[Oabs] Update

[Ryan Silveira]

Good morning all,

Since I guess this is just a general forum for OABS updates, I just
thought I would proudly announce that, as of 11:00 tomorrow morning, I
will officially be an Ohio Resident (assuming, of course, I don't get
mugged or viciously attacked or otherwise killed during my 16-hour
Grayhound bus journey).  I'm excited to finally be moving up there and
joining you all!  See you all soon!

Ryan

On 2/13/14, Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> I know our next meeting seems aeons away, but I wanted to let you know now
> because if I don't, I probably won't remember until the day of the actual
> shindig. Anyway, I just found out that I have a rerehearsal for Women's
> Chorus on Friday night. (Curse you, Dr. Schnipke...curse you!) It should
> get
> done at 7:30, so I'll probably be a few minutes late to the meeting. Maybe,
> since I'm pretty sure the rehearsal wasn't originally on our syllabus, I
> can
> convince him to let me leave fifteen minutes early, but we'll see. Anyway,
> I
> just wanted to let you know, and I'll text you that Friday and remind you.
> I don't know if we decided for sure that Amber was going to do the minutes
> that day since Lil will be in Copley, but if she doesn't want to, I'm more
> than happy to do it. We'll figure it out that day, I suppose. I've never
> actually taken minutes before, and I'd love to get some practice. I'm
> totally cool either way, though.
> Anyway, have a Thursdayish Thursday.
>
> Emily
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:24 AM
> To: 'Ohio Association of Blind Students list'
> Subject: [Oabs] Update
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I just wanted to send out a quick message about a couple of things.
>
>
>
> You may have read in the minutes from the board meeting held on Jan 31 that
> those who were present elected to change our meetings up a bit.  In order
> to
> reduce the time spent in meetings each month, we have decided to alternate
> between membership and business meetings.  February will be a membership
> call, March will be business, and so on and so forth.  We hope that this
> will reduce the length of each meeting to a more manageable length.
> Additionally, we will begin recording our calls so the meeting can be
> available for those who were not present on the call.
>
>
>
> This month's membership call will feature Macy McClain, a recent graduate
> of
> the Louisiana Center for the Blind.  Last year we heard from LCB's
> director,
> Pam Allen, but this year we'll get to hear about the training center
> experience from an Ohio student herself.  If you have any interest in
> attending one of the NFB training centers, or think it may be an option for
> you in the future, call in on Feb 21st to ask Macy about the experience she
> had.  More information about this meeting will follow next week.
>
>
>
> Board meetings will be held quarterly, with the next meeting most likely
> set
> to take place in early May after the college students have finished finals.
> The board meeting we had was really productive, and I would encourage
> everyone to call in to the next one.  Remember, you do not need to be a
> member of the board in order to participate.
>
>
>
> Some of you have expressed interest to me about volunteering for the Ohio
> Bell program in Columbus this year.  Unfortunately the bell committee was
> delayed in looking over the volunteer application form that will need to be
> filled out in order for Ohio Federationists to assist with the project, but
> I expect that we will look at it soon.  Once it has been approved I will
> let
> you know.  There are plenty of positions which need to be filled, ranging
> from helping in the kitchen, to organizing, and working directly with the
> children.  I can say from last year that it was an incredible experience,
> and I think Aleeha would agree that we volunteers learned as much if not
> more than the kids.  Not to mention it was fun for all involved.
>
>
>
> Have a good weekend,
>
>
>
> Kaiti Shelton
>
> University of Dayton---2016
>
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
>
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
>
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
>
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
>
>
>
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-- 
Ryan L. Silveira