[Community-service] Not Going to National Convention?

[Darian Smith]

Hello Listers,
 
 I  Recognize there are individuals who may really want to go to convention, but unfortunately will not be able to.
 Of those folks, I know there are quite a few of you who really want to contribute to the work of  ensuring that the blind have a place in  improving our  community and country, while showing the desire, talent and capacity  that the blind have  through service.
  you want to engage blind   individualss  federationests, chapters, and affiliates in  meaningful and demonstrative service that leads to  the proper recognition of us  as citizens with first class status.
 If you have ideas of ways to do this today and up until and through convention, please be  in touch with me.
   Post-convention, we hope to initiate projects  that engage the Federation on a  grass-roots level, but have made the important decision to focus the energies we have on establishing our presence at National convention, where we can start to plant the seeds, make the connections and  raise the  capital we need to support and modle the efforts we dream up.
  Once out of convention we  will put fourth strong  efforts to   innovative ideas.  In order for these ideas to take off, we need  to engage the creators of these ideas  and see that they take their ideas from what should be done to  what we have done.
 
 We have already found individuals  with great ideas on this list and those with important views on how things ought to be done. I look forward to working closely with those folks, as they  have a  clear  desire to build and to  inspire.
  Again, Please be in touch with your ideas and enthusiasm.
  Best,
  Darian