[Oabs] Off to a Good Start

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi all,

Slight correction, our next meeting is Friday Dec 20th. I apologize for the missing 0. This should make more sense. 

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> On Nov 16, 2013, at 10:01 PM, "Kaiti Shelton" <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi OABS,
>  
> I am pleased to report that last night’s meeting was a great success, and I feel like we had good conversation that will lay the foundation for everything else we will do this year.  Minutes from Lillie will follow, but I wanted to call your attention to a few particular matters so that you can be aware of what is going to go on in the next few weeks.  We’re going to try to have everything settled by our January meeting if at all possible.  For those of you who missed the meeting, I have attached a copy of our constitution so you can reference the points that I will discuss in this email, as well as what you will see was discussed in the copy of the minutes.  
>  
> As you have all probably read in previous emails, we have three great committees that are available to us (See Article VIII).  They are Fundraising (chaired by Emily Pennington), Membership (chaired by Aleeha Dudley), and Social Media (chaired by Amber Herrin-Meloy).  I will leave it up to the chairs to deligate assignments within their committees.  If you are interested in joining these groups please email the chair(s) of the committee(s) you want to join directly.  I will write their email addresses at the end of this email.  It would be great if everyone could at least join one committee, preferably two.  Please make these decisions as soon as possible, as it would be great to have an idea of who will be working on what by our next meeting.  Committee chairs, I will ask about this at our next meeting, but if you get two or three people besides yourselves before then let me know so I can try to steer others towards committees that don’t have that many people and even things out.    
>  
> Our constitution states that OABS should have a president, vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer in office, as well as two at-large board members.  In order to become compliant with our constitution (Article V section 1 and Article VI), we will do email voting for the two board members because it is the quickest way to get the elections done.  We will start with a nomination period for both positions, elect board member number one, and then board member number two.  Anyone who does not already hold office may be nominated and run for either or both of these positions.  Additionally, since I have split the responsibilities of secretary into recording and corresponding, the possibility of making Amber’s position of Corresponding Secretary into an office instead of an appointed position was discussed.  We will need to take a vote on that matter as well, and will do that in the form of voting for an amendment to be made to the constitution.  If the amendment to make corresponding secretary an officer position passes, then Amber’s position will immediately become an officer position (See Article XIII).    
>   
> Abby and I have selected a bank, and I got the go ahead to get an EIN number for the business account Thursday night.  Once I do that and the bank account is set up, we will request that all who wish to be active OABS members pay dues (Article IV section 2 and Article X).  We will ask that checks be sent to Abby to be deposited into the account.  Either she or I will let you know when we have the account ready and what name to put on the check.  The fiscal year for the affiliate begins in January, so it would be great if we can have everything in and ready to be paid to the affiliate no later than our January meeting (See article XI).  Please note that in order to be compliant with our constitution, you must pay your dues if you vote on the board member positions or on the proposed amendment.  Any member will not be permitted to vote in elections or on any OABS issues in the future until their dues have been paid.  (Article IV section 2).    
>  
> We will be having a meeting on Friday Dec. 2nd at our regularly scheduled time.  This was a unanimous vote on the call, and was also a majority vote of the overall group.  If you cannot make the meeting due to holiday plans that is understandable, but do try to make it if you can.     
>  
> Please note that after the first of the new year, those of you who are not on the OABS list serve hosted at nfbnet.org will not be individually emailed with OABS meeting reminders and other information.  It is important that we streamline the process for getting information out to all members, and the list serve was set up specifically for that purpose.  Additionally, NABS and the NFB send general announcements over that list as well, so it is also worth signing up to be privy to that information.  As I have said before, if you need help getting onto the list please do not hesitate to ask.    
>  
> Committee chairs and their email addresses:
> Fundraising: Emily Pennington.  emilypennington at fuse.net
> Membership: Aleeha Dudley.  Dudleya2 at muohio.edu
> Social Media: Amber Herrin-Meloy.  Thetraveler87 at gmail.com
>  
> Be on the look out for election and amendment emails in addition to the minutes.  Have a great week!
>    
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
> Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
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