[Nfbnet-members-list] NABS Meeting Tonight! Come Out or Tune in!

[Sean Whalen]

Good afternoon,

 

I am writing to invite
everybody to take part in the
NABS Annual Meeting tonight at
7:00pm, with registration
opening at 6:00. The meeting
is located in Panzacola
Ballroom G-1. We have a number
of informative and inspiring
presentations lined up, and we
would love to see many of you
at the meeting. Check out the
attached agenda (also pasted
below) to see what will be
covered tonight.

 

If you are unable to attend
but are interested in learning
what NABS is up to, you can
stream the meeting at the
following link:

http://kjscradio.com/classic/r
adio.php.

 

Big thanks to the folks at
KJSC Radio for managing the
streaming for us!

 

Hope to see many of you
tonight at the meeting!

 

Take care,

 

Sean

 

Sean Whalen

President, National
Association of Blind Students

(608) 957-7337

@nabslink

www.nabslink.org

 

National Association of Blind
Students

A Division of the National
Federation of the Blind

Annual Seminar and Business
Meeting

July 1, 2016

7:00        Welcome and Call
to Order - Sean Whalen,
President, National
Association of Blind Students

7:05        A Message from Our
President - Mark A. Riccobono,
President, National Federation
of the Blind

7:20        Reading is
Fundamental: Accessible
Sources of Reading Material -
Representatives from NFB
Newsline, Bookshare, and
Learning Ally

7:30        Coming Full
Circle: My Journey in NABS
Leadership - Candice Chapman,
1st Vice President, National
Association of Blind Students

7:40        PAC it Up - Scott
LaBarre, Chair, PAC Committee 

7:45        Students in the
Cloud: Accessibility of
Popular Web-Based Applications
- Amy Mason, Access Technology
Specialist, Jernigan
Institute, National Federation
of the Blind

8:00        Meet the Class of
2016 Part I - Patti
Gregory-Chang, Chair, NFB
Scholarship Committee 

8:15        Casting Your Own
Private Ballot This Fall -
Charlie Brown, HAVA Program
Manager, NFB Jernigan
Institute

8:20        Leadership and
Partnership: Building Stronger
Student Divisions and State
Affiliates through
Collaboration - Panel of
Affiliate and Student Leaders

8:40        Glimpsing Our
Future through a Window to the
Past: NABS Update - Sean
Whalen, President, National
Association of Blind Students

8:55        Meet the Class of
2016 Part II - Patti
Gregory-Chang, Chair, NFB
Scholarship Committee 

9:05        Making Work Work:
Gaining Respect and
Perspective - Ryan Strunk,
Lead Accessibility Consultant,
Target Corporation

9:15        Laying Down the
Law: NFB's Work to Ensure an
Equal Education for Blind
Students - Mehgan Sidhu,
General Counsel, National
Federation of the Blind 

9:25        My Evolution in
the Federation - Shannon
Cantan, President, Hawaii
Association of Blind Students

9:35        Announcements

9:50        Elections

10:30  Adjourn

 

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