[Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We Help?

[Mike Freeman]

AADE = American Association of Diabetes Educators
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We 
Help?


what is the aade.  I used to work with the ADA here on long island and 
still
have connections with them.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We 
Help?


> Hi Mike,
> I was curious because you had never let our DAN Board know about the 
> AADE
> event. Are you going by yourself, or will there be 2-3 people manning 
> the
> booth?
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:23 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We 
> Help?
>
> Direct grant from the NFB general fund.
> M
> ike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Bryant" <ebryant at socket.net>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 1:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We
> Help?
>
>
> Hi Mike,
> Being at the AADE convention is probably a good idea but my question 
> is
> how
> is it being paid for?
>
> Regards,
> Ed Bryant
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:25 PM
> To: Everett Gavel; Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We
> Help?
>
> Everett:
>
> AS a Federal employee, I am deathly allergic to mission statements,
> statements of goals and objectives and other such bureaucratic 
> detritis
> that serve more to inflate egos than they do to actually make 
> systematic
> plans for the future.
>
> Later in the week, I will summarize my remarks at the DAN Seminar and
> say where I think we should go from here. But the DAN Board will want 
> to
> weigh in on this also before anything official is done. I have a 
> number
> of ideas for possible projects and even simple publications but I 
> would
> rather bring these before the DAN Board before I say more.
>
> So expect something later in the week.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Everett Gavel" <e.gavel at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 5:21 PM
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Goals for the Division? And, How Can We Help?
>
>
> Hello Mike, and all,
>
> It was great getting to be in Detroit, and be in on the Diabetes 
> Action
> Network seminar.  It was my first national convention in a handful of
> years.
> It's helped to re-inspire me in some great ways.  And so I'm trying to
> "catch-up" and I'm asking, where do we go from here, Sir?
>
> If there was any sort of division or convention wrap-up sent out
> already, I
> apologize.  I might've missed it.  And I did miss the beginning of the
> seminar at the convention.  So to get a little more up-to-speed, I'm
> asking
> here, publicly, what are our goals and wishes and dreams for the
> division,
> now that we're apparently not going to have the Voice of the Diabetic 
> as
> our
> main tool anymore?
>
> What should and could the members do, to help this division thrive? 
> Do
> we
> have specific dreams, goals, tasks, that we hope to achieve as a
> division?
> If so, when you are able to, could you please share them?
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
> www.everettgavel.com
>
>
>
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