers. Similarly, we want to hear from you about all of your ideas
>> : > for NABS and questions and concerns about being a student, so please
>> : > feel free to contact us. We do strive to stay on top of our emails,
>> : > but I know that from personal experience, sometimes I am not as
>> : > responsive as I should be. I know this is not ideal, but I hope that
>> : > it does not detour you from reaching out to us again.
>> : >
>> : > Cindy
>> : >
>> : > On 9/4/13, Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> : >> Hello Roanna,
>> : >>
>> : >> I am sorry to hear no one from the NABS Board or the NABS Slate
>> Committee
>> : >> has taken the time to answer your question. Since the last issue of
>> the
>> : >> Student Slate was only sent out to individual NABS members and was 
>> not
>> : >> posted on any email lists, you would think there would be some kind 
>> of
>> : >> form
>> : >>
>> : >> on the website to either subscribe to the Student Slate or become a
>> : >> member
>> : >> so you could receive a copy of the Student Slate.
>> : >>
>> : >> Since you have not received an answer to your question on this email
>> list,
>> : >> I
>> : >>
>> : >> would encourage you to contact Sean Whalen off list by sending an
>> email
>> : >> to
>> : >> nabs.president at gmail.com. Perhaps he might be more inclined to 
>> answer
>> : >> your
>> : >> question if you contact him directly. In addition, I believe you can
>> also
>> : >> contact the Slate Committee directly by sending an email to
>> : >> slate at nabslink.com.
>> : >>
>> : >>  I hope this email points you in the right direction in receiving an
>> : >> answer
>> : >>
>> : >> to your question.
>> : >>
>> : >> Elizabeth
>> : >>
>> : >> --------------------------------------------------
>> : >> From: "Roanna Baccchus" <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>
>> : >> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 8:26 AM
>> : >> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> : >> Subject: [nabs-l] Subscribing to The Student Slate
>> : >>
>> : >>> Dear Nabs Members,
>> : >>>
>> : >>> I have a question for you.  Yesterday I went to the Student Slate 
>> web
>> : >>> page.  I clicked the link that says subscribe to the Student Slate.
>> : >>> Nothing came up that let me put in an email address or password. 
>> Is
>> : >>> there
>> : >>>
>> : >>> any way to subscribe to the Student Slate.  Please respond as soon 
>> as
>> : >>> possible.
>> : >>>
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>> : > --
>> : > Cindy Bennett
>> : > Secretary: National Association of Blind Students
>> : >
>> : > B.A. Psychology, UNC Wilmington
>> : > clb5590 at gmail.com
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