From kaiti.shelton at gmail.com Sat Jan 17 06:53:48 2015 From: kaiti.shelton at gmail.com (Kaiti Shelton) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 01:53:48 -0500 Subject: [Oadb] Deafblind Division Message-ID: Hi, Eric, and whoever else may see this, I saw on the subscription list that this list serve is extremely small, but I wanted to check it just in case there were any subscribers on here who would be interested in the deafblind division of the NFB of Ohio. Should there be any interested parties on this list, my name is Kaiti Shelton and I am one of the deafblind division coordinators this year. Along with Delcenia Brown and Lisa Hall, I will be reaching out in any way I can think of over the next few months to see where people who may be interested in this division are so we can charter a deafblind division, hopefully before the 2015 Ohio Convention in October. This is an extremely important division that we don't have already, but hope to establish in order to better include those with hearing loss in addition to blindness in the NFB. Should anyone be interested in more information, please feel free to ask. My personal email address is kaiti.shelton at gmail.com. The deafblind coordinators will be starting to meet regularly to lay the groundwork for this division soon, but ultimately you will be the bread and butter of the group. Likewise, if you have any suggestions or comments for the deafblind coordinators please let me know that information as well. We want this division to be the best that it can be, and any input we can get from people who may eventually hold membership or leadership positions within the division will be incredibly valuable to us as we work to establish the division. Personally, I am very interested in learning about deafblindness as I work with my fellow coordinators, and I know they feel the same. Thanks, -- Kaiti Shelton University of Dayton 2016. Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma