[Oabs] memberships, speak up! it's time to schedule meetings!

[Kaiti Shelton]

Here are my answers:
1. When is a good day and time to meet this semester?
I can meet Tuesdays after 7:00, Fridays after 5:00, or Sunday nights
at 6:00 or 7:00 for now.  My Monday nights will open up after Feb 9 as
well when my com module ends, so I'll be free any time after 3:30 PM
on those days.  Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as Saturdays and
Sundays before 6:00 or so, are pretty much spoken for.

 2. Do you still want to meet every month, or would you like to
connect some business by email and reduce the meetings? If you'd like
to reduce the meetings, how many would you like to see this semester?
If we do things by email, we will need to be extremely diligent.
I don't think we can afford to reduce the meetings because the
infrequency might make people even less likely to show up than they
already are.  However, email might be a good option to keep dialog
going between the meetings.  I just don't see the group (outside of
the exec board people and Lillie when she wants to be) as diligent
enough to handle the meetings if we reduced them or conducted them
only over email.

 3. What items would you like to see the committee improve on? What
new things can we do?
I think getting a retreat together would be wonderful, either between
us as a division for bonding or with other blind students from Ohio to
serve as a bonding/recruitment event.  I'm concerned about our ability
to pull this off with the small number of people who show a vested
interest in the committee though.


On 1/17/15, Aleeha Dudley via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hey all,
> I wanted to write, especially to the membership committee, but also to the
> rest of you, to start thinking about what this semester means for the
> membership committee. Anyone is welcome on this committee, even if you have
> not already been assigned by Kaiti. I would like to see this committee
> really strive this year to build this division up. There are many things
> that I would like to see us work on, but I would also like to hear from you.
> What do you think this committee can be doing to strenghen OABS? What can we
> do to push this proud division into the future? With that, I would like for
> each of you, especially committee members, to send me an email by next
> Friday, January 23, at 11;59 PM EST, with the following information.
> Nonmembers, you do not have to fill out the meeting times if you don't want
> to, just give me ideas on what the committee could work on.
> 1. When is a good day and time to meet this semester?
> 2. Do you still want to meet every month, or would you like to connect some
> business by email and reduce the meetings? If you'd like to reduce the
> meetings, how many would you like to see this semester? If we do things by
> email, we will need to be extremely diligent.
> 3. What items would you like to see the committee improve on? What new
> things can we do?
> Thanks all,
> Aleeha
> Aleeha Dudley and Seeing Eye Dog Dallas
> Vice President, Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users
> Vice President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Both proud divisions of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> Email: blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com <mailto:blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
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> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
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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