[Oabs] Looking forward to 2014

Thu Jan 2 16:38:44 UTC 2014

Hi, Kaiti,

As far as I know, the schedule below will work best.  By the time I
actually get to Ohio, we will hopefully have an established time for
meetings, so anything else will certainly be able to be rescheduled or
scheduled around the meeting time.

1.        Please list the times that you are available between 7:00
and 10:00 PM for each night of the week.  Bear in mind that OABS only
meets once a month and that it is possible to attend the meetings
while doing other things since we meet via telephone.

Monday:
7:00-10:00
Tuesday:
7:00-10:00
Wednesday:
7:00-10:00
Thursday:
7:00-10:00
Friday:
7:00-10:00
Saturday:
7:00-10:00
Sunday:
7:00-10:00

2.        Do you have any suggestions for future OABS calls?  What
topics would you like OABS to discuss/find speakers to talk about?
Fundraising:
I know this is a topic already under much discussion and that we
already have some advertising (for lack of a better term) in the
works, but perhaps we could arange some kinds of fundraising
activities.  I know that Ohio seems to be the state for blind
musicians, so perhaps a concert could be aranged to raise some money.
That is something that the South Carolina NFB is doing and which I
thought might be a neat idea to try as well.

Education/Self-Advocacy:
This is mostly for the younger students, but perhaps we, the
college-experienced students, could speak on the topic of the
application process and our various dealings with professors and
disability resource people.  I included self-advocacy skills here
because they are skills one greatly needs both in college and in the
"real" world.  It is worth talking about situations in which
self-advocacy is necessary and discussing the best ways to go about it
without seeming to agressive or demanding.

Technology:
We could arange some sort of OABS-sponsored "tech day" where we have
different technologies (notetakers, computers, IOS devices, scanners,
ID mates, etc) available, say, at different tables.  We could assign
people to each table to demonstrate and explain the practical uses of
these technologies.  This may already be happening at places like
Clovernook and/or the Cleveland Sight Center, but I think having
students who use the technology on a daily basis do the demonstrations
might be a little more engaging to both students and parents than
having the AT folks at Clovernook do all the talking.  I know
something like this happened at convension last november, but as I
recall from what I was told, it wasn't a very long session.  We had
something like this back home in Connecticut when I was in high
school, but it was so much less engaging for me and the other students
to listen to an assistive tech instructor ramble about the features of
the technology.  I think if we focused less on the features of the
technology and more on how those features are used in a practical way,
that would speak more to people.

I also love Emily's idea of traveling to different states and visiting
their own student divisions.  Perhaps we could even make it into a
kind of exchange.  In other words, we send a couple people down to,
say, Virginia and they send a couple of their people to us.  That way,
we can learn from each other.

Ryan L. Silveira

On 1/1/14, Emily Pennington <emilypennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Hi, Kaiti.
> I just filled in my availability below on the same line as each day rather
> than below. Like you said, some stuff is still up in the air for me; I don't
>
> even know if I'll be in Lit Choir this semester becaues I sure as heck can't
>
> do it on Wednesdays. That shouldn't matter in the long run, but I'll let you
>
> know if an issue arises with that or something else.
>
> Emily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaiti Shelton" <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>
> To: "'Ohio Association of Blind Students list'" <oabs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 4:51 PM
> Subject: [Oabs] Looking forward to 2014
>
>
>> Hi OABS,
>>
>>
>>
>> It is time once again for us to evaluate the time that will work best for
>> our meetings.  Please take a look at your schedules and fill out the form
>> below.  It will probably be easiest to do this by either copying the form
>> and pasting it into the body of an email, or hitting reply and scrolling
>> down to type your answers underneath the questions.  I will need this
>> information no later than Wednesday January 8th so that I can select the
>> time which works best for the group in time for our meeting the following
>> week.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope you all had a happy new year and are looking forward to 2014!
>>
>>
>>
>> OABS Spring 2014 Survey.
>>
>> 1.        Please list the times that you are available between 7:00 and
>> 10:00 PM for each night of the week.  Bear in mind that OABS only meets
>> once
>> a month and that it is possible to attend the meetings while doing other
>> things since we meet via telephone.
>>
>> Monday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Tuesday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Wednesday: 7:30-10:00
>>
>> Thursday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Friday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Saturday: 7:00-10:00
>>
>> Sunday: 8:00-10:00
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.        Do you have any suggestions for future OABS calls?  What topics
>> would you like OABS to discuss/find speakers to talk about?
> Since we are a growing division, I think it would be awesome for a couple of
>
> representatives to go to a few different student division meetings across
> the country. We could pick some big ones (i.e. Texas, Illinois, and so on),
>
> and one or two people could go to each, just to gather tips and suggestions
>
> for us to grow in numbers, in financial status, and some topics to cover. I
>
> think it would be great to get some alumni from LCB, CCB, or other places.
> Pam Allen was an awesome speaker, and I think she or Julie Deiden could
> definitely come back with great insight, but it would be cool to hear from
> some students, like Macy. I know we talked about this at our November
> meeting with Deborah, but I just wanted to write it down while I remembered
>
> it. Perhaps we could also have a forum on canes versus dogs, and have some
> students who use both come in and discuss the ups and downs. We ourselves
> have some dog users who could give tips, but it would be cool to get a few
> others too -- maybe even from different schools. This may be a topic for
> when more students are actively at our meetings, especially high school-age
>
> students, but I think it could work.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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Ryan L. Silveira