[Blindtlk] Florida Council of the Blind Chapter developmentand Florida Council of the blind students organization development
T. Joseph Carter
carter.tjoseph at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 00:29:12 UTC 2011
I see it as our job to be better than that. If they are likewise,
good for them. If they are not, it’s too bad. We know that what we
are doing is right, and we know we are doing the right thing for the
right reasons.
I too have seen people say that they believe both organizations need
to "grow up". That is probably because, at times, some of us have
appeared to react childishly. Not all of us, and not all the time,
and there may be explanations and justifications for whatever
behavior is thus perceived, but the point stands. And it is
something we should be careful to avoid. We "win" (if there is such
a thing as "winning") only by choosing not to play the tit for tat
game with the ACB.
How can this be?
There are only four possible outcomes.
If neither of us are viewed as "acting like adults", the status quo
is maintained. Not to our advantage.
If we are viewed as "acting like adults" and the ACB is not, we
benefit. This is to our advantage.
If the ACB is viewed as "acting like adults" and we are not, they
benefit. Not to our advantage.
If both we and the ACB are viewed as "acting like adults", more
interest is likely to be shown in both organization. This is to our
advantage.
The third variable to consider is the person whose perceptions are
being considered. Some people are simply conflict-adverse. They do
not care WHAT the lack of harmony is, be it a spirited debate or an
absolute flamefest. They are likely to reject both organizations
regardless of our behavior because they cannot cope. That’s not
something we as an organization can do much about.
Unfortunately, this inability to tolerate disharmony seems to affect
the younger generations disproportionately. "Drama", as they put it,
seems to be fine to watch on TV, but should not be experienced in
real life. Perhaps this has something to do with why it is so hard
to get the younger generations involved in either organization?
I’ll not opine as to the reasons for this aversion because it tends
to get into political ideology, and the last time we had such a
discussion on NFB lists, accusations of Nazism and the like were
bandied about.
Joseph
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 04:16:45PM -0400, cheryl echevarria wrote:
>I find many not wanting to belong to either, only because they feel both groups need to grow up and get along, or don’t help at all. NOW, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!
>
>Mind you I have had these issues trying to start a local chapter here in Suffolk County. So there are people that would just not want to be part of either.
>
>I have been on the ACB website before, I myself don’t like the fact they still have 6-7 pages of bashing the NFB from the original break up of the NFB way back when. Many of us were not even born or children when this came about.
>
>And you know what they say about people being prejudice, you are not born that way it is learned.
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: T. Joseph Carter<mailto:carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List<mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 7:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Florida Council of the Blind Chapter developmentand Florida Council of the blind students organization development
>
>
> I figure they can be ACB members not thinking of jumping ship too, as
> long as they’re not trying to cause a constant ruckus. I personally
> don’t even mind a debate now and then about their views versus ours.
> If our position cannot stand up to honest debate, then we ought to
> change it. Of course, the same holds true of theirs.
>
> Unfortunately, too often debates of this nature degrade to false
> dichotomies, straw men, and your basic ad homiem. If that could be
> avoided, we might actually get somewhere with trying to unite the
> blindness community on at least those issues where there is common
> ground (which is more of them than you’d think, actually!)
>
> I didn’t have much luck with that effort. Too many hotheads on both
> sides. Of course I’ve got my own opinions about the distribution of
> hotheads is to each side, and to what extent they are tolerated or
> even welcomed by one versus the other.
>
> Suffice it to say that I don’t predict much unity in our future. And
> that’s a real shame.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 06:47:52AM -0400, cheryl echevarria wrote:
> >Problem with this, we want all blind and people to join, they can be ACB members why not especially if they are thinking of jumping ship. There are guidelines for the groups, and David Andrews can remove people.
> >
> >
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> >
> >Cheryl Echevarria
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Humberto Avila<mailto:avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com<mailto:avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>>
> > To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'<mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindtlk at nfbnet.org>>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Florida Council of the Blind Chapter developmentand Florida Council of the blind students organization development
> >
> >
> > Actually David, can we start putting stricter guidelines for joining
> > mailing lists from the NFB instead of just sending an email message to the
> > mailman or filling out the form? Is there a way that there is some sort of
> > approval process and application, for example, that you can create, for
> > joining an NFB list? I say this because of greater security reasons. We
> > would be less vulnerable to spam and ad messages if we do so also.
> > Just my thoughts, Humberto
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org%3Cmailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of David Andrews
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:27 PM
> > To: Blind Talk Mailing List; acb-lions at acb.org<mailto:acb-lions at acb.org<mailto:acb-lions at acb.org%3Cmailto:acb-lions at acb.org>>; announce at acb.org<mailto:announce at acb.org<mailto:announce at acb.org%3Cmailto:announce at acb.org>>;
> > acb-hsp at acb.org<mailto:acb-hsp at acb.org<mailto:acb-hsp at acb.org%3Cmailto:acb-hsp at acb.org>>; nabs at acb.org<mailto:nabs at acb.org<mailto:nabs at acb.org%3Cmailto:nabs at acb.org>>; acb-l at acb.org<mailto:acb-l at acb.org<mailto:acb-l at acb.org%3Cmailto:acb-l at acb.org>>; acb-chat at acb.org<mailto:acb-chat at acb.org<mailto:acb-chat at acb.org%3Cmailto:acb-chat at acb.org>>;
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> > Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Florida Council of the Blind Chapter development and
> > Florida Council of the blind students organization development
> >
> > Are you nuts -- writing to a bunch of NFb lists to start an ACB
> > Chapter. I have previously warned you about inappropriate messages,
> > consequently you will be removed and banned from joining our lists.
> >
> > I don't care about your starting an ACB Chapter, I would rather see
> > someone involved with them instead of nothing, but we can not and
> > will not be the vehicle of your advertising.
> >
> > David Andrews, List Owner
> >
> > At 10:12 PM 6/21/2011, Mr. Alexander Scott Kaiser wrote:
> > >Tuesday, June 21, 2011
> > >Hello all fcb and NFB members,
> > > hello all blind broward county Florida citizens who are members
> > > of the National Federation of the Blind and American Council of the
> > > Blind. I would like to start a chapter of the Florida Council of
> > > the blind called the Greater Broward county- greater Tamarac
> > > Florida Council of the Blind. I would also like to start a
> > > National alliance of blind students devision for Florida Council of
> > > the Blind called the Greater tamarac- Greater broward county
> > > Florida blind students Coalolission incorporated. I am looking at
> > > establishing the chapter and blind students division in August of
> > > 2011. I would like to get a list of people together to propose the
> > > devision and the new chapter of FCB to Paul Edwards. I can be
> > > contacted off list at AScottKaiser10301990 at inbox.com<mailto:AScottKaiser10301990 at inbox.com<mailto:AScottKaiser10301990 at inbox.com%3Cmailto:AScottKaiser10301990 at inbox.com>>. I can also be
> > > called at 1 9 7 3 5 2 5 8 0 9 6. I can be called on skype at
> > > Alexander.the.great1990. Please respond as immediately as possible.
> > >Sincerely,
> > >Mr. Alexander Scott Kaiser
> > >
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