[Oabs] Looking forward to 2014

Thu Jan 2 18:04:01 UTC 2014

Hı everybody,
I am just free on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Elif Emir Öksüz
Xavier University
Clinical Mental Health Counseling Graduate Student
Best

2014/1/2, Deborah Kendrick <dkkendrick at earthlink.net>:
> Kaiti,
> The evenings and times that work best for me depend on which weeks you are
> considering.
> For example, Thursday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 are usually free,
> except for the last Thursday of every month.
> Monday evenings are usually free, except for the fourth Monday of every
> month.
> Wednesdays and Fridays can work most of the time.
>
> Sometimes, it works best to narrow down to only, say, three or four
> specific
> times and have people weigh in.
> For example:  Second Monday at 8:00; third Wednesday at 7:00; ...  You get
> the gist.
> Good luck sorting it all out!
> Deborah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Silveira
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 11:39 AM
> To: Ohio Association of Blind Students list
> Subject: Re: [Oabs] Looking forward to 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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