[Oabs] Recap from tonight's meeting.

[Macy McClain]

Hi Kaiti,
I will be getting to the hotel on October 30. I can help selling raffle tickets, as well as be a marshall.
I do have a question regarding paying dues. I don't always carry cash on me, but is there any way I can send that via PayPal? If not, not a problem—I will withdraw some from my ATM prior to coming to the convention.
Thanks!
Macy

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> On Oct 18, 2014, at 1:13 AM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Sorry for all the errors; my JAWS decided to give out and be uncooperative.
> 
> An additional note: If you will be able and willing to help set up for
> the seminar, which will involve helping to carry the pizzas and other
> items to the room, helping me set up the ballot system on the tables,
> acting as a caller to help direct students towards our meeting place,
> please let me know that information as well.  Aleeha cannot as she
> will need to run the stream till the end of general session, and Emily
> will be kept busy taking dues once we establish that as a set amount,
> so she might not be able to stand outside of the door or in the
> doorway to listen for late-comers.  It would also be really helpful to
> have someone by the food table to explain the layout; I considered
> making braille labels, but if the pizzas are greasy that could be kind
> of gross, and it's easier to say, "Peperoni, cheese, Hawaiian, and
> buffalo chicken," for example.  Throw in a little bit about how
> cookies, pop, and napkins are at the end of the table (and I will
> figure out a system for the pops too so people can independently tell
> them apart if that's what we end up getting), and you're done.  We
> want to show that we're organized, friendly, and excited about what
> we're doing.
> 
>> On 10/18/14, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Though formal minutes were not taken for tonight's conference call, I
>> wanted to make sure everyone had access to an account of what we
>> discussed.  Please read on for details about how we are going to
>> prepare for convention, reminders, and more.
>> 
>> Old business was brief; we just approved what we discussed in
>> September.  Everyone at the last meeting was present again tonight.
>> New business mainly consisted of organizing a plan for gathering items
>> for our auction basket and door prizes.  As a reminder to those who
>> agreed to help out, here is what I have you all down for procuring:
>> 
>> Emily and Lillie Pennington:  Ask for donations from Patty's Popcorn,
>> see if Greaters Ice Cream will donate a box of chocolates and
>> hopefully a gift card, and get some nicer hot chocolate and apple
>> cider mixes from Kroger.
>> Myself: I will get the slippers and/or fuzzy slipper socks, and a
>> Darton Restaurant gift card (for those you don't know, Darton is a
>> company that owns a couple chains including Olive Garden and Red
>> Lobster.  This one gift card is good at any of the Darton
>> restaurants).  Will pick up a copy of Frozen, as it is a good family
>> movie.  Will ask Wal-Mart manager if the store would be willing to
>> donate a gift card and/or sponsor us, and if they want to let the
>> payment for some of the smaller items slide or cover the Darton gift
>> card, that's fine too.
>> Brandon: will get the basket and some wrapping for it to go in.  (Be
>> sure to get clear wrapping so the items inside will be visible).
>> 
>> Other convention prep responsibilities include:
>> 
>> Tickets for split the pot:  Aleeha, tickets 1-100; Kaiti, tickets
>> 101-200; Emily/Lillie, tickets 201-300.  All who have slates and know
>> how to use them should bring them if we need to make more.  If you can
>> bring a brailler, that would also be awesome.
>> Kaiti: Will pre-cut fhodog, hamburger, and pizza ballots for voting at
>> student seminar.  Will personally call Tim Pennington to request his
>> artistic expertise.  (Yes, I am aware that Emily and Lillie could
>> easily rope him in if they haven't asked him already, but he and I are
>> also buds).
>> Kaiti: Will bring instruments from the music therapy stash for songs
>> (If you want to help with this aside from Emily and Aleeha who already
>> said they'd like to play, just let me know so I don't bring too
>> little.  I won't bring much and I've already got some ideas of
>> instrumentation for certain songs because they make musical sense, but
>> if 3 people want to play I don't want to just bring 2 egg shakers, for
>> example.  Also, if you're particularly gifted rhythmically and can
>> improvise rhythms within a simple 4-4, let me know that as well.  It's
>> fine if no one can do that, but it would just allow for you and I to
>> have some fun.  I plan to encorperate Elif's cane idea as well).
>> Emily has generously offered to buy the pizza for the division.  She
>> and I were thinking of getting your basic Peperoni pizza, cheese
>> pizza, and maybe one or two other ones with different toppings.  There
>> will be options.
>> Emily and Kaiti are both planning on going to various restaurants in
>> our areas to ask for donations for door prizes.  Take whatever the
>> store is willing to give you in terms of gift cards.  When choosing
>> locations to go to, try to stick to major chains like Chipotle,
>> Panera, Starbucks, etc.  We want the card to be useful to most people.
>> E.G, I won't bother going into Bad Frog Frozen Yogurt, because
>> although I know it's great and a favorite around Dayton, I know that
>> Cincinnati doesn't even have one.  Potbellies and Smashburger are also
>> not the greatest choices, as they're fairly uncommon.  Likewise, I'm
>> sure the northern Ohio people won't buy Kulvers cards because people
>> in southern parts of the state can't use them.  (Unfortunately).  It
>> is best to go directly into the establishment and have the flyer, the
>> sponsorship form, and a business card handy.  If you are a current
>> state or national scholarship winner, or have won scholarships on
>> either level in the past, be sure to mention that so the manager sees
>> that you are a person that the NFB and the NFB of Ohio have helped.
>> 
>> General notes about convention:
>> If you are interested in selling the raffle tickets, please let me
>> know no later than Wednesday the 29th.  I will most likely be going to
>> convention on Thursday night now due to the way transportation is
>> panning out, so I'll need to know how many selling kits to prepare
>> before I leave Dayton.  I'll probably make an extra one just in case,
>> but if you don't tell me you're interested and someone else does not
>> as well, I might not pack enough.
>> Several of our division members will be speaking throughout the
>> convention on various topics.  I know Lillie will be speaking on the
>> Stem2U panel, Aleeha will be giving a demo of the KNFB Reader app, and
>> I was just asked today to speak on a panel about Braille.  Speakers,
>> if you know the time of your speech or panel, please send it to me
>> when you can.  I would really appreciate it, as I'm still going
>> through midterms and have been missing emails for a while lately.  I
>> really want to highlight those who are speaking so the division
>> members who will be at the hotel can be sure to show support, as well
>> as learn from what each has to say.  I'm also really happy with the
>> fact that at least 3 of us will be speaking, and think we'll be
>> rewe-represented on the convention floor.  If you will be speaking and
>> I have not named you yet, please let me know that as well.
>> ***TAKE NOTE*** An important note about elections.  If you are
>> considering running for an office you don't currently hold, I would
>> encourage you to have a one-on-one conversation with the person who
>> currently holds the position so you can ask questions about the duties
>> of that office.  You will want to be sure you know what to expect
>> before you get infvoled in the elcectio.  Also, as a courtesy, it is
>> nice to tell anyone you know will be running against you that you're
>> intending to run, so that no one is totally shocked when they get to
>> the elections.  Of course, nominations can and may be made from the
>> floor, but it's just a courtesy to the person you know.  I do not want
>> to see any discussion of election intentions over the list, or
>> discussion of what you do not tintend to run foras that information
>> can be used to make inferences about what you are actually wanting to
>> run for.  If someone tells you that they are planning on running for
>> the same office as you, try not to take it personally; elections are a
>> democratic process that is a part of every organization, and I don't
>> think anyone here has any sort of bad feelings towards another person
>> that would motivate them to run against another person out of spite.
>> A huge no no that I will be very upset about if it happens, is
>> campaigning over the list.  This is not a huge organization like NABS.
>> Most of us know each other, and I don't want anyone who joins the list
>> prior to coming to their firsta convention and student seminar to be
>> bombarded by campaign emails before they get to know the group or
>> individuals.  Also, campaigning is also what the speeches will be for
>> when we are carrying out the elections.  If you want to practice your
>> 60 second elevator speech, I would encourage you to do so.
>> 
>> We will follow Robert's Rule as normal.  We will allow for trickle
>> down, so if say you aren't elected to be corresponding secretary, you
>> could still run for treasurer or one of the board member positions.
>> Depending on how many people attend the meeting, we may vote on
>> whether to amend our constitution to altar our board structure so that
>> we can fill it again.  This would be accomplished by combining the
>> recording and corresponding secretary positions into a single officer
>> role, and reducing the number of at large board members to one to
>> create an odd numbered board if it were to happen.  Anyone who swishes
>> to votein the elections must pay dues to Emily prior to the election.
>> We will vote to establish the official amount of dues as our first
>> order of business after introductions, so people can have sufficient
>> time to give Emily money.  In the election, I will remind everyone to
>> not vote on popularity.  We all need to vote based on what we feel is
>> best for the division, and not allow for high school stuff to get in
>> the way of that.  Always go with the person who you think would do the
>> best job.
>> 
>> Dr. Maurer will most likely make an appearance during our seminar, but
>> it will be on a he gets there when he gets there basis.  If he should
>> not happen to show up at the seminar, I would encourage you to sneak
>> in a conversation with him at some point in the weekend.  Although I
>> only shook his hand at convention last year, and bumped into him in
>> the hallway, I can say from those encounters that he's very nice.  He
>> also agreed to have a selfie taken with Emily this year at convention,
>> which I might have to join in on too.
>> 
>> I will send out a copy of the seminar agenda in a few days.  YI will
>> be the hard copy, so feel free to produce it in the medium of your
>> choice or store it on a notetaker if you wish.  Aleeha and I will also
>> make several other methods of receiving the agenda available at the
>> time of the seminar.  I will have a brf file on a flash drive or SD
>> card , which we can pass around to those who would like to access it
>> on notetakers.  Aleeha will have a copy of the document ready to air
>> drop to users of Iphones and braille displays.  I will also bring a
>> limited number of braille and large print copies, so everyone should
>> have a way of accessing the information.  Also, remember to tell your
>> friends you may meet that there will be ***FREE PIZZA**!
>> --
>> Kaiti Shelton
>> University of Dayton 2016.
>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
>> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
> 
> 
> -- 
> 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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