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

[Elif Emir Öksüz]

Hello my answers are also here.
1. every night is ok for me, but Tuesdays I prefer something later then 7.30.

2 It is hard for me to understand everything on conference calls, so I
would like to balance e-mails and calls.
3 nothing for now from me sorry.

2015-01-19 21:05 GMT-05:00, Macy McClain via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>:
> Hi Aleeha,
> My answers are below.
> 1. I'm available Tuesdays and Thursdays, and evenings work great.
> 2. I'd prefer to still do conference calls. I do agree with Kaiti about
> email correspondence between meetings, to see how everyone's doing with
> assignments.
> 3. I would like to see more members, but I think the retreat would be a
> great vehicle to get things going.
> Macy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 18, 2015, at 4:02 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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>
>>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
>>> 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;
>>> blindness is not what holds you back.
>>> "The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." -
>>> Arabian
>>> proverb
>>>
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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
>>
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