[Blindtlk] non 24

[Cindy Ray]

Excuse me, but why do you have mixed feelings about corporate sponsoring of
our conventions. We wouldn't have the conventions we have if they didn't,
and most of us can't affor to pay big bucks for conference fees. Also, by
way of doing "the big ask", we are getting their name out there. They are
often in attendance as volunteers or with booths, and they get to know us.
This is a very good thing. Everybody gets corporate sponsoring--public
media, charities, other organizations.
Cindy
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:30 PM
To: gwunder at earthlink.net; Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] non 24

I think Vanda has sponsored our last few conventions or at least made some
financial contributions to our affiliates. I'm not sure how I feel about
that either. Then again, I also have mixed feelings about companies like
Google and Microsoft sponsoring our conventions. It's a complex issue.
Arielle

On 1/5/16, Gary Wunder via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have enjoyed reading the comments about non-24, and when I 1st heard 
> about the efforts of a pharmaceutical company to market to blind 
> people, I was suspicious. I think I was also a bit defensive, assuming 
> that the worst would happen.
>
> I suspect that I suffer from non-24. There are times when I have to 
> work very hard to stay awake, even when I find things around me to be 
> interesting and thought-provoking. There are times when at 4 o'clock 
> in the morning I am totally wide-awake and mad about it. Then I will 
> be walking through a store or working at my desk or even exercising, 
> and I find that I am exceedingly tired. This suggests to me that I do 
> have a body clock and that periodically that body clock gets off.
>
> I relate to the comments about being embarrassed while at work and 
> unintentionally falling asleep. It does not reflect well on any 
> employee when this happens, and I admit that more than once I have 
> been embarrassed about nodding off at times when I was paid to be 
> awake. I have developed a number of strategies for combating this, but 
> I can't claim that they work 100% of the time. If I catch myself in 
> time, I can always stand up, pace, do toe touches, or engage in other 
> activities that I can blame on needing to stretch my legs or my sore 
> back. Sometimes they too require attention, but it is more likely that 
> I am trying to ensure that I stay awake.
>
> I don't know that this adds anything, but I do believe that the 
> subject is important enough that I am likely to put it on our 
> convention agenda here in Missouri. If non-24 is real, we should not 
> try to run from it. If the marketing is not what it should be, we 
> should not run from that either.
>
>
>
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