From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Wed Jun  1 13:25:27 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 06:25:27 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] iphone users! please take this quick
	survey
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Greetings,
 Just passing this along for those who may be interestedin participating

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From: Shiri Azenkot <shiri.azenkot at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 23:19:18 -0700
Subject: [Nfbc-info] iphone users! please take this quick survey
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>,
nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org, nfbc-info at nfbnet.org, wcb-l <Wcb-l at wcbinfo.org>
Cc: Kyle K Rector <rectorky at cs.washington.edu>

Hi everyone,

I'm a PhD student at the University of Washington researching accessibility.
If you are a blind or low-vision iPhone user, please take a few minutes to
fill out this survey about iPhone security. Results will be used in our
research and be kept anonymous. On Saturday, June 4, I will randomly select
a participant who will receive a $30 gift card to Amazon.com.

Here's the link to the survey:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDRncVpKVGFRQXNXaXZDU25UNTVNS1E6MQ


Thank you for your help!
Shiri Azenkot
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From fowlers at syix.com  Thu Jun  2 19:19:24 2011
From: fowlers at syix.com (Angela Fowler)
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:19:24 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] next CABS board meeting
Message-ID: <269B81224C9C48658AEB0FF32B63EB45@AngelaPC>

Hello fellow Californians:
    The next board meeting of the California Association of Blind Students
will be tomorrow, Friday at 4 o'clock. The call in info is as follows:
Dial in number 218-339-2500
Pass code 958093
Come on down, and see what is happening with CABS!
Sincerely,
Angela Fowler


From fowlers at syix.com  Fri Jun  3 17:11:16 2011
From: fowlers at syix.com (Angela Fowler)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 10:11:16 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] FW: [Transition-Council] FW: Access Issue: Cuts in
	Services for Students with Disabilities
Message-ID: <835F2A31F9474225876668EE2133499F@AngelaPC>

FYI
 
 Begin forwarded message:


From: "Disability Rights Advocates" <general at dralegal.org>
Date: June 2, 2011 4:59:42 PM PDT
Subject: Access Issue: Cuts in Services for Students with Disabilities



Disability Rights Advocates ("DRA"), a non-profit legal center, is
investigating complaints concerning cuts in services for students with
disabilities in the California Community College system, the California
State University system and the University of California system. 



The affected services include:



.       Note-Taking Services

.       Availability of Documents in Alternative Formats

.       Mobility Assistance

.       Sign language Interpreting

.       Assistive Computer Labs

.       Other Essential Accommodations



If you have recently had your request for accommodations denied, or if you
have experienced significant delays in obtaining accommodations, or know of
individuals who have experienced such problems, please contact:



Kara Werner at  <mailto:kwerner at dralegal.org> kwerner at dralegal.org or (510)
665-8644 ex. 138



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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Fri Jun  3 21:25:55 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:25:55 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Reminder: Cabs presents a bookshare call!
Message-ID: <BANLkTinQzDUrM=8VizQ_2tLaCnfh-6iPjA@mail.gmail.com>

ALL ABOUT BOOKSHARE!

Greetings fellow students!

Want a way to access some of  the most popular  books and magazines out there?

Want to get a hold of some  of your all-time favorite book titles and
discover new ones?

Want to get accessible text books for class?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then you will
really want to  be a part of this informative conference call about
Bookshare!

The California Association of  blind Students is pleased to   have
Allison Hilliker and Cherie Miller,  representatives from the
California?based non-profit
on hand to talk about all of the benefits this exciting    resource
has for you in  bridging the gap between the blind and the printed
word.

Who: The California Association  of Blind Students and Bookshare

What: Getting to Know Bookshare

When: Sunday, June 5, 5p.m.

Where: The CABS conference line:

Dial in number (218) 339-2500

pass code 958093

Come prepared for an exciting and informative call,  bring your
questions, and bring a friend!

Contact Darian Smith @
Dsmithnfb at gmail.com
should you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing  you  then!



-- 
Darian Smith
2nd Vice-President, California Association of Blind Students

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From areyes at dralegal.org  Fri Jun  3 21:36:42 2011
From: areyes at dralegal.org (Alicia Reyes)
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:36:42 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Access Issue: Cuts in Services for Students with
	Disabilities
Message-ID: <754D9C7D0111F64FB1C87BD46B8ACD1C01000EB2@draexchange.dralegal.com>

Disability Rights Advocates ("DRA"), a non-profit legal center, is
investigating complaints concerning cuts in services for students with
disabilities in the California Community College system, the California
State University system and the University of California system. 

 

The affected services include:

 

*       Note-Taking Services

*       Availability of Documents in Alternative Formats

*       Mobility Assistance

*       Sign language Interpreting

*       Assistive Computer Labs

*       Other Essential Accommodations

 

If you have recently had your request for accommodations denied, or if
you have experienced significant delays in obtaining accommodations, or
know of individuals who have experienced such problems, please contact:

 

Kara Werner at kwerner at dralegal.org or (510) 665-8644 ex. 138

 

All communications will be kept confidential.

 

 
 
 
Alicia Reyes
Communications and Outreach Coordinator  
Disability Rights Advocates 
2001 Center St., Fourth Floor 
Berkeley, CA 94704-1204
510-665-8644 ext. 136 
510-665-8716 (tty) 
510-665-8511 (fax) 
 
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From nabs.president at gmail.com  Sat Jun  4 19:46:06 2011
From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman)
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:46:06 -0600
Subject: [Cabs-talk] NABS Special Convention Bulletin!
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=LnZQKL8L2jGOk08XvLOvi482n8Q@mail.gmail.com>

National Association of Blind Students
>From the Desk of the President
June 4, 2011
Special Bulletin: NFB Convention Highlights
	Beginning Sunday July 3, members of the National Federation of the
Blind will gather in Orlando for the 62nd NFB national convention. The
convention promises to be a fun and enriching experience for
first-time attendees and veteran members alike. Come to reconnect with
old friends and make new ones, to learn about the latest in blindness
programs and technology, and to be part of the process of changing
what it means to be blind!
	Attached please find the full schedule of convention activities (the
convention agenda). In this bulletin I have included information about
NABS activities and a summary of other convention events. Please
consult the attached agenda for information about activities not
listed here in the bulletin. At the very end of the agenda is some
useful information about the layout of our convention hotel and dining
options within the hotel and convention center. Our convention hotel,
the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, is located at 9939 Universal
Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32819.
Hotel phone: (866) 996-9939
       Taxi and shuttle service is available to travel between the
Orlando airport and the convention hotel. For more information, go to
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/National_Convention.asp
There you will also find some good general information about the
convention, including a guide for first-time attendees.
If you have won an NFB scholarship or other convention award, you may
be required or invited to attend events not listed here; you will be
notified individually about these additional events.
	At this time the convention hotel rooms are all reserved. If you
still need a room, contact your affiliate president to find out if
anyone going from your state has a space in their room. If not, then
contact me at Nabs.president at gmail.com
I look forward to seeing all of you in Orlando!
Schedule of Highlighted Convention Activities
Sunday July 3, 2011
Sunday features several technology seminars, an art workshop, and an
opportunity to test the nonvisual interface of the car being developed
in the Blind Driver project. Consult the agenda for details and room
locations. There will also be organized games and activities for
middle and high school students on Sunday throughout the day. Exact
times for these and other teen sessions are listed in the agenda.
Finally, there will be an employment seminar from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. on Sunday.
On Sunday evening from 9:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a
Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room
14230.	Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle
with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional
students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying karaoke, or
the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time convention attendees.
Monday July 4, 2011
On Monday both the exhibit hall and the NFB Independence Market will
open. Come to the Exhibit Hall to browse information and products from
leading assistive technology vendors and to learn about our NFB
training centers. Come to the Independence Market to buy canes,
watches, and other blindness products and to pick up NFB literature.
Both the exhibit hall and the Independence Market will be open on
Monday and Tuesday all day and on Wednesday and Thursday during the
lunch break. The exhibit hall will also be open Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. NABS will have a table in the exhibit hall where we will be
selling coffee mugs and raffle tickets, and passing out student
information packets. Come see us!
Monday is also a good time to pick up your registration materials if
you pre-registered, or to purchase them if you didn't. The
registration desk will also be open on Tuesday and on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday mornings before the general session.
Check the agenda for programs on Monday including the meeting of the
Resolutions Committee and the Mock Trial, where the National
Association of Blind Lawyers will provide a comical reenactment of a
serious legal case involving discrimination against the blind. There
will also be a writing workshop for youth ages 11 to 19.
On Monday evening from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. NABS will have its
annual business meeting. Come early to register with us, or register
online now by going to
www.nabslink.org
Annual NABS dues, which you will need to pay in order to vote in the
elections, are $5. At our meeting we will hear about exciting new
developments regarding access to E-textbooks, and we will also hear
from a young woman who is a blind electrical engineer. We will also be
holding elections. Join our business meeting to learn the latest about
issues affecting us as blind students, and become a part of our
organization.
Tuesday July 5, 2011
	On Tuesday morning we will have the national NFB Board of Directors
meeting, an open meeting where a variety of announcements about the
convention and other general NFB matters will be given. On Tuesday
afternoon and evening, a variety of NFB divisions will hold their
annual meetings. Many NFB divisions are organized by shared
professional interests, such as the National Association of Blind
Lawyers, the National Association of Blind Educators, the Science and
Engineering Division, and the Human Services Division. Check the
agenda to find the division meeting(s) you want to attend. This is a
great opportunity to meet blind people working in your field of study
and to learn about the latest developments in techniques that can be
useful to you in your career.
Finally, on Tuesday evening, check out salsa dancing, the indoor
rowing workshop and the annual play performed by students at the
Louisiana Center for the Blind. All proceeds from the play support the
teen summer program at the LCB!

Wednesday July 6, 2011
	Wednesday is the first of three days of general sessions. A highlight
of the Wednesday session is the presidential report, when Dr. Maurer
updates us on what the NFB has been doing over the past year and what
work is still ahead of us. Check the agenda for a detailed description
of the General Session program for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
On Wednesday evening, the NFB of Florida is hosting a beach-themed
dance party. At the same time, there will be a swimming activity for
teens ages 11-18. Check the agenda for room locations. Finally, the
Colorado Center for the Blind will have an open house where you can go
to learn more about their training programs.

Thursday July 7, 2011
	On Thursday we have more general sessions in the morning and
afternoon. On Thursday night NABS will be holding our annual Monte
Carlo Night fund-raiser. Pay $10 to purchase chips and play
casino-style card games; whoever has the most chips at the end of the
night will win a cash prize. The Performing Arts Division is also
hosting their annual Showcase of Talent on Wednesday night, and the
exhibit hall will be open for the last time.
Finally, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Pearson products will be
demonstrating some new products to mae math content more accessible.
They?re looking for students to come test the products and give them
feedback. Please consider helping out with this initiative. Check the
agenda for room location.

Friday July 8, 2011
	On Friday we will have one final day of general sessions, followed by
the banquet in the evening. If you didn?t pre-register for the
convention, you can purchase your banquet ticket for $60 during
registration. I personally find the banquet and especially Dr.
Maurer?s presidential address to be one of the most fun and inspiring
parts of the convention. It reminds us of where we the blind of this
country have come from, where we are going and that we are all united
in the business of changing what it means to be blind.


-- 
Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students
Phone:  602-502-2255
Email:
nabs.president at gmail.com
Website:
www.nabslink.org
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From nabs.president at gmail.com  Sat Jun  4 20:27:37 2011
From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman)
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 14:27:37 -0600
Subject: [Cabs-talk] NABS Elections, and Other Things
Message-ID: <BANLkTimbLsnkRLrSgBRYOx52BG0woo=SHA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,
I wanted to make a few announcements about this year's elections for
the National Association of Blind Students. This year, because we are
transitioning to the staggered board called for by our recent
constitutional amendment, the terms will be a little different. In
this year's election we will be electing the president, second
vice-president, and treasurer to a one-year term, and the first
vice-president, secretary, and board members 1 and 3 to a two-year
term. Board members 2 and 4 were elected to a two-year term last year,
so there will only be two board member positions up for election along
with all five officer positions.
Anyone who plans to be a student during the coming year, and who pays
their $5 membership dues before the meeting, is welcome to run for a
position. This year we will again be implementing card ballots to
ensure that only paid members can vote, that each member votes only
once in each contest, and that vote counting is exact and fair.

On a related topic, I would like to announce that I have decided not
to seek re-election to the presidency this year. As many of you know,
I am a doctoral student and approaching the infamous "dissertation
stage" of my program. I anticipate that in the next two years most of
my time and energy will be taken up by dissertation planning and
writing, and by preparing to find my first real job after graduation.
I would like to pass on the reins to someone who is able to give NABS
the attention and focus the organization deserves. Sean Whalen,
currently second vice-president of NABS, has agreed to step up and I
fully support his candidacy to become the next NABS president. Sean
has done a great deal of work both on the front lines and behind the
scenes to support the growth and development NABS has seen over the
past two years, and he plans to be a student during the next four
years. While I would recommend that he take the position, I am
committed to support whomever NABS chooses to elect to the presidency
and to the board.

As we approach the end of this leadership term, I would like to
express my appreciation to those who currently serve on the NABS
board, whose names I will list at the bottom of this message. I
believe NABS has made great strides forward in the past two years and
I can attribute the vast majority of our progress to the dedication
and hard work shown by our current board members. While we have grown
a lot during the past two years, there is still much more NABS can do
in the future to reach out to blind students, to improve educational
opportunities for the blind and to build stronger collaborations with
the National Federation of the Blind at large. I trust that those of
you who are elected to the next NABS board will accomplish this.
I have served on the NABS board now for six years, and I will say that
it is a great honor to be involved in leading the organization. But it
is more than a title-being on the NABS board is an act of service to
fellow blind students and to the blind students of the future. Along
with the honor of being elected to the NABS board comes
responsibility. If you are elected to the NABS board, you will be
placed in charge of NABS activities, fund-raisers, or communications,
and will serve as a national representative of the organization. NABS
will be counting on you to contribute your time and skills. If you
would like to run for the NABS board, I'd encourage you to get started
in your service to NABS by signing up to help us with staffing the
exhibit hall table at convention or working at Monte Carlo night.
(There should be a formal sign-up sheet circulated soon).

Finally, as we wrap upthis administration of NABS, I'd like to get
your feedback. What did we do well, and what could we have done
better? Are there new projects you would like to see NABS undertake?
Projects you'd be willing to help organize? If you'd like to send me
feedback, I can be sure it gets passed along to the next
administration, or you can give us your comments on-list.

I look forward to seeing you at the convention!

Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students

NABS board members:
Karen Anderson, First Vice-President;
Sean Whalen, Second Vice-President;
Janice jeang, Secretary;
Nijat Worley, Treasurer;
Isaiah Wilcox, Board Member;
Meghan Whalen, Board Member;
Domonique Lawless, Board Member; and
Darian Smith, Board Member.



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sun Jun  5 18:55:57 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 11:55:57 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] (Reminder) Cabs Presents: ABookshare call: Today!
Message-ID: <BANLkTintCNT2AMbrBzzXXy5wXHkj-Qt6rA@mail.gmail.com>

Happy Sunday all.  Today is  the day that all will be revealed about
bookshare!  Looking forward to seeing you there!

ALL ABOUT BOOKSHARE!

Greetings fellow students!

Want a way to access some of  the most popular  books and magazines out there?

Want to get a hold of some  of your all-time favorite book titles and
discover new ones?

Want to get accessible text books for class?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then you will
really want to  be a part of this informative conference call about
Bookshare!

The California Association of  blind Students is pleased to   have
Allison Hilliker and Cherie Miller,  representatives from the
California?based non-profit
on hand to talk about all of the benefits this exciting    resource
has for you in  bridging the gap between the blind and the printed
word.

Who: The California Association  of Blind Students and Bookshare

What: Getting to Know Bookshare

When: Sunday, June 5, 5p.m.

Where: The CABS conference line:

Dial in number (218) 339-2500

pass code 958093

Come prepared for an exciting and informative call,  bring your
questions, and bring a friend!

Contact Darian Smith @
Dsmithnfb at gmail.com
should you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing  you  then!



-- 
Darian Smith
2nd Vice -President: California Association of Blind Students

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun  6 02:08:54 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:08:54 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for National
	Convention!
Message-ID: <BANLkTimpQ7rO8g=g0AQG2EPo=5wSk489vQ@mail.gmail.com>

Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention 2011!"
? ?Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's
National Convention before or this year will be your first time going,
come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an
experience you will most likely never forget! ?Join guest speakers
Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an
overview of the convention week, and ? what events the National
Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can
help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions!

When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern.
Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963.

Your Nabs Membership Committee



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Thu Jun  9 02:38:59 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 19:38:59 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] FW: Casting L.A. Area Visually
	Impaired for Documentary
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good evening fellow students!
 If you are in Southern California this might be of interest to you.
 Best,
  Darian

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From: "Sexton, Bruce" <bjsexton at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 22:32:02 -0400
Subject: [Nfbc-info] FW: Casting L.A. Area Visually Impaired for Documentary
To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>





From: Charisse Simonian [mailto:bigfishcasting at mac.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 9:40 PM
To: bjsexton at comcast.net
Subject: Casting L.A. Area Visually Impaired for Documentary



Hi BJ - I'm casting a quick project for a short mini-documentary on a
teacher

who invented a tool to help visually impaired college students learn.

The short is being produced by Microsoft.

I'm looking for either a male or female in the Los Angeles area who is 18-23
years old, a college student,
and is visually impaired/legally blind.

They should be well-spoken and available at the end of next week
for a short 1-2 day shoot in Los Angeles.

There is pay for the student @ $500!!!



Please let me know as soon as possible if you can think of anyone you could
refer.

OR if you could get the word out for me!

I need to submit all viable candidates to producers by MONDAY latest, but
will need

to see them on video first, either via SKYPE or in person with my video
camera!


Thank you so much!



Charisse Simonian

Casting Director

BIG FISH CASTING

www.bigfishcasting.com
Twitter @bigfishcasting
Email:  bigfishcasting at mac.com















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?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From JKTomasell at aol.com  Thu Jun  9 21:43:44 2011
From: JKTomasell at aol.com (JKTomasell at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 17:43:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Invite to the NFBC SF Chapter's June meeting
Message-ID: <1fa68.2394ad2.3b229890@aol.com>

 
Come one, Come  all! 
The San Francisco Chapter of the National  Federation of the Blind of 
California would like to extend an open AND FRIENDLY  invitation to all whom are 
interested to  join 
us for our monthly chapter  meeting.  
Who: The membership and officers of the San  Francisco chapter of the 
National Federation of the blind of California (NFBC SF  Chapter)  
When: SaturdayJune 18, 2011 from 1-3  pm. 
Where: The San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and  Visually Impaired 
214 Van Ness  Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102  (415)431-1481. 
Why:   to discuss matters of concern,  share stories and experiences, as 
well as become more socially connected to  other blind and visually impaired 
persons   in the San Francisco bay  area. 
How:  Just show up! - We are located Between  Grove and Hays near San  
Francisco City  Hall. We are accessible by SF muni lines 47, 49, 31  and F 
Market.  Also accessible via BART and Muni metro subway lines at  Civic  Center  
station 
At our upcoming meeting we will have: Discussions  about current chapter 
business including chapter board elections, updates on  current 
organizational, and state  Affiliate  goings-ons. 
If you have any questions about the NFBC San  Francisco Chapter please 
contact our chapter president Eric Holm either at  (415)425-5613 or at  
ericholm at att.net.  We welcome your presence,  energy, ideas and enthusiasm; 
and look forward to seeing you at our next NFBC  San Francisco chapter  
meeting!!!!  
Sincerely, 
Jaime Tomasello, Secretary of the NFBC San  Francisco  Chapter

From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sat Jun 11 00:55:52 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:55:52 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Reminder: Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for
	National Convention!
Message-ID: <BANLkTimAK--eMYDSGyZuHQ_mtMWAeu2mMg@mail.gmail.com>

 Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention
 2011!"
    Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's
 National Convention before or this year will be your first time going,
 come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an
 experience you will most likely never forget!  Join guest speakers
 Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an
 overview of the convention week, and   what events the National
 Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can
 help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions!

 When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern.
 Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963.

 Your Nabs Membership Committee


-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sun Jun 12 20:56:47 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:56:47 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Reminder: Nabs Membership call: Getting Ready for
	National Convention!
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimAK--eMYDSGyZuHQ_mtMWAeu2mMg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTimAK--eMYDSGyZuHQ_mtMWAeu2mMg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikGfaQEBHsESSytd+YJ_0HXH0EHpQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,
  If you are going to National Convention inFlorida,
 I  absolutely want you on this call!



  Introducing the Nabs Membership call for June: "It's All About Convention
  2011!"
     Whether you have been to the National Federation of the Blind's
  National Convention before or this year will be your first time going,
  come and hear all about what makes convention fun, informative and an
  experience you will most likely never forget!  Join guest speakers
  Karen Anderson and Sean Whalen, who will be on hand to give you an
  overview of the convention week, and   what events the National
  Association of Blind Students will be taking part in and how you can
  help. Bring your convention experiences, stories and questions!

  When: Sunday, June 12, 6:00 PM Eastern.
  Where: Conference call: (712) 775-7100, passcode 257963.

  Your Nabs Membership Committee


 --
 Darian Smith

 ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

 ? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun 13 00:00:01 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:00:01 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs news and notes
Message-ID: <BANLkTike=uZwhtQPtwchT2g0Nce3zW7Gpw@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings nabsters!

 I wanted to  pass along some things for your knowledge...
1.  If you  attended todays nabs Convention call, thank you!!
some  thanks go to, in particular go to 1st vice-president Karen
Anderson and 2nd Vice-president Sean    Whalen, who took  some time
out  to serve as guest speakers for this call.  As well,   nabs board
member Dominique Lawless,  and  a host of other  folks who  added
their expiriences in the hopes to make the convention    a great time
for you.

 The call was not recorded, but  you may go to www.nabslinkaudio.org
where you can listen to some recorded calls.

2.
2.  Nabs  is looking  for help   with operating some of our most
successful events at convention.  If you   are  interested in
Marshaling (monte carlo, nabs hospitality, nabs business meeting)
being a vote counter/runner at the nabs business meeting,  card dealer
at monte carlo, or  tableing at  the nabs  exhibit hall table,  Please
 feel free to contact me at  dsmithnfb at gmail.com.
3.  If your student division had something that they are selling, and
would like to share table space  at the nabs table  in  the exhibit
hall, you may also contact me.

4. If you have  any suggestions for slate articles, or would like to
write one, you may contact the slate committee at slate at nabslink.org.
 Also, if you should find that you are  interested in assisting with
national membership building projects, or have ideas on how to  help
nabs membership build, or  you evenhave an idea for a membership call
that you would like to moderate... please feel free to E-mail
nabs.membership at gmail.com
5.  Keep a lookout for the student slate, it's coming out soon!  Also,
watch out at convention for those nabs coffie mugs!  that's right...
nabs is selling coffie mugs with a whosit, but not just any type of
whosit, one with micky mouse ears!  you can get it for $10 at the nabs
table, so come  on out and get your coffie mug on!

 That's it for now! See you in orlando!

-- 
Darian Smith
Board member/ convention  volunteer coordinator
National Association of Blind Students

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Jun 14 08:06:20 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:06:20 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] Fw: Facebook note
In-Reply-To: <CA5C0D2FD63D4205815D10ABC082BD9C@Robert>
References: <CA5C0D2FD63D4205815D10ABC082BD9C@Robert>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinzvZaXedAmkao4gjurWvdrMRnNuA@mail.gmail.com>

Fellow Students,
 I  know you are on facebook, and i'm pretty sure you and i share some
frustrations regarding this  popular piece of social media.

 Please read on, this message is  from Mary  willows.  You may know
her asour... NFBc Affiliate president *smile*
 please  read on!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Willows <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:06:54 -0700
Subject: [Nfbc-info] Fw: Facebook note
To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Rochelle Houston <rhouston58 at gmail.com>, Cheryl Thurston
<cthurston74 at gmail.com>, Kasey Servin <s103113 at hotmail.com>, Geraldine
Croom <tgedwards47 at aol.com>, pam sue chase <pschase at ca.rr.com>, David
Faiman <dfaiman at cox.net>, Ever Lee Hairston <ever.hairston at gmail.com>,
Jana Littrell <janadlittrell at sbcglobal.net>, Pat Munson
<writenfb at pacbell.net>, Jan Kafton <j.kafton at gmail.com>, Ken Volonte
<kenvolonte at comcast.net>, Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at hotmail.com>,
Kathleen Church <kchurchlady at charter.net>, chuyandkia vaca
<chuyandkia at gmail.com>, Carlos Franko <cfmunoz2 at aol.com>, David Chan
<david at gnu.org>, Karen Steele <karenjsteele at yahoo.com>, Mark Pighin
<mark.p at sbcglobal.net>, jeri siqueiros <jsiqueiros111 at gmail.com>

Hello Californians:

>From time to time, I am asked if there is anything we can do to help make Facebook more accessible to those of us who are screen readers.  I, have tried to contact the man at Facebook who is in charge of accessibility issues but, to no avail.

Please read the following information and let your voices be heard if
you have had accessibility problems with the website.


Facebook offers its services on several platforms, including the main
facebook.com website, the mobile m.facebook.com site and the Apps used
on the Apple iPhone or iPad.  If you or someone you know in California
is unable to access any particular feature offered on one of these
platforms due to access barriers please share your experience.  NFB is
actively working to ensure that blind users of the Facebook service
are able to enjoy every feature of the Facebook service on every
platform to the same degree as sighted users.  To accomplish this
goal, NFB needs to hear from you today!  Interested individuals should
contact Tim Elder by e-mail at telder at browngold.com or by telephone at
(410) 962-1030.




Regards,

Timothy R. Elder
Fellow
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
120 E. Baltimore Street
Suite 1700
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-962-1030
Fax 410-385-0869
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?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Tue Jun 14 23:31:50 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:31:50 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Screen-Reader-Friendly Career Sites That Have Tests
	Similar To http://www.eureka.org/
Message-ID: <BANLkTinPMm9jO1QDBfiGtNg67zT_7Fm5aA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All I was just wondering if you know of any alternatives other
than afb's career connect site which I'm already connected to doing
their course, any way, just was wondering if you guys know of any
Screen-Reader-Friendly Career Sites That Have Tests Similar To
http://www.eureka.org/ which features three types of tests, a true
colors test, which I don't or wouldn't bother using, a MicroSkills
test, which is not screen-reader-friendly with both questionaire/flash
formats, and the OcuSort test, which is fine so long as you don't use
the flash version. I was recommended this site from the Diablo Valley
College, DVC, my community college in Pleasant Hill, California,
career counseling center, the only way for me to complete these tests
is with someone sighted, however, no matter whoever I try to grab,
scheduling time to do this, is a conflict on their schedule, so I'd
rather just do this myself, anyone know of any alternatives? Thanks.

-- 
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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
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Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Wed Jun 15 01:30:04 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:30:04 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Introducing the Nabs high school committee!
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=G0OOTa3EmLvSamGhrs1QTK3Kf5A@mail.gmail.com>

Greedings Students,
  Exciting news from the  National Association of blind  Students: the
appointment of a  committee for high school age students. So, if you
are, or know a high school  student, please read on and get  in touch
with the chair of  the committee, who's message to you  will be found
below.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bre B <jesusfreak262 at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:24:48 -0400
To: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>

Hello Everyone,

Are you a high school student?

My name is Bre, and I am the chairperson of the newly - created nabs

high school committee.I would like to have a organizing conference

call to do some brain storming about

Thethingssuch a committee made up of high school students can do

for fellow high school students.This call will be on Sunday, June

19th at 7:00 Eastern. If you are a high school student and you would

like to be a part ofa projectthat will build confidence,

leadership, and friendships, , please

send me an email.

Jesusfreak262 at gmail.com

Bre

WVABS President

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? Shaquille O'Neal
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From nabs.president at gmail.com  Thu Jun 16 00:25:34 2011
From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:25:34 -0600
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Important: Blind Students Needed to Test E-Books at
	Convention!
Message-ID: <BANLkTinYOYVmbeYrU+DNbT85VVwy51P-xg@mail.gmail.com>

Dear students,
Pearson, one of the leading college textbook publishers, has set up a
special session at the NFB national convention to get feedback from
blind students regarding the accessibility of a new math workbook they
are developing. They would like to get 15 students to meet with them
during this session, and so far, only four have signed up. We would
really like to support Pearson in their initiative to make online
learning materials accessible. Please help us out by signing up for
this session on Thursday, July 7, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. If you have any
free time between 7 and 9 on Thursday, even if it's not the whole two
hours, please let me know-we may be able to work around your schedules
so we can get as many student participants as possible.
If you would like to help with the testing, please email me as soon as
possible at
nabs.president at gmail.com
so I can give your name to Clara at the national center. Thanks in
advance for your help in improving accessibility for blind students.

Best,
Arielle Silverman, President
National Association of Blind Students



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Thu Jun 16 04:37:34 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:37:34 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs needs your help at national convention!
Message-ID: <BANLkTikVm7Rztyp7VLXYvVvYYJBfJKBe5Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Fellow Students,
 Convention is just around the corner- can you believe it?

 As you all know,  the National association of blind students is
planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may
not know however is that we as a board  can?t do  all of it ourselves.
So we would  very much  appreciate your help in making  The nabs
activities a success this year!
 Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas:
1.  assistance  in staffing the nabs table  located in the exhibit hall.
 Here you will be partnered up  with a nabs board member selling
coffie mugs and handing out nabs literature.  The schedule  for
tabling looks like this:
 Monday , July 4:
 Shift  1. 11 a.m. -1 p.m.

Shift 2. 1 p.m.  ? 3 p.m.

Shift 3. 3 p.m. ? 5p.m.


Tuesday, July 5:


shift 4:  9a.m. ? 11a.m.


Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m.

Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m.
Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 6:
Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.

Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Shift 10:  8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m.

Thursday, July 7:
Shift 11: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.

shift 12:  7p.m. ? 8p.m.

shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m.



As you can see, we have  thirteen shifts, so  if you contact me with
your preference, I will be more  than happy to get you scheduled in!
 *Note  to state Student division presidents: we would like to  offer
you the opportunity to  sell your fundraising items at the nabs table,
if you would be willing to  help us staff it.  If so, please  contact
me with the times you would be willing to work.    If   your state
student division president is not  going to be attending convention,
still contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise.

2. The Nabs business meeting and elections.   We want to make
registration and elections as painless and orderly as possible, and
you can absolutely help with  this! We are going to need: individuals
who are willing to marshal (you know, those folks that say ?nabs
meeting: this way!?. If you are  loud, we could really use your help
here!)
We will also need individuals to be ?runners?. These  individuals will
help to count ballots in the event that a voice vote is not sufficient
to settle a contested election.  These individuals should be willing
to collect and count ballot cards in order to  determine the winner of
 the electoral contest.  It is  strongly recommended that individuals
serving in this vital role   do not seek election  to any nabs office,
in order to  insure an unbias and fair election for all persons
involved.

3. Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great
opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us  in putting together
one of our most successful events that we do.  For this we will  need:
 Individuals who can work  an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Those  individuals will be asked to:
a.	Marshal.
b.	Set up for the event
c.	Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games)
 We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.)  Those
individuals would be asked to:
a.	deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games)
b.	assist with event clean- up and playing  chip  counting.

Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working
(exhibit hall, monte carlo or both), and please include a phone number
 which we can use to contact you at convention (just in case). If
Monte carlo,  please let me know what job you would like to take on,
if you would like to deal and what games  you would like to deal
(blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games).
 This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to
get to know you. As well, this is  an equally great opportunity for
you  to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time.
 Please contact me by July 1 if interested.
 I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com

 Thank you   so much for your interest  and I look forward to hearing
from you all real soon
 And of course, See you in Orlando!
Best,
  Darian


 --
 Darian Smith
 Board member/ convention  volunteer coordinator
 National Association of Blind Students

 ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

 ? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Sat Jun 18 18:23:53 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:23:53 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Thank you, from the nabs membership committee!
Message-ID: <BANLkTiksOkpmomEh6anyb14O6hQ_eDFUyw@mail.gmail.com>

On behalf of the membership committee of the National Association of
Blind Students (Tara Chavez,  Candice Chapman, Juan  Munoz, nabslink
audio coordanator David Dumphy and co-Chair Liz Bottner)
 I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has
taken part in each of our calls over the  past several months.  Your
support, interest and ideas have been much appreciated and  will
always be most welcome as  Nabs moves forward with creating
innovative  ways to engage the student  membership in  discussions and
activities that  they feel are worthy ventures.

 As always,  should you have suggestions for  future conference calls,
ideas on how to improve what we already do, have  new ideas for
projects, or just want to get involved in any way with the membership
committee;  please feel free to get in touch withus via the  below
contact information.

Darian Smith Co Chair: Dsmithnfb at gmail.com

General Membership committee inbox: nabs.membership at gmail.com



Want to  Stay updated on what nabs is doing?
Search ?National Association of Blind Students? on facebook and
follow ?nabslink? on twitter.  And of course, please sign up for
?Nabs-l?;the list serve for the National Association of  Blind
Students via nabslink.org.

 If you want to hear  some of our past calls,  you can check out the
archive at www.nabslinkaudio.org

 Again, much thanks to everyone and we look forward to your continued
participation.
 See you in orlando!




-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun 20 03:50:28 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:50:28 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Some more nabs-related updates
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=QuzzJjGv1QsKVVo1fi8a65C_vqg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello fellow students,
 We are fast approaching convention (can you believe it?)
A few announcements/reminders from the  national
Association of Blind Students:

1.      Don?t forget to register online for the  nabs meeting  that will
take place on Monday, July 4.  Registration is at 6:15 and  the
meeting  begins at 7;  but if you want to be sure  to  avoid the  long
lines,  simply go to
www.nabslink.org
 and  look for the ?become a
member of the national association of blind students? link on the
home page.   Once you do that,  all you will have to do is  pay your
$5 membership dues and you?ll be  good to go!
2. On Sunday evening from 9:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a
Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room
14230.   Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle
with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional
students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying salsa
dancing, karaoke, or the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time
convention attendees.
 Should you have any questions about any of our nabs events, please
feel free to contact any of  the nabs  board and we would love to
answer them for you!

See you At convention!

The National Association of Blind Students




-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun 20 19:11:24 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:11:24 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs Still needs your help at national convention!
Message-ID: <BANLkTin_tikXCvkWNj-pgNtaxDBCCX2rrQ@mail.gmail.com>

 Hello Fellow Students,
  Convention is just around the corner- can you believe it?

  As you all know,  the National association of blind students is
 planning a lot of exciting things at national convention. What you may
 not know however is that we as a board  can?t do  all of it ourselves.
 So we would  very much  appreciate your help in making  The nabs
 activities a success this year!
  Where we would most appreciate your assistance is in two areas:
 1.  assistance  in staffing the nabs table  located in the exhibit hall.
  Here you will be partnered up  with a nabs board member selling
 coffie mugs and handing out nabs literature.  The schedule  for
 tabling looks like this:
  Monday , July 4:
  Shift  1. 11 a.m. -1 p.m.

 Shift 2. 1 p.m.  ? 3 p.m.

 Shift 3. 3 p.m. ? 5p.m.


 Tuesday, July 5:


 shift 4:  9a.m. ? 11a.m.


 Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m.

 Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m.
 Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m.
 Wednesday, July 6:
 Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.

 Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

 Shift 10:  8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m.

 Thursday, July 7:
 Shift 11: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.

 shift 12:  7p.m. ? 8p.m.

 shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m.



 As you can see, we have  thirteen shifts, so  if you contact me with
 your preference, I will be more  than happy to get you scheduled in!
  *Note  to state Student division presidents: we would like to  offer
 you the opportunity to  sell your fundraising items at the nabs table,
 if you would be willing to  help us staff it.  If so, please  contact
 me with the times you would be willing to work.    If   your state
 student division president is not  going to be attending convention,
 still contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise.

 2. The Nabs business meeting and elections.   We want to make
 registration and elections as painless and orderly as possible, and
 you can absolutely help with  this! We are going to need: individuals
 who are willing to marshal (you know, those folks that say ?nabs
 meeting: this way!?. If you are  loud, we could really use your help
 here!)
 We will also need individuals to be ?runners?. These  individuals will
 help to count ballots in the event that a voice vote is not sufficient
 to settle a contested election.  These individuals should be willing
 to collect and count ballot cards in order to  determine the winner of
  the electoral contest.  It is  strongly recommended that individuals
 serving in this vital role   do not seek election  to any nabs office,
 in order to  insure an unbias and fair election for all persons
 involved.

 3. Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great
 opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us  in putting together
 one of our most successful events that we do.  For this we will  need:
  Individuals who can work  an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
 Those  individuals will be asked to:
 a.	Marshal.
 b.	Set up for the event
 c.	Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games)
  We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.)  Those
 individuals would be asked to:
 a.	deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games)
 b.	assist with event clean- up and playing  chip  counting.

 Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working
 (exhibit hall, monte carlo or both), and please include a phone number
  which we can use to contact you at convention (just in case). If
 Monte carlo,  please let me know what job you would like to take on,
 if you would like to deal and what games  you would like to deal
 (blackjack, poker, holdem or other such games).
  This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to
 get to know you. As well, this is  an equally great opportunity for
 you  to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time.
  Please contact me by July 1 if interested.
  I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com

  Thank you   so much for your interest  and I look forward to hearing
 from you all real soon
  And of course, See you in Orlando!
 Best,
   Darian


  --
  Darian Smith
  Board member/ convention  volunteer coordinator
  National Association of Blind Students

  ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

  ? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Jun 21 21:09:28 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:09:28 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs Shift Updates
Message-ID: <BANLkTikQWt8cn0bo4-50-Ar30=yfwPrUxA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,
 A  big "  thank you" to those  who have already signed up to help out
in some way with the nabs events at National convention!     We still
need help in the following areas:
 Exhibit  hall  (Sebastian K ballroom, level 1)

 The following shifts are still open:
Tuesday July 5
 shift 4:  9a.m. ? 11a.m.
Shift 5: 11a.m. ? 1 p.m.
Shift 6: 1: p.m. ? 3p.m.

Wednesday July 6:
Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Shift 10:  8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m.

Thursday, July 7:
Shift 11:
12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.
shift 12:  7p.m. ? 8p.m.
shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m.


Nabs business meeting  on Monday July 4 ( meet at around 6:10 p.m. if
you plan to marshal)
 We need:
 2 marshals and 2 counters for elections.
 Counters will count election ballots ( would  prefer that you not be
seeking election for a nabs office at this years meeting.)
Monte Carlo: Thursday evening  july 7.  The help will needed in two
shifts  with one starting  at 7 and one at 9.  (Wekiwa 8, Level 2
)
 Help is mostly needed  for card dealers ( at least four  folks per
shift).  We can still  use help for set up ? marshaling (4-5 people
for shift).


 Please contact me directly at dsmithnfb at gmail.com
 When you contact me, please   be sure to let me know what shift  you
would like to work where, and be sure to be  clear on  what you would
like to do in the case of monte carlo.  Also, please be sure  to
include a phone number to be reached at during convention.
  Best,
   Darian








   --
   Darian Smith
   Board member/ convention  volunteer coordinator
   National Association of Blind Students

   ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

   ? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Thu Jun 23 05:09:23 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:09:23 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Come Join Cabs on "the Rock"
Message-ID: <BANLkTin-PbQVrmEQk72L8E_V9EPUFNBTfQ@mail.gmail.com>

The California? Association of? Blind Students? is excited to report
that we are planning a trip to one of the most historical places in
the country, and
of all the world- Alcatraz!

Sounds exciting?? Here are the details:

Cabs invites you to Join us? on Saturday, July 30 at 11 a.m. at Peer
33.? From there we will take a farey to the island and tour,? a
location which has
become more than a former prison,? and more like an icon.???? We will
start heading for the island at around 11, and will return?? around 5
p.m., possibly
with some time to grab some late lunch or early dinner, depending on
timing and interest.

The Cost for this trip, including round trip on farey and island tour
is $26. This is refundable if notice is given 2 weeks in advance that
you will not
be

attending. If you are interested,? please contact? Event Coordinator
Darian Smith at
dsmithnfb at gmail.comm
.? All inquiries must be received no later than June 30.



-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Thu Jun 23 05:19:58 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:19:58 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Come Join Cabs on "the Rock"
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin-PbQVrmEQk72L8E_V9EPUFNBTfQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTin-PbQVrmEQk72L8E_V9EPUFNBTfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikEN3Lh+LRX9_1QGq+JpOv+x7TwmA@mail.gmail.com>

You will love it. I loved it this was my fourth time going, the audio
tour is awesome, enjoy it all immensely.

On 6/22/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> The California? Association of? Blind Students? is excited to report
> that we are planning a trip to one of the most historical places in
> the country, and
> of all the world- Alcatraz!
>
> Sounds exciting?? Here are the details:
>
> Cabs invites you to Join us? on Saturday, July 30 at 11 a.m. at Peer
> 33.? From there we will take a farey to the island and tour,? a
> location which has
> become more than a former prison,? and more like an icon.???? We will
> start heading for the island at around 11, and will return?? around 5
> p.m., possibly
> with some time to grab some late lunch or early dinner, depending on
> timing and interest.
>
> The Cost for this trip, including round trip on farey and island tour
> is $26. This is refundable if notice is given 2 weeks in advance that
> you will not
> be
>
> attending. If you are interested,? please contact? Event Coordinator
> Darian Smith at
> dsmithnfb at gmail.comm
> .? All inquiries must be received no later than June 30.
>
>
>
> --
> Darian Smith
>
> ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?
>
> ? Shaquille O'Neal
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cabs-talk mailing list
> Cabs-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Cabs-talk:
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>


-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Fri Jun 24 17:24:58 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:24:58 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Accessible Career Assessment Sites Similar to
	http://www.eureka.org please?
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=8ZYrz6vgE6x+JrZDT3-nbjrtbGg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,
Recently, I've been trying to do a couple of assessments from a site
which my community college, Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill
California, recommended me to use, the career counseling services
there recommended I use http://www.eureka.org/ which isn't all that
accessible plus even with sighted assistance, the system of add/remove
choices is a waste of my time and my sighted assistant's time as well
in that I'd have to restart the MicroSkills test all over again for
example. I know that the AFB Career Connect site is just the Job
Seeker's Toolkit lessons, however I've not seen any sites on their
sites having to do with taking similar career assessment tests to
OcuSort and MicroSkills from Eureka. If there are any such sites you
all recommend that is screen-reader-friendly, please pass them along
to me at cdrobles693 at gmail.com as to not clutter up lists, thanks much
greatly appreciate it.
-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Fri Jun 24 18:30:00 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:30:00 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] [Theroundtable] OT Re: Accessible Career Assessment
 Sites Similar to http://www.eureka.org please?
In-Reply-To: <8CE00B0FE2FC6B1-1A48-6372@webmail-m033.sysops.aol.com>
References: <BANLkTi=8ZYrz6vgE6x+JrZDT3-nbjrtbGg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8CE00B0FE2FC6B1-1A48-6372@webmail-m033.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTim_eRvrZZkSWqSd0T0S0Z397WOXug@mail.gmail.com>

Yes it is not off topic because translating is one of the options.
Unfortunately, they meaning the colege doesn't have very many blind
people anymore, mostly wheelchair users and low-vision who use CCTV's.
I'm the only one that uses nothing by speech output, the career
services only recommend it, that site.

On 6/24/11, dorenefc at aol.com <dorenefc at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi Chela
>
> If there were any indication that this career assessment tool included
> possibilities realted to translation, interpretation, linguistics,
> language teaching etc, I would say your question is not off-topic.
>
> However I replied to the list and made the subject line OT because the
> issue is self-advocacy. Why should it be your responsibility to suggest
> alternatives to an inaccessible site? I THINK it's the responsibility
> of your career services office to use tools that are accessible or to
> provide you alternatives. It's THEIR job, not yours to find accessible
> tools and to include accessiblity as a criterion in their purchasing
> decisions.
>
> In this case, the vendor is probably selling to several colleges and
> skating about accessibility at all of them so it is in lots of people's
> interests for you to speak up!
>
> So do you need help figuring out who to speak up to? I would be
> interested to knwo waht you decide and what comes of it.
>
> Okay end of tirade!
>
> DoreneC
> Seattle WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>; California
> Association of Blind Students Mailing List <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; Jobs
> for the Blind <jobs at nfbnet.org>; bookshare-discuss
> <bookshare-discuss at freelists.org>; the-city-cafe
> <the-city-cafe at googlegroups.com>; A list for blind and low vision
> translators and interpreters and theirinterested professors
> <theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 10:25 am
> Subject: [Theroundtable] Accessible Career Assessment Sites Similar to
> http://www.eureka.org please?
>
> Hello All,
> Recently, I've been trying to do a couple of assessments from a site
> which my community college, Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill
> California, recommended me to use, the career counseling services
> there recommended I use http://www.eureka.org/ which isn't all that
> accessible plus even with sighted assistance, the system of add/remove
> choices is a waste of my time and my sighted assistant's time as well
> in that I'd have to restart the MicroSkills test all over again for
> example. I know that the AFB Career Connect site is just the Job
> Seeker's Toolkit lessons, however I've not seen any sites on their
> sites having to do with taking similar career assessment tests to
> OcuSort and MicroSkills from Eureka. If there are any such sites you
> all recommend that is screen-reader-friendly, please pass them along
> to me at cdrobles693 at gmail.com as to not clutter up lists, thanks much
> greatly appreciate it.
> --
> --
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
> sophisticated,
> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
> in
> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the
> quality of
> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn
> more
> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening
> to
> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
> you're a robot at:
> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
> Cell: 19252505955
> --
> _______________________________________________
> Theroundtable mailing list
> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>


-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Fri Jun 24 18:33:17 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:33:17 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] [Theroundtable] OT Re: Accessible Career Assessment
 Sites Similar to http://www.eureka.org please?
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim_eRvrZZkSWqSd0T0S0Z397WOXug@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=8ZYrz6vgE6x+JrZDT3-nbjrtbGg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8CE00B0FE2FC6B1-1A48-6372@webmail-m033.sysops.aol.com>
	<BANLkTim_eRvrZZkSWqSd0T0S0Z397WOXug@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinUqeF1RbZ=+Ds4FVi_iDAtDZm8EA@mail.gmail.com>

You know it would be a great idea to find contact info for the people
who run that site to make it more accessible and to somehow if
possible, perhaps they could make the system not have me restart the
MicroSkills test whenever I want to add/remove skill choices from my
lists. I'll try to look for the contact info if any exists.

On 6/24/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes it is not off topic because translating is one of the options.
> Unfortunately, they meaning the colege doesn't have very many blind
> people anymore, mostly wheelchair users and low-vision who use CCTV's.
> I'm the only one that uses nothing by speech output, the career
> services only recommend it, that site.
>
> On 6/24/11, dorenefc at aol.com <dorenefc at aol.com> wrote:
>> Hi Chela
>>
>> If there were any indication that this career assessment tool included
>> possibilities realted to translation, interpretation, linguistics,
>> language teaching etc, I would say your question is not off-topic.
>>
>> However I replied to the list and made the subject line OT because the
>> issue is self-advocacy. Why should it be your responsibility to suggest
>> alternatives to an inaccessible site? I THINK it's the responsibility
>> of your career services office to use tools that are accessible or to
>> provide you alternatives. It's THEIR job, not yours to find accessible
>> tools and to include accessiblity as a criterion in their purchasing
>> decisions.
>>
>> In this case, the vendor is probably selling to several colleges and
>> skating about accessibility at all of them so it is in lots of people's
>> interests for you to speak up!
>>
>> So do you need help figuring out who to speak up to? I would be
>> interested to knwo waht you decide and what comes of it.
>>
>> Okay end of tirade!
>>
>> DoreneC
>> Seattle WA
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
>> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>; California
>> Association of Blind Students Mailing List <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; Jobs
>> for the Blind <jobs at nfbnet.org>; bookshare-discuss
>> <bookshare-discuss at freelists.org>; the-city-cafe
>> <the-city-cafe at googlegroups.com>; A list for blind and low vision
>> translators and interpreters and theirinterested professors
>> <theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 10:25 am
>> Subject: [Theroundtable] Accessible Career Assessment Sites Similar to
>> http://www.eureka.org please?
>>
>> Hello All,
>> Recently, I've been trying to do a couple of assessments from a site
>> which my community college, Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill
>> California, recommended me to use, the career counseling services
>> there recommended I use http://www.eureka.org/ which isn't all that
>> accessible plus even with sighted assistance, the system of add/remove
>> choices is a waste of my time and my sighted assistant's time as well
>> in that I'd have to restart the MicroSkills test all over again for
>> example. I know that the AFB Career Connect site is just the Job
>> Seeker's Toolkit lessons, however I've not seen any sites on their
>> sites having to do with taking similar career assessment tests to
>> OcuSort and MicroSkills from Eureka. If there are any such sites you
>> all recommend that is screen-reader-friendly, please pass them along
>> to me at cdrobles693 at gmail.com as to not clutter up lists, thanks much
>> greatly appreciate it.
>> --
>> --
>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>> sophisticated,
>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>> in
>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the
>> quality of
>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>> --
>> Chela Robles
>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn
>> more
>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening
>> to
>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>> you're a robot at:
>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>> Cell: 19252505955
>> --
>> _______________________________________________
>> Theroundtable mailing list
>> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
>> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Theroundtable mailing list
>> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
>> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>>
>
>
> --
> --
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
> you're a robot at:
> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
> Cell: 19252505955
> --
>


-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Fri Jun 24 18:40:44 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:40:44 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] [Theroundtable] OT Re: Accessible Career Assessment
 Sites Similar to http://www.eureka.org please?
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinUqeF1RbZ=+Ds4FVi_iDAtDZm8EA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTi=8ZYrz6vgE6x+JrZDT3-nbjrtbGg@mail.gmail.com>
	<8CE00B0FE2FC6B1-1A48-6372@webmail-m033.sysops.aol.com>
	<BANLkTim_eRvrZZkSWqSd0T0S0Z397WOXug@mail.gmail.com>
	<BANLkTinUqeF1RbZ=+Ds4FVi_iDAtDZm8EA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTingex3RTjTbS+49pFaW-yR+csruZA@mail.gmail.com>

Well I found the contact us link check this out:
http://eureka.org/public/contact.shtml

On 6/24/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You know it would be a great idea to find contact info for the people
> who run that site to make it more accessible and to somehow if
> possible, perhaps they could make the system not have me restart the
> MicroSkills test whenever I want to add/remove skill choices from my
> lists. I'll try to look for the contact info if any exists.
>
> On 6/24/11, Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes it is not off topic because translating is one of the options.
>> Unfortunately, they meaning the colege doesn't have very many blind
>> people anymore, mostly wheelchair users and low-vision who use CCTV's.
>> I'm the only one that uses nothing by speech output, the career
>> services only recommend it, that site.
>>
>> On 6/24/11, dorenefc at aol.com <dorenefc at aol.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Chela
>>>
>>> If there were any indication that this career assessment tool included
>>> possibilities realted to translation, interpretation, linguistics,
>>> language teaching etc, I would say your question is not off-topic.
>>>
>>> However I replied to the list and made the subject line OT because the
>>> issue is self-advocacy. Why should it be your responsibility to suggest
>>> alternatives to an inaccessible site? I THINK it's the responsibility
>>> of your career services office to use tools that are accessible or to
>>> provide you alternatives. It's THEIR job, not yours to find accessible
>>> tools and to include accessiblity as a criterion in their purchasing
>>> decisions.
>>>
>>> In this case, the vendor is probably selling to several colleges and
>>> skating about accessibility at all of them so it is in lots of people's
>>> interests for you to speak up!
>>>
>>> So do you need help figuring out who to speak up to? I would be
>>> interested to knwo waht you decide and what comes of it.
>>>
>>> Okay end of tirade!
>>>
>>> DoreneC
>>> Seattle WA
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
>>> To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>; California
>>> Association of Blind Students Mailing List <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; Jobs
>>> for the Blind <jobs at nfbnet.org>; bookshare-discuss
>>> <bookshare-discuss at freelists.org>; the-city-cafe
>>> <the-city-cafe at googlegroups.com>; A list for blind and low vision
>>> translators and interpreters and theirinterested professors
>>> <theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org>
>>> Sent: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 10:25 am
>>> Subject: [Theroundtable] Accessible Career Assessment Sites Similar to
>>> http://www.eureka.org please?
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>> Recently, I've been trying to do a couple of assessments from a site
>>> which my community college, Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill
>>> California, recommended me to use, the career counseling services
>>> there recommended I use http://www.eureka.org/ which isn't all that
>>> accessible plus even with sighted assistance, the system of add/remove
>>> choices is a waste of my time and my sighted assistant's time as well
>>> in that I'd have to restart the MicroSkills test all over again for
>>> example. I know that the AFB Career Connect site is just the Job
>>> Seeker's Toolkit lessons, however I've not seen any sites on their
>>> sites having to do with taking similar career assessment tests to
>>> OcuSort and MicroSkills from Eureka. If there are any such sites you
>>> all recommend that is screen-reader-friendly, please pass them along
>>> to me at cdrobles693 at gmail.com as to not clutter up lists, thanks much
>>> greatly appreciate it.
>>> --
>>> --
>>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>>> sophisticated,
>>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>>> in
>>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the
>>> quality of
>>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>>> --
>>> Chela Robles
>>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn
>>> more
>>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening
>>> to
>>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>>> you're a robot at:
>>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>>> Cell: 19252505955
>>> --
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Theroundtable mailing list
>>> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
>>> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Theroundtable mailing list
>>> Theroundtable at lists.screenreview.org
>>> http://lists.screenreview.org/listinfo.cgi/theroundtable-screenreview.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>> sophisticated,
>> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
>> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie
>> in
>> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality
>> of
>> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
>> --
>> Chela Robles
>> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
>> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
>> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
>> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
>> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
>> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
>> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
>> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
>> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
>> you're a robot at:
>> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
>> Cell: 19252505955
>> --
>>
>
>
> --
> --
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
> but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
> then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
> the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
> the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
> WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
> E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
> Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
> I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
> and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
> Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
> the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
> you're a robot at:
> http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
> Cell: 19252505955
> --
>


-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun 27 18:43:58 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:43:58 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] Need Help in my project [participants
	needed]
In-Reply-To: <849E44F04CA6CD45A08C5D93AC6316E9F7BAB7@CH1PRD0102MB102.prod.exchangelabs.com>
References: <849E44F04CA6CD45A08C5D93AC6316E9F7BA79@CH1PRD0102MB102.prod.exchangelabs.com>
	<849E44F04CA6CD45A08C5D93AC6316E9F7BAB7@CH1PRD0102MB102.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinO+sVuFwry0=N0+tSMVpJsC1o8Eg@mail.gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nancy Alajarmeh <najarmeh at nmsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:36:29 +0000
Subject: [Nfbc-info] Need Help in my project [participants needed]
To: "nfbc-info at nfbnet.org" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>



Good Afternoon,

This is Nancy Alajarmeh, a phd student at Computer Science dept- NMSU.
I decided to contact you as you might help in a way in the project i
am working on. The project aims at enhancing algebra manipulation for
middle school level students that are visually impaired (allowing them
to solve equations on computer). I have already designed and
implemented some features in the system, and for that i want some
participants in testing it. ( the development process is still at the
beginning, the feedback will help enhancing later system development)
My question is: could you please (if you have any) give me some
contact information for any visually impaired individuals that might
participate in the testing process? you can also pass my contact
information to them
Nancy Alajarmeh
najarmeh at nmsu.edu
575-405-6304
By the way: the visually impaired doesn't necessarily have to be
students at the time being, i would also be interested to have some of
that are already done with school.
also the level of algebra should not be complex., it is basic level
that students are required to solve linear equations.
your help is much appreciated

Kind Regards

_______________________________________________
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-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From cdrobles693 at gmail.com  Mon Jun 27 19:03:24 2011
From: cdrobles693 at gmail.com (Chela Robles)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:03:24 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] Need Help in my project
 [participants needed]
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinO+sVuFwry0=N0+tSMVpJsC1o8Eg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <849E44F04CA6CD45A08C5D93AC6316E9F7BA79@CH1PRD0102MB102.prod.exchangelabs.com>
	<849E44F04CA6CD45A08C5D93AC6316E9F7BAB7@CH1PRD0102MB102.prod.exchangelabs.com>
	<BANLkTinO+sVuFwry0=N0+tSMVpJsC1o8Eg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTimmoR7zELGV9dSgEkfg4h=geEDnHg@mail.gmail.com>

I don't mind participating, I use Non-Visual-desktop-access screen
reader. Took Algebra in high school and college, would love to help
you out. Just email me and let me know what I need to do.

On 6/27/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nancy Alajarmeh <najarmeh at nmsu.edu>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:36:29 +0000
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Need Help in my project [participants needed]
> To: "nfbc-info at nfbnet.org" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>
>
>
> Good Afternoon,
>
> This is Nancy Alajarmeh, a phd student at Computer Science dept- NMSU.
> I decided to contact you as you might help in a way in the project i
> am working on. The project aims at enhancing algebra manipulation for
> middle school level students that are visually impaired (allowing them
> to solve equations on computer). I have already designed and
> implemented some features in the system, and for that i want some
> participants in testing it. ( the development process is still at the
> beginning, the feedback will help enhancing later system development)
> My question is: could you please (if you have any) give me some
> contact information for any visually impaired individuals that might
> participate in the testing process? you can also pass my contact
> information to them
> Nancy Alajarmeh
> najarmeh at nmsu.edu
> 575-405-6304
> By the way: the visually impaired doesn't necessarily have to be
> students at the time being, i would also be interested to have some of
> that are already done with school.
> also the level of algebra should not be complex., it is basic level
> that students are required to solve linear equations.
> your help is much appreciated
>
> Kind Regards
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfbc-info mailing list
> Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfbc-info:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org/dsmithnfb%40gmail.com
>
>
>
> --
> Darian Smith
>
> ?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?
>
> ? Shaquille O'Neal
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cabs-talk mailing list
> Cabs-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Cabs-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/cabs-talk_nfbnet.org/cdrobles693%40gmail.com
>


-- 
--
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--
Chela Robles
E-Mail/GoogleTalk/AIM/Twitter/MySpace/LinkedIn: cdrobles693 at gmail.com
WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693 at hotmail.com
E-Buddy ID: cdrobles693
Skype Name: jazzytrumpet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chela.robles
I volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to learn more
and to join us, visit: http://www.bookshare.org
Visit my blog piece from Learning Ally and after reading and listening to
the song selection, fill out the form which requires no CAPCHAS unless
you're a robot at:
http://www.learningally.org/Blog/Access-and-Achievement/144/vobId__2525/
Cell: 19252505955
--



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Mon Jun 27 19:15:50 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:15:50 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [Nfbc-info] Call to Action on Subminimum Wages
In-Reply-To: <5FFD1A55967445299E9B38F6A180EE5A@Robert>
References: <5FFD1A55967445299E9B38F6A180EE5A@Robert>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=mgv-GaDn8KvBfEmN83TBEDQJ4Eg@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Fellow  Students,
  I urge you to  read on and consider taking action.
 The below highly impacts us as students who  eventually wish to seek
gainful employment.
  Thanks to Affiliate President Mary Willos for   providing  the information.
  Best,
  Darian

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Willows <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:48:35 -0700
Subject: [Nfbc-info] Call to Action on Subminimum Wages
To: NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Rochelle Houston <rhouston58 at gmail.com>, Cheryl Thurston
<cthurston74 at gmail.com>, Kasey Servin <s103113 at hotmail.com>, Geraldine
Croom <tgedwards47 at aol.com>, pam sue chase <pschase at ca.rr.com>, David
Faiman <dfaiman at cox.net>, Ever Lee Hairston <ever.hairston at gmail.com>,
Jana Littrell <janadlittrell at sbcglobal.net>, Pat Munson
<writenfb at pacbell.net>, Jan Kafton <j.kafton at gmail.com>, Ken Volonte
<kenvolonte at comcast.net>, Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at hotmail.com>,
Kathleen Church <kchurchlady at charter.net>, chuyandkia vaca
<chuyandkia at gmail.com>, Carlos Franko <cfmunoz2 at aol.com>, David Chan
<david at gnu.org>, Karen Steele <karenjsteele at yahoo.com>, Mark Pighin
<mark.p at sbcglobal.net>, jeri siqueiros <jsiqueiros111 at gmail.com>

Dear California Federationists:



It is time for us to show our strength in numbers by contacting Senator Tom
Harkin, of Iowa, urging him to remove Section 511 from Title V of the
Workforce
Investment Act (WIA), which is part of the Rehabilitation Act.  The bill
will be marked up and voted on June 29 (in just two days).



The proposed language in Section 511 of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act
states the process a Rehabilitation counselor would have to go through
before referring a client to a subminimum wage work environment. The
intent is to make it more difficult for clients to be steered toward
subminimum wage
employment. Unfortunately, the language opens a door to subminimum wage
employment that did not previously exist. As a result of Section 511, if VR
fails
to provide a client with the proper training and support to become
competitively employed, they will be encouraged to make a referral to a
subminimum
wage employer.

The language states that, once placed in a subminimum wage work
environment, the client should receive a review every six months.
However, similar to WHD?s
inability to enforce Section 14(c) of the FLSA, it will not be possible
for VR to properly enforce this law, leaving even more individuals stuck
in subminimum wage jobs.



We need to let members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pension know that Section 511 of Title V of the Rehabilitation
Act
should be removed.



At the present time, no California representatives serve on the committee so
the best thing to do is to call the Chairman, Senator Tom Harkin and tell
him or his Aide that we are calling upon him to remove Section 511 of Title
V of the Rehabilitation Act from the Reauthorization of the Workforce
Investment Act.



Please call immediately.  (202) 224-3254

Mary Willows, President
National Federation of the Blind of California
mwillows at sbcglobal.net


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?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From nabs.president at gmail.com  Tue Jun 28 03:12:13 2011
From: nabs.president at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:12:13 -0600
Subject: [Cabs-talk] National Association of Blind Students 2011 Business
	Meeting Agenda!
Message-ID: <BANLkTikTG7kS-spQdkzR59ZHBmg=61xgJA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello all,
Below is the agenda for the 2011 NABS business meeting! At this time
the agenda is full and we are unable to accommodate any more
presentations. However, if you have an announcement about a convention
event or a program that you would like students to know about, you can
give me a Brailled announcement that I will read aloud during the
meeting (much like Dr. Maurer handles announcements during the general
sessions). I will also keep all the Braille announcements up at the
head table so students can come up and look at them afterward if they
want the information repeated. If you would like to submit an
announcement, please get it to me in Braille and bring it to the NABS
meeting room between 6:15 and 9:15 p.m. You may also submit
announcements to me by email before noon Eastern time on Friday, July
1 (so I have time to go get them Brailled).
See you in Orlando!
Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students

National Association of Blind Students
Annual Seminar and Business Meeting
Monday, July 4, 2011
Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, FL
?Collaborating for equality, conspiring for success?

6:15-7:00 pm Registration
7:00-7:05 Call to order and welcome: Arielle Silverman, President,
National Association of Blind Students
7:05-7:20 A word from our national president: Marc Maurer, President,
National Federation of the Blind
7:20-7:40: Updates from Our Reading Partners
Mary Alexander, Learning Ally
Allison Hilliker, Collection Development Associate, BookShare

7:40-8:00 Introducing the Student E-Rent Pilot Project!
Sandra Ho, Manager, Student E-Rent Pilot Project, Alternative Media
Access Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kevin Chao, STEPP Advisory Member
8:00-8:10 Update from the UVM Tactile Graphing Project
Al Maneki, University of Vermont
8:10-8:20 From Rocket On! Academy to the FBI: One Blind Student?s Journey
Alysha Jeans, Electronics Engineer, Federal Bureau of Investigation
8:20-8:30 Updates from ETS and the Department of Education
Ruth Loew, Assistant Director of Disability Policy, ETS
Dave Rives, U.S. Department of Education

8:30-8:50 Introducing the 2011 NFB Scholarship Class
Patti Chang, Chair, NFB Scholarship Committee
8:50-8:55 A Word about the NIB Fellows Program and other Employment
Training Opportunities
Bruce Sexton Jr., Fellow, National Industries for the Blind
8:55-9:05 Announcements
9:05-9:15 presidential report
9:15-10:00 elections
10:00 adjourn



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Jun 28 22:20:24 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:20:24 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] National Association of Blind Students Election Forum
	Announcement.
Message-ID: <BANLkTik9sBpztEjybMeQ4+n4QqiGdbj=ag@mail.gmail.com>

The below is a combination of announcements from Mary Fernandez who is
  Coordinating   the election forum to take place coming up.
 My appoligies if  you got these messages earlier on in the day and
see this for the second time.


Hello All:

I hope this Email finds you doing well. As the NABS elections approach,
we thought that hosting a Presidential Candidates' Forum would be both
beneficial and informative for the membership. Thus, we are asking all
who are interested in voting during the NABS meeting and would like to
know more about their candidates to participate in this call.

First, the call will consist of six candidates maximum, who are
interested in running for the offices of President, First Vice
President, or Second Vice President. The candidates will be given a set
time to make opening remarks with random selection to be made by the
moderator in advance.  Then, they will be asked questions which the
membership will have provided and, finally, they will have time to make
concluding statements. If time permits, they will also take questions
from the floor before making concluding remarks.  The time allotted for
each candidate to deliver statements and answer questions will depend
both on the number of candidates who choose to participate in the Forum
and the number of questions submitted.  The call is not expected to last
any longer than one hour.

In order for the membership to submit questions, I will be creating a
Survey Monkey form, which we can use to submit our questions. All
questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday in order for them to be
considered. Furthermore, this survey will allow you to indicate whether
you are intending to run for an office and be part of this forum.

In order to make the call objective, Ollie Cantos, who is not affiliated
with the student division but who is a Federationist and past president
of NABS, will serve as our moderator. I am attaching his biography with
this Email. Ollie  will be sorting through the questions from the Survey
Monkey results and selecting which will be posed to the candidates.

In order for this Forum to be effective, we have set a few parameters,
so that the call can be objective, informative, and fair to all those
who want to participate.

      1. Because of time constraints, the offices will be limited to
the positions of President, 1st
Vice President, and 2nd Vice President.

      2. These candidates will be given a set time for an
introduction, time to answer questions from the membership, and time to
make concluding remarks.

      3. Those who are running for the previously-mentioned offices,
except for the office of President, must indicate via Survey Monkey
their desire to be a part of the forum as a candidate. If more than two
people are intending to run for the same office and wish to participate
in the Forum, every effort will be made to accommodate each candidate.
If the total number of candidates wishing to participate in the Forum
exceeds 6, only the first 6 names received (2 for President and the
remainder for the other offices) will be able to participate in the
Candidate Forum.

      4. Once we get a set count of the candidates participating, we
will send out a breakdown of the time frames. Note that if you are
participating as a candidate, you will be stopped, even if it is
mid-sentence by our Moderator, once time is up.  He will make every
attempt to give 30-second warnings before time is set to expire.

Finally, having read all the postings regarding elections that have been
written in the last two weeks, I sincerely hope that we all make an
effort to be on this call. This is your chance to let your voice be
heard and to ask questions of your candidates! I will create the Survey
Monkey soon, and post the link. In the meantime, be thinking about what
you want to know about your candidates before July 4th.

Candidates' Forum
Date: Wednesday June 29, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Phone: 712-775-7100
Passcode: 257963
Below you will find the link to the survey for the NABS Candidates' Forum!
The survey has very broad categories under which you can write your questions.
Please take the time to take a look at this. It should not take more
than 5 minutes or so, depending on how many questions you have!
Thanks!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z6W5J5Q



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Jun 28 22:29:58 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:29:58 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] National Association of Blind Students Election
	Forum Announcement.
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik9sBpztEjybMeQ4+n4QqiGdbj=ag@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTik9sBpztEjybMeQ4+n4QqiGdbj=ag@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=Kqp58xXU0Le5enqE3+OQ2huXwFA@mail.gmail.com>

 atatched is the  bio of Ollie Cantos, former nabs president and
moderator of this call.

On 6/28/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> The below is a combination of announcements from Mary Fernandez who is
>   Coordinating   the election forum to take place coming up.
>  My appoligies if  you got these messages earlier on in the day and
> see this for the second time.
>
>
> Hello All:
>
> I hope this Email finds you doing well. As the NABS elections approach,
> we thought that hosting a Presidential Candidates' Forum would be both
> beneficial and informative for the membership. Thus, we are asking all
> who are interested in voting during the NABS meeting and would like to
> know more about their candidates to participate in this call.
>
> First, the call will consist of six candidates maximum, who are
> interested in running for the offices of President, First Vice
> President, or Second Vice President. The candidates will be given a set
> time to make opening remarks with random selection to be made by the
> moderator in advance.  Then, they will be asked questions which the
> membership will have provided and, finally, they will have time to make
> concluding statements. If time permits, they will also take questions
> from the floor before making concluding remarks.  The time allotted for
> each candidate to deliver statements and answer questions will depend
> both on the number of candidates who choose to participate in the Forum
> and the number of questions submitted.  The call is not expected to last
> any longer than one hour.
>
> In order for the membership to submit questions, I will be creating a
> Survey Monkey form, which we can use to submit our questions. All
> questions must be submitted by noon on Wednesday in order for them to be
> considered. Furthermore, this survey will allow you to indicate whether
> you are intending to run for an office and be part of this forum.
>
> In order to make the call objective, Ollie Cantos, who is not affiliated
> with the student division but who is a Federationist and past president
> of NABS, will serve as our moderator. I am attaching his biography with
> this Email. Ollie  will be sorting through the questions from the Survey
> Monkey results and selecting which will be posed to the candidates.
>
> In order for this Forum to be effective, we have set a few parameters,
> so that the call can be objective, informative, and fair to all those
> who want to participate.
>
>       1. Because of time constraints, the offices will be limited to
> the positions of President, 1st
> Vice President, and 2nd Vice President.
>
>       2. These candidates will be given a set time for an
> introduction, time to answer questions from the membership, and time to
> make concluding remarks.
>
>       3. Those who are running for the previously-mentioned offices,
> except for the office of President, must indicate via Survey Monkey
> their desire to be a part of the forum as a candidate. If more than two
> people are intending to run for the same office and wish to participate
> in the Forum, every effort will be made to accommodate each candidate.
> If the total number of candidates wishing to participate in the Forum
> exceeds 6, only the first 6 names received (2 for President and the
> remainder for the other offices) will be able to participate in the
> Candidate Forum.
>
>       4. Once we get a set count of the candidates participating, we
> will send out a breakdown of the time frames. Note that if you are
> participating as a candidate, you will be stopped, even if it is
> mid-sentence by our Moderator, once time is up.  He will make every
> attempt to give 30-second warnings before time is set to expire.
>
> Finally, having read all the postings regarding elections that have been
> written in the last two weeks, I sincerely hope that we all make an
> effort to be on this call. This is your chance to let your voice be
> heard and to ask questions of your candidates! I will create the Survey
> Monkey soon, and post the link. In the meantime, be thinking about what
> you want to know about your candidates before July 4th.
>
> Candidates' Forum
> Date: Wednesday June 29, 2011
> Time: 7:30 PM EST
> Phone: 712-775-7100
> Passcode: 257963
> Below you will find the link to the survey for the NABS Candidates' Forum!
> The survey has very broad categories under which you can write your
> questions.
> Please take the time to take a look at this. It should not take more
> than 5 minutes or so, depending on how many questions you have!
> Thanks!
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z6W5J5Q
>


-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal
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From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Tue Jun 28 23:29:01 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:29:01 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Nabs Help update
Message-ID: <BANLkTimxA-jG5_53KZjyrLRTOYU1h7VY3A@mail.gmail.com>

Hello  all,

  Again, thank you for the help in staffing   all of the nabs  Events!
 We  now really need help with the following:
Staffing the nabs monte carlo night fund raiser. This is a great
opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with us  in putting together
one of our most successful events that we do.  For this we will  need:
 Individuals who can work  an early shift ( 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Those  individuals will be asked to:
a.	Marshal.
b.	Set up for the event
c.	Deal card games( blackjack, poker, holdemand other such games)
 We will also need Late shift workers (9:30 p.m. ? 12:00 a.m.)  Those
individuals would be asked to:
a.	deal card games (blackjack, poker, holdem and other such games)
b.	assist with event clean- up and playing  chip  counting.
to state Student division presidents: we would like to  offer you the
opportunity to  sell your fundraising items at the nabs table, if you
would be willing to  help us staff it.  If so, please  contact me with
the times you would be willing to work.    If   your state student
division president is not  going to be attending convention, still
contact me, and we?ll get your division in there to fundraise.
 If you are  an officer or board member of your state student
division, we  could also use your help in staffing  exhibit hall
tables.  Presidents and officer/board members please take note of
times and check  for interest and availability :
Tuesday, July 5:
Shift 7. 3p.m. ? 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 6:
Shift 8: 12 noon ? 1:45 p.m.
Shift 9: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Shift 10:  8:30 p.m. ? 10p.m.
Thursday, July 7:

shift 12:  7p.m. ? 8p.m.
shift 13: 8p.m. ? 9p.m.



Please let me know what shift(s) you are interested in working
(exhibit hall, monte carlo or both). If Monte carlo,  please let me
know what job you would like to take on, if you would like to deal and
what games  you would like to deal (blackjack, poker, holdem or other
such games).
 This is a great opportunity for you to meet the nabs board, and us to
get to know you. As well, this is  an equally great opportunity for
you  to meet a lot of new people and have some fun at the same time.
 Please contact me by July 1 if interested.  When you do contact me,
please be sure to include a contact phone number where you can be
reached.
 I can be contacted at: dsmithnfb at gmail.com

    Thank you, and see you soon!
  Darian Smith, Board  Member,   National Association of Blind Students



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Wed Jun 29 17:29:42 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:29:42 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] : Please Spread the word: community service organizing
 meeting at national convention
Message-ID: <BANLkTinjG5iLYt+m2c4ohx_QVS93cBCWKQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,
  Please pass along the following regarding the community service
meeting, thanks!

How do you feel about community service? Do you volunteer your time
once in a while in the community or with your local church and want to
find other blind individuals to connect with? Do you find community
service interesting but are not sure that you as a blind person can
get involved or don?t know how to begin?

Here's you're oppertunity!

Come Join a group of federationests at the community service
organizing meeting at national convention!

Come learn about  the goals of this new and  exciting group and how we
can utilize  community service to  further the goals of the national
federation of the blind.  We will meet on Sunday, July 3 in Wekiwa 9,
Level 2, from
3:30 p.m until 6 p.m.
Should you have any questions, please contact  Coordinator Darian
Smith at dsmithnfb at gmail.comm.

--


-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



From dsmithnfb at gmail.com  Wed Jun 29 22:32:20 2011
From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith)
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:32:20 -0700
Subject: [Cabs-talk] Fwd: [nabs-l] Candidates' forum update!
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinr0j4Uv-fKMxKhQ7nazGF5E9O7fQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTinr0j4Uv-fKMxKhQ7nazGF5E9O7fQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTinhxfGxSjRF968fQXQmr=UuTbvHqg@mail.gmail.com>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:15:05 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] Candidates' forum update!
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>, Presidents <Nabs-presidents at nfbnet.org>, GABS
<GABS at nfbnet.org>, New Jersey Association of Blind Students
<njabs-talk at nfbnet.org>

Hello all!
In about five hours the first ever NABS candidates' forum will be taking place!
The survey has now been closed. Thanks to all of those who contributed
questions, they are all great and well thought out!
As far as candidates here is what we have:
President: Sean Whalen and Isaiah Wilcox
1st Vice President: Karen Anderson
2nd Vice: Darian Smith.
I hope you can all make it! If you cannot call in, tune into our
internet stream, otherwise this call will be recorded!
Here is the call information once more:
Time: 7:30 PM EST
Phone: 712 775-7100
Passcode: 257963
Please contact me if you have any questions about the call!
I will talk to you later.
Sincerely,

-- 
Mary Fernandez
President: Georgia Association of Blind Students
Emory University 2012
P.O. Box 123056
Atlanta Ga.
30322
Phone: 732-857-7004

"It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much
rather you weren't doing it."
Terry Pratchett

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-- 
Darian Smith

?My secret?  See it, and stay focused on it.?

? Shaquille O'Neal



