[Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

Thu Aug 10 00:58:44 UTC 2017

This is why I love NFB
You guys are rock solid
I always say I want CCDC to be NFB when we grow up (we are already 27 so
....)

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 4:28 PM Dan Burke via Colorado-Talk <
colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> very cool!
>
> On 8/9/17, ann--- via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > nicely told Chip, I can really imagine that first event! Thanks, Ann
> >
> > Ann Cunningham
> > Tactile Art
> > 303 887-1713
> > ann at acunningham.com
> > http://www.acunningham.com
> > http://www.sensationalbooks.com
> >
> >
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: [Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History
> >> From: Chip Johnson via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Date: Wed, August 09, 2017 9:38 am
> >> To: "'NFB of Colorado Discussion List (colorado-talk at nfbnet.org)'"
> >> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org>
> >>
> >>
> >> While looking for something else on www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org>, I
> ran
> >> across this article from the Braille Monitor of Janurary, 1973 in a
> >> section called Roundup of State Conventions. As you can see, we were
> alive
> >> and well back then.
> >>
> >> COLORADO CONVENTION
> >> by
> >> John W. Bear
> >> The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, formerly Colorado
> >> Federation of the Blind, held its annual convention at the Holiday Inn
> in
> >> Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday and Sunday November 11-12, 1972. Two
> >> busy days began when President Lyle Neff called the convention to order
> >> shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. President Lyle Neff is to be
> >> commended for an excellent job of chairing the convention, in spite of
> >> innumerable changes in his original program and what he felt was his own
> >> lack of experience.
> >> Mr. Manuel Urena, formerly of the Iowa Commission for the Blind, had
> been
> >> scheduled as the main speaker but became ill. Although not asked until
> >> about 9:00 p.m. the previous Thursday, Perry Sundquist, editor of The
> >> Braille Monitor, came to Colorado from California and gave two excellent
> >> talks as well as assisting in other activities. Other speakers included
> >> Dr. H. A. Fonkin, ophthalmologist; Mr. James Shubert, administrator of
> the
> >> Colorado Library Services of the Blind and Physically Handicapped; Mrs.
> >> Marie Stauter, chairman of our legislative committee; and Mr. Ray
> >> McGeorge, chairman of the NFB of Denver overseas book committee. Mr.
> >> McGeorge pointed out that the cost of mailing these books, for example,
> >> between July 1 and November 1, 1972, over three thousand books at a cost
> >> of nearly one thousand dollars was becoming a heavy burden for the NFB
> of
> >> Denver. Mrs. Ruth Ashby, president of the NFB of Denver, has suggested
> an
> >> appeal to all affiliates of the NFB for help, especially since the
> already
> >> high cost makes it nearly impossible to send much-needed Braille books
> and
> >> writing supplies and materials for teaching arithmetic.
> >> Most of the delegates recovered sufficiently from an excellent banquet
> >> dinner and dance Saturday night and attended Sunday morning's session.
> The
> >> resolutions committee presented four resolutions concerning the
> resistance
> >> of Denver Public Schools to the employment of blind teachers; that the
> NFB
> >> of Colorado would donate $200 for the overseas Braille book program; the
> >> plans of the Colorado Library for the Blind to move Braille books to
> Salt
> >> Lake City, Utah; and the National Accreditation Council, all of which
> were
> >> approved by the delegates.
> >> Miss Judy Miller was elected as correspondence secretary to fill a
> vacancy
> >> created by a resignation.
> >> Some of the highlights of the affiliate presidents' reports were:
> Denver,
> >> completion of the Red Cross First Aid Classes, the Braille Book Bank,
> part
> >> of the college student materials of the National Braille Association to
> be
> >> located in the NFB of Denver's building at 901 East 17th Avenue, Denver,
> >> and shipment of Braille books to underdeveloped countries; Colorado
> >> Springs, one of its members who is black and who is one of the top
> >> students at her university has raised her family and is competing with
> >> some four thousand younger students; Grand Junction, some of its members
> >> being certified as lay counselors and in related professions in work
> with
> >> drug and alcohol abuse and mental health; Fort Collins, extensive
> outdoor
> >> activities and musical projects; and Greeley, its efforts to enroll as
> >> members students in the special education classes at Northern Colorado
> >> University.
> >> The delegates voted unanimously to change the name to National
> Federation
> >> of the Blind of Colorado. The convention ended shortly after noon, but
> the
> >> rest of the day was taken up with our efforts to get home through a
> >> typical Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope snowstorm which started suddenly
> >> about 10 o'clock but by afternoon had made a slushy, slick mess out of
> >> most highways and streets.
> >> Chip Johnson
> >> Technology Instructor
> >>
> >> Colorado Center for the Blind
> >> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
> >> Fax: 303.778.1598
> >> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
> >> Littleton, CO 80120
> >>
> >> Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance
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> >>
> >> Chip Johnson
> >> Technology Instructor
> >>
> >> Colorado Center for the Blind
> >> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
> >> Fax: 303.778.1598
> >> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
> >> Littleton, CO 80120
> >>
> >> Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance
> >> cocenter.org<http://cocenter.org/>
> >> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/coloradocenterfortheblind>
> >> Twitter<https://twitter.com/cocenter4blind>
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> >>
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