[Oabs] What are we doing at Convention

Tue Apr 8 02:53:56 UTC 2014

Hi All,
     Selling at national convention is a HUGE undertaking. Although I
do think that a significant number of us will attend, including
myself, I believe that it will be difficult for us to have all of the
logistics under control by then.
Aleeha

On 4/7/14, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, what I would like for us to shoot for is to have the
> bookmarks ready by the start of the fall semester, which I know is
> late August for UD.  That being said, I know that is 2 months sooner
> than what Emily suggested, but if we could just selling on our college
> campuses and each have a few bookmarks to work with over those 2
> months, I think that would be awesome.  This fundraiser could be huge
> if we take announcements over the NABS and Ohio-talk lists, but I
> would like to sell them around UD, and think the college kids at the
> various universities where we have students would be hot spots for us.
>  After all, these bookmarks aren't just designed for blind users; we
> put the puzzle on there specifically for the sighted people to solve,
> and I know from giving a presentation on blindness to a group of
> freshman music therapy majors today, that any student interested in
> fields like education or something where they might come into contact
> with a blind person will bite.  They were asking me tons of questions
> about how braille works, and were really interested about the
> different codes and such, and were really thrilled when I gave them a
> printed sheet with the braille alphabet and a key listing the dot
> names so they could learn how to point out the letters in their name.
> Sighted kids will bite this fundraiser, so I think it is important
> that we should not just sell to blind people.
>
> On 4/7/14, Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>> Hi, everyone.
>> I hope at least five of us can go and sell stuff. That being said, I
>> haven't
>> heard anything new from my committee since our last meeting, so I'm going
>> to
>> assume that we haven't received a quote from NBP or heard anything from
>> our
>> other two organizations. While I think the bookmarks could definitely be
>> in
>> production by then, I don't think they'd be ready for Convention,
>> regrettably. State convention, however, is a possibility.
>>
>> Emily
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
>> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2014 4:03 PM
>> To: Ohio Association of Blind Students list
>> Subject: Re: [Oabs] What are we doing at Convention
>>
>> Hi Lillie,
>>
>> It really depends on the number of people we have going to convention.
>>  When I sold candy with the affiliate last year, we had about 10 to 15 of
>> us
>> actively selling, (and a lot of my sales came from sitting with other
>> affiliates and people wanting a little sugar rush durring general
>> session).
>> If we're going to sell and be profitable, we need to have at least a
>> handful
>> of people going.
>>
>> I know you and Emily are planning to go, and I am tentatively making
>> plans
>> as well.  I would like to know if anyone else is going so that no one or
>> two
>> people have to sell all the time.  It would be good if we can do this,
>> but
>> you're supposed to be able to learn from convention too.  I'd hope that
>> people who went could sell when they could. but still count on others to
>> pitch in as well.  I don't think 3 people would really be enough to
>> accomplish this, especially since unless someone wins a scholarship,
>> we'll
>> likely only be outside our own affiliate at rare points in time, or in
>> division meetings.  Last year I tried just standing in the hallway and
>> shouting, but there are so many other callers for rooms and other sales
>> that
>> it's easy to not be heard.
>> This being said, this is only if we can get the bookmarks designed and
>> mass
>> produced by the time convention roles around.  Emily, do you think about
>> 2
>> and a half months is enough time for this to happen?
>>
>> On 4/6/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Upon waking up from a dream where I was trying to convince several
>>> people that OABS should post an apples to apples tournament at
>>> convention, I began wondering what are we going to be doing?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure  that several student devisions sell stuff at
>>> convention. I know that Ohio will not have a table, but I feel like I
>>> saw in an email last year that you didn't necessarily have to have a
>>> table to sell stuff.
>>>
>>> Are we going to try to have the bookmarks ready by then?
>>>
>>> I think this could be good because it not only gets us funds, but we
>>> have a big market that week and it puts our name out there sort of on
>>> a national level.
>>>
>>> This may not be an option for us, but thought it was worth throwing
>>> out there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, another idea I had is having a call to talk about convention.
>>> Maybe having someone speak who's been to a number of conventions or
>>> having a panel of sorts. We could also talk about things on the agenda
>>> and ask questions, and get recommendations for what to go to.
>>>
>>> Also, is the big agenda out yet?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was just throwing these ideas out there. I am planning on convention
>>> and this will be my first one and I'm really excited.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
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>>
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>> Kaiti Shelton
>> University of Dayton 2016.
>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta
>> Sigma
>>
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> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
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