[nabs-l] Ending the NFB/ACB feud

[T. Joseph Carter]

Dave,

My offer to begin dialogue by having a thoughtful ACBer and I offer 
position statements of our own organization on a series of agreed 
upon issues, to be offered as the most objective comparison of what 
the two organizations are and believe you'll ever find.

It stems from Sarah's request for an objective comparison, which I do 
not believe any one person could provide.  Two or more, speaking for 
their own respective organizations, putting together a single 
statement for each, could be pretty darned objective when placed side 
by side for readers to judge strengths and weaknesses of each.

Joseph


On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 01:21:00PM -0500, Dave Wright wrote:
> Good afternoon all,
> While I've really enjoyed reading all of these messages about finding a 
> way to set aside the differences of both organizations in order to find a 
> common ground on the student level, I'm wondering whether or not if any 
> of the proponents of this idea have taken an active role of setting up a 
> meetting involving students of both organizations on a local level. Since 
> I believe that students should have a choice when it comes to advocacy, I 
> don't mind that there are more than one organization advocating for the 
> rights of blind students. I know how easy it is to talk the talk, but 
> walking the walk and being an active proponent for change is much harder. 
> While the thought of national change is perhaps an idealistic view, lets 
> try first dealing with local change. I know this discussion has leaked 
> over to the ACB listServe and believe both sides have positive feedback 
> to offer.
> Just my thoughts.