[Blindtlk] Erick Weinhenmeyer and travel and tourism division

Tue Aug 30 13:43:32 UTC 2011

Well I was thinking out of the box. Doesn't mean it will fly, but it was a 
thought.

It was an idea for 2012 convention for a speaker with extensive travel 
experience as well as a person who does the out of the box travel, like 
maybe surfing, mountain climbing, white water rafting, etc.

Looking for members who have done this to speak at our Division meeting for 
Travel and Tourism.

I am promoting the division, we need members to join us, and we are hard a 
work to make it a strong division, but like any division, we cannot do it 
without members.

$10.00 a year to join.

We are working on getting our website up and running, it is
nfb-travel.org, nothing there yet, but hopefully by the end of September it 
will be there.

We had our first board meeting ever, it was held August 24th, and out next 
meeting is opened to all on October 5, 2011 at 8pm Eastern, we hope you will 
come and join our division, or at least our board meetings and talk list on 
the nfbnet.org

To reach me in reference to the travel and tourism division.

my e-mail is president at nfb-travel.org and my local number other than for 
travel business is 631-236-5138

have a great day all, almost all power back on here on long island, maybe 
another 24 hrs for the rest depending on where people are.
Leading the Way in Independent Travel!

Cheryl Echevarria
http://www.echevarriatravel.com
631-456-5394
reservations at echevarriatravel.com

Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Superior Travel, located in 
Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com

Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel, Inc.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov>
To: <gwunder at earthlink.net>; "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" 
<blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on 
ExpeditionImpossible

> Gary,
>
> I think you are right. Yes, this guy's accomplished a great expedition, in 
> the face of a lot of "nay Sayers." We did support and applaud his efforts, 
> and still do. But it sounds like he is becoming a little too full of 
> himself. I'm not sure that it would be appropriate to place him at the top 
> of the agenda, nor can we guarantee the level of attendance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Gary Wunder
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:51 AM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on 
> ExpeditionImpossible
>
> I hope many of you will remember that we were a major sponsor of his and
> while he gave us some credit, he has not joined with us, nor do we figure
> prominently in his presentations even though we got a lot of flack for
> promoting something so dangerous for a blind person. We are proud of what 
> he
> did and proud to have played a part in it, but I don't think we'll be 
> paying
> a lot of money to have him come or guaranteeing him anything. My guess is
> that you should talk with President Maurer sooner rather than later.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 7:38 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> ExpeditionImpossible
>
> Well also wants to make sure that he is high on the agenda, from what I
> understand. Right now we are just getting over this convention. The 
> Braille
> Monitor for the Convention hasn't even come out yet from Orlando, which
> comes out in September.
>
> I have no idea what kind of Agenda yet, and I am sure that the National
> Office doesn't either.
>
> Here is from the e-mail his father sent me.
>
> " Our major concern is that Erik,  a prominent international speaker,  be
> given a place in the program which will maximize both attendance and 
> impact
> on attendees.  We would want to be certain that Dr. Maurer 
> enthusiastically
> supports the invitation,  that there are no competing sessions,  and that 
> it
>
> comes at a time when attendees actually are in their seats."
>
> Now before I even this information to Dr. Maurer I am speaking with my
> Chapter President on the issues.
>
> It might seem wonderful to have him, but at the same time, he is an
> international speaker, and I don't think that this is something with the
> Agendas we have at convention that it could be fitted in. But at the same
> time, I had contacted him for the travel and tourism division as a guest
> speaker, if he could come then I would forward his information to Dr.
> Maurer.
>
> Working on the Workforce Bill at this time, the main focus is on that,
> again, I will be forwarding this information as soon as I can.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> president at nfb-travel.org
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov>
> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> ExpeditionImpossible
>
>
> > What else are they asking for?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> > On
> > Behalf Of cheryl echevarria
> > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 5:52 PM
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> > ExpeditionImpossible
> >
> > I don't think it is going to happen, they want 70 minutes to do a
> > presentation, not even Dr. Maurer does 70 minutes. They are asking a 
> > whole
> > lot of stuff, that I don't think we will accommodate.
> >
> >
> > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria
> > http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> > 631-456-5394
> > reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> >
> > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Superior Travel, located in
> > Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com
> >
> > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & Travel,
> > Inc.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "chris nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
> > To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 2:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on
> > ExpeditionImpossible
> >
> >
> > > Hi Cheryl,
> > >
> > > That would be great! Congratulations to Eric and his team! I'm glad he
> > > was on there, and I think it helped change the public's attitudes
> > > about blindness.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On 8/26/11, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > yup. I am in talks with his dad, to see if we can get him to come to
> > > > National Convention in 2012, it is still in the first stages, his 
> > > > dad
> > > > has to
> > > > send me information pertaining to it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
> > > >
> > > > Cheryl Echevarria
> > > > http://www.echevarriatravel.com
> > > > 631-456-5394
> > > > reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> > > >
> > > > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Superior Travel, 
> > > > located
> > > > in
> > > > Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com
> > > >
> > > > Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise & 
> > > > Travel,
> > > > Inc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
> > > > To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> > > > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 5:44 PM
> > > > Subject: [Blindtlk] Fw: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on Expedition
> > > > Impossible
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Just sharing. This is great!
> > > >>
> > > >> Sherri
> > > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > > >> From: "Jody W. Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com>
> > > >> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> > > >> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 10:09 AM
> > > >> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Erik Weihenmeyer on Expedition Impossible
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> > Erik Weihenmeyer and his No Limits team competed on the ABC TV
> > > >> > reality
> > > >> > show
> > > >> > Expedition Impossible.  They started out with 13 teams crossing
> > > >> > Morocco's
> > > >> > mountains, rivers, desserts, riding camels, stallions and 
> > > >> > traveled
> > > >> > down
> > > >> > rapids.  they solved riddles and accomplished all kinds of tasks.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > During one of the earlier shows a competing team said they would 
> > > >> > be
> > > >> > "embarrassed if they got beat by a blind guy".
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Well, last night was the finale show and No Limits came in second
> > > >> > place
> > > >> > beating 11 teams!  The team that won was a fantastic team called
> > > >> > the
> > > >> > Gypsies.  The two teams became good friends and this weekend in
> > > >> > Boulder
> > > >> > colorado there will be a big party and fund raisers for their two
> > > >> > causes.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Congratulations Erik and No Limits!
> > > >> >
> > > >> > JODY
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
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> > >
> > > "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real
> > > problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If
> > > a blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can
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