[Blindtlk] History of Presidential Releases

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Reese and everyone,

    Ed Morman with the JTBL told me that it was 1975 when Dr. Jernigan began 
sending out presidential releases. I recall hearing them when I began 
attending meetings of the Associated Blind of Greater Brockton which was the 
name of our local chapter of the NFB of Massachusetts. I wasn't sure if they 
were offered prior to 1975, if they were offered under a different name, and 
if Dr. TenBroek also distributed monthly bulletins/releases to local 
chapters and state affiliates. We've sure come a long way from those days 
where communication between affiliates and individual members is concerned.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peachtree Travel" <info at peachtreetravel.net>
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Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] History of Presidential Releases


Peter:

I believe in the latest presidential release DR. Maurer said it was 
presidential release 397 or something like that.  Doing the math puts the 
first presidential release some where around 1978.  Of course that's when 
DR. Jernigan was NFB president.

Reese

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  Hello everyone,

      Some recent discussions concerning the presidential release prompted 
me
  to wonder a few things. Perhaps some of you know the answer. Here are my
  questions:

  1. When were presidential releases first produced and sent to local
  chapters?
  2. Was it Dr. TenBroek, or Dr. Jernigan who first began distributing
  presidential releases to our affiliates?
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