[nabs-l] DSB meeting, a waste of time!

Sat Dec 24 02:20:55 UTC 2011

Wonder=20who=20this=20guy=20is!=20Whoever=20he=20is,=20ramming=20it=20down=
=20someone's=20
throat=20isn't=20the=20way=20to=20turn=20them=20on=20to=20an=20organization=
=20IMO;=20it's=20
the=20way=20to=20turn=20them=20off!

Chris

Merry=20Christmas=20and=20a=20happy=20and=20prosperous=20new=20year!

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20=
Blind,=20
1968-1986

=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=20impa=
ired=20youth=20
in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=20provi=
ding=20
assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=20convention=
s=20
which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20peers.=20=20For=
=20more=20
information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our=20work,=20=
visit=20
us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Fri,=2023=20Dec=202011=2020:04:12=20-0600
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of=20time!

I=20was=20just=20upset=20that=20he=20ogressively=20tried=20to=20force=20ACB=
=20down=20my=20
throat.
At=20one=20time,=20I=20was=20in=20agreement=20with=20the=20accessible=20cur=
rency=20that=20
they
wanted,=20but=20when=20I=20researched=20it,=20I=20wanted=20nothing=20to=20d=
o=20with=20it.
The=20guy=20just=20kept=20ramming=20it=20down=20our=20throats,=20and=20I=20=
was=20glad=20to=20
have
left=20after=20my=204=20weeks=20were=20up.
Blessings,=20Joshua

On=2012/23/11,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>=20wrote:
=20That=20is=20right=20Anmol.=20=20Members=20of=20both=20groups=20go=20ther=
e.=20=20While=20
their=20rules=20and
=20philosophy=20may=20not=20be=20NFB's=20they=20do=20have=20job=20training=
=20programs=20
so=20many=20blind
=20people,=20regardless=20of=20=20organization=20affiliation,,=20attend=20i=
t.=20=20
NFB=20members
=20take=20the=20good=20with=20the=20bad=20I=20suppose.
=20Joshua,=20just=20because=20a=20few=20ACB=20people=20go=20there,=20it=20d=
oes=20not=20mean=20
ACB
=20endorses=20it.=20=20In=20fact=20ACB=20endorses=20no=20center=20for=20the=
=20blind.
=20It=92s=20a=20private=20center.

=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20From:=20Anmol=20Bhatia
=20Sent:=20Friday,=20December=2023,=202011=207:21=20PM
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of=20time!

=20Just=20to=20clear=20some=20things.
=20Lions=20World=20Services=20for=20the=20Blind=20is=20now=20World=20Servic=
es=20for=20the=20
Blind=20to
=20better=20reflect=20its'=20mission=20and=20to=20allow=20other=20organizat=
ions=20
including=20the
=20Lions=20Club.
=20Also=20the=20World=20Services=20for=20the=20Blind=20is=20not=20sponsored=
=20by=20the=20
ACB=20or=20the
=20NFB.=20=20Just=20because=20a=20member=20of=20the=20California=20Council=
=20of=20the=20
Blind=20happen=20to
=20attend=20there,=20does=20not=20mean=20that=20ACB=20sponsores=20it=20or=20=
supports=20
it.=20=20There=20have
=20many=20NFB=20members=20who=20attend=20World=20Services=20for=20the=20Bli=
nd=20and=20
local=20chapter
=20of=20the=20NFB=20has=20started=20having=20its'=20meetings=20there.

=20Anmol
=20I=20seldom=20think=20about=20my=20limitations,=20and=20they=20never=20ma=
ke=20me=20sad.=20=20
Perhaps
=20there=20is=20just=20a=20touch=20of=20yearning=20at=20times;=20but=20it=20=
is=20vague,=20
like=20a=20breeze
=20among=20flowers.
=20Hellen=20Keller

=20---=20On=20Fri,=2012/23/11,=20Joshua=20Lester=20
<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>=20wrote:

=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of=20time!
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date:=20Friday,=20December=2023,=202011,=206:05=20PM
=20Lions=20World=20Services=20for=20the=20Blind,
=20www.lwsb.org.
=20They're=20sponsored=20by=20the=20Lions=20Club,=20(hence=20their=20name.)=

=20Also,=20from=20what=20I=20gather,=20because=20of=20my=20time=20there,=20=
is=20that
=20they're
=20sponsored=20by=20the=20ACB,=20because=20the=20California=20Council=20of=
=20the
=20Blind=20sent
=20one=20of=20their=20members,=20to=20be=20a=20trainee=20at=20the=20center.=

=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20On=2012/23/11,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20wrote:
=20Is=20LWSB=20your=20state=20center?

=20Chris

=20Merry=20Christmas=20and=20a=20happy=20and=20prosperous=20new=20year!

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of
=20eyesight.=20=20The
=20real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of
=20education=20that
=20exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper
=20training=20and
=20opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere
=20physical
=20nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of
=20the=20Blind,
=201968-1986

=20=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and
=20visually=20impaired=20youth
=20in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through
=20providing
=20assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and
=20conventions
=20which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted
=20peers.=20=20For=20more
=20information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our
=20work,=20visit
=20us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing
=20list
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Thu,=2022=20Dec=202011=2022:06:32=20-0600
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of=20time!

=20They're=20part=20of=20the=20state.
=20I=20will=20say=20this,=20since=20you=20brought=20up=20Vocational
=20Rehab.
=20When=20I=20still=20had=20them,=20they=20were=20the=20ones=20that=20force=
d
=20me=20to
=20attend=20LWSB.
=20I=20wonder=20what=20the=20DSB=20would=20think=20about=20funding=20me,=20=
if
=20I=20wanted
=20to=20go=20to=20LCB.
=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20On=2012/22/11,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20=20so=20DSB=20is=20part=20of=20your=20colleges's=20DSS
=20then.=20=20They=20can=20be=20slow.
=20Just=20stay=20on
=20=20them=20and=20advocate

=20=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester
=20=20Sent:=20Thursday,=20December=2022,=202011=2010:06=20PM
=20=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
=20mailing=20list
=20=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of
=20time!

=20=20I=20didn't=20have=20issues=20with=20VR,=20because=20I=20didn't
=20use=20them=20much.
=20=20I=20only=20used=20the=20Division=20of=20Services=20for=20the
=20Blind,=20from=20the
=20=20Department=20of=20Social=20Services.
=20=20The=20VR=20Counselor=20retired,=20and=20now=20we=20don't=20have
=20VR=20in=20my=20state.
=20=20The=20Department=20of=20Services=20for=20the=20Blind,=20(of
=20the=20DSS,)=20is=20very
=20slow
=20=20in=20getting=20the=20adequate=20help=20that=20I=20need.
=20=20They=20won't=20even=20supply=20the=20things=20I=20need=20in
=20class.
=20=20These=20are=20the=20people=20I've=20been=20complaining=20about
=20on=20this=20list,
=20for=20months!
=20=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20=20On=2012/22/11,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20wrote:
=20=20Joshua,
=20=20I'm=20confused.=20=20You=20met=20at=20your=20college=20or
=20were=20supposed=20to.=20=20But
=20is=20this
=20=20counselor=20your=20disability=20counselor=20from=20school
=20or=20the=20state
=20agency?
=20=20If=20you=20mean=20the=20vr=20agency,=20I=20sympathize=20with=20you
=20because=20I=20don't
=20get=20much
=20=20from=20my=20counselor=20either.=20=20All=20of=20them=20are
=20horrible=20about
=20communication.

=20=20-----Original=20Message-----
=20=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester
=20=20Sent:=20Thursday,=20December=2022,=202011=209:15=20PM
=20=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
=20mailing=20list
=20=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of
=20time!

=20=20All=20of=20the=20DSB=20people=20have=20been=20this=20way.
=20=20I'm=20tired=20of=20dealing=20with=20them!
=20=20Blessings,=20Joshua

=20=20On=2012/22/11,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20wrote:
=20=20Wow!=20What=20a=20waste=20of=20time!=20OK,=20lesson=20to=20learn
=20about=20this=20woman;
=20=20she's=20not=20organized!

=20=20Chris

=20=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss
=20of=20eyesight.=20=20The
=20=20real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of
=20education=20that
=20=20exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper
=20training=20and
=20=20opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere
=20physical
=20=20nuisance."
=20=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National
=20Federation=20of=20the
=20Blind,
=20=201968-1986

=20=20=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps
=20blind=20and=20visually=20impaired
=20youth
=20=20in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them
=20through=20providing
=20=20assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps
=20and=20conventions
=20=20which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted
=20peers.=20=20For=20more
=20=20information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support
=20our=20work,=20visit
=20=20us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20=20=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20=20From:=20Joshua=20Lester=20<jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
=20=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
=20mailing=20list
=20=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20=20Date=20sent:=20Tue,=2020=20Dec=202011=2013:19:02=20-0600
=20=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20DSB=20meeting,=20a=20waste=20of=20time!

=20=20Hi,=20it's=20Joshua=20Lester.
=20=20I'm=20tired=20of=20these=20slow=20DSB=20people!
=20=20I=20went=20to=20the=20college,=20to=20meet=20Ms=20Audrey,=20(my
=20counselor,)=20but
=20she
=20=20didn't=20show=20up!
=20=20She=20called=20us,=20at=20the=20last=20minute,=20and=20told=20us
=20that=20she=20went=20to
=20=20the
=20=20campus,=2030=20miles=20away.
=20=20She=20Googled=20our=20college,=20and=20only=20saw=20that=20one,
=20and=20said=20she
=20=20never
=20=20thought=20that=20they'd=20have=20a=20campus=20so=20close=20to
=20it.
=20=20The=20woman=20also=20misunderstood=20what=20we=20said,=20but
=20instead=20of
=20calling
=20=20our
=20=20cell=20phone,=20she=20called=20our=20home=20phone.
=20=20She=20thought=20we=20said=20to=20meet=20us=20at=20the
=20"Community,"=20center.
=20=20She=20was=20supposed=20to=20meet=20us=20at=20the=20student
=20center.
=20=20She=20should=20have=20called=20our=20cell,=20so=20we=20could
=20clear=20it=20up.
=20=20Anyway,=20we're=20about=20to=20have=20her=20E-mail=20the=20staff
=20members,=20that
=20=20she
=20=20needed=20to=20meet=20with.
=20=20On=20another=20note,=20I=20have=20my=20Spring=20schedule.
=20=20I=20have=20a=20monday,=20and=20wednesday=20class,=20from
=206:30/9:20,=20wich=20will
=20=20keep
=20=20me=20out=20of=20church.
=20=20This=20has=20been=20a=20bad=20day!
=20=20Blessings,=20Joshua

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