[nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes interview, Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed. June 22, 8:00 pm EDT

Kirt Manwaring kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 23:59:55 UTC 2011


Yeah, but looktell is better.

On 6/22/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, so that's the one I heard about.  The pay one, that is.  So
> EyeNote's free.  Thanks Jessica!
> Best,
> Josh
>
> sent from my Apex
> Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jessica <jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:36:04 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June
> 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
> Josh, eyeNote is free.  The other I speak of is looktell money
> reader.  It is 2 dollars.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:07 PM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Hi, Jessica.  There's another one? EyeNote is what I was talking
> about, but I didn't know there was another one.  Do you by any
> chance know it's name?
>  Best,
>  Josh
>  PS: Eyenote's free? Thought you had to pay for it.  Well, we
> learn something new every day.  (smile)
>
>  sent from my Apex
>  Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Jessica Silva <jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net
>  To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:59:27 -0700 (PDT)
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June
> 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  actually there is the one he speaks of but also there is the one
> made by the US treasury.  it's called eyeNote and it's free.
>
>  On Wed Jun 22nd, 2011 3:39 PM MDT Josh Gregory wrote:
>
>  They've got an ap to help with identifying money for I O S
> devices, that was mentioned on this list before I think.  I have
> heard it's only 2 bucks but that it works well.  It might be in
> the ap store, but not having a device to check on, I'm not sure.
>  Best,
>  Josh
>
>  sent from my Apex
>  Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
>  To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:11:10 -0700
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview,Ride into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June
> 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  Hello, but what happens if I have a bill in my hand and I want
> to know what
>  it is, but there is not a single sighted soul to tell me what it
> is? I know
>  is a free alternative but, is it truly worth it? And, what if
> that sighted
>  person lies about the amount of money that is on the bill?
>  I would probably support ideas like the KNFB reader and the
> iBill identifier
>  if they were even cheaper.  If they were so, I would buy one or
> the other,
>  but so far, I can not afford either one.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>  Of Kirt Manwaring
>  Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:01 PM
>  To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview, Ride
>  into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  Joshua,
>  Valid points.  I've got a solution for you that doesn't cost a
>  thing.  Get a sighted person you trust to tell you what your
> bills are
>  when you get them, and fold them so you can identify them in the
>  future.  Inconvenient, maybe...but hey, if we're going to fit in
> to
>  the world we've got to put up with some annoyances.
>  BTW, what's wrong with a 20 cell display?  Not ideal maybe but,
> hey,
>  maybe a rehab counselor would be more willing to get something
> with
>  that much of a price reduction as compared to a 40 cell.  I used
> a
>  20-cell PAC mate all through High School, an 18-cell Apex for my
> first
>  year of college, and the shorter displays work fine.
>  Best,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/22/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
> wrote:
>  This is what Allan Ramos told me.
>  He was a trainee at LWSB, when I was there.
>  He's a member of the CCB, (California Council of the Blind,)
> (not to
>  be confused with Colorado Center for the Blind.)
>  I'm going on what he said.
>  Paper currency in the US, started with Andrew Jackson.
>  Glenn Beck talks about this in great deal, in his book,
> "Growth."
>  I've heard, that the debit cards are an alternative, but we
> don't have
>  such a system, that is accessible to us, in my small town.
>  It's either what I suggested, or we should ask the NFB to push
> the
>  companies that make accessible technologies, to make their
> technology
>  affordable for all blind citizens, that need it.
>  That's my problem with the Blind Driver Challenge, (for
> example.)
>  They will make this car, but they have to charge an obseen
> amount of
>  money, for it.
>  I'm not going to be able to afford it.
>  I can't afford a Pac Mate, with a 32 cell Braille display, and
> my
>  state won't purchase it, for my schooling.
>  I'm bringing this up, because, (back to the currency,) the IBill
> costs
>  $100.
>  The IBill, (I felt of one at convention last year,) is as small
> as a
>  giga-pet.
>  I got one of those, for $5, when I was a child!
>  Why would I pay $100 for something that small?
>  Make it affordable!
>  Blessings, Joshua
>
>  On 6/22/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Josh,
>  Your idea to have only coins is a good idea, but not realistic.
> Can you
>  see
>  a 50 dollar coin or even 20 dollar coin? Paper currency has been
> and will
>  always be a fabric of this country as it is in every country.
> Which
>  country
>  has only coins and know paper currency?
>  I do not believe, but I could be wrong and please correct me,
> but I do
>  not
>  think that ACB is advocating only braille notes.  From my
> understanding
>  they
>  have been advocating a form of paper currency which is
> accessible  and
>  afordable.  Ovisily braille is not the most afordable means to
> make paper
>  currency accessible.
>
>  Anmol
>  I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad.
> Perhaps
>  there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague,
> like a
>  breeze
>  among flowers.
>  Hellen Keller
>
>
>  --- On Wed, 6/22/11, Joshua Lester
> <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
>  wrote:
>
>  From: Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw Our Eyes
> interview,
>  Ride
>  into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June 22, 8:00 pm EDT
>  To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 1:51 PM
>  Anmol, it's amazing that you bring up
>  accessible currency.
>  What the ACB wants, is Brailled currency.
>  That isn't going to work.
>  I have the answer to the problem.
>  First of all, it's political.
>  I'm tired of people saying that the conservatives aren't on
>  the side
>  of the blind.
>  When it comes to currency, they are.
>  Remember, when Reagan mentioned a return to the gold
>  standard?
>  Coins are the answer to the problem.
>  We can identify the coins, by their texture.
>  We can't do this with paper currency.
>  That solves the problems with our currency.
>  This would help everyone, including us.
>  #1.  You can't inflate, or deflate coins.
>  #2.  You can't counterfeit coins.
>  #3, (Here's the thing that will help blind people,) We can
>  identify
>  coins by their texture.
>  Would there have to be alot of changes made?
>  Yes, but is it worth it?
>  Yes!
>  Blessings, Joshua
>
>  On 6/22/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
>  wrote:
>  Jessica,
>  Good point.  In addition, I would much rather a blind
>  person to feel mobil
>  even if they don't have good mobility skills and
>  frankly I would rather have
>  audible street lights then to see a blind person get
>  killed because they
>  could not figure out how the traffic goes.
>  Anmol
>  I seldom think about my limitations, and they never
>  make me sad.  Perhaps
>  there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is
>  vague, like a breeze
>  among flowers.
>  Hellen Keller
>
>
>  --- On Wed, 6/22/11, Jessica <jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net
>  wrote:
>
>  From: Jessica <jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw
>  Our Eyes interview, Ride
>  into History, Race for Independence, Wed.  June 22,
>  8:00 pm EDT
>  To: "National Association of Blind Students
>  mailing list"
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 1:01 PM
>  There are certain types of
>  intersections where no matter how long you stand
>  there and
>  listen to traffic you will never hear a good cycle
>  so in
>  those cases I actually support aps.  Just keep that
>  in mind
>  when someone talks about every intersection being
>  crossable
>  by listening to traffic.
>
>  Sent from my iPhone
>
>  On Jun 22, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Kirt Manwaring
>  <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>
>  Anmol,
>  It's a nice thought.  Maybe it'll
>  be
>  possible, some day.  Never say
>  never, ri9ght?
>  But here's the thing.  The two
>  organizations have evolved two
>  separate philosophies and mindsets.  I'm
>  doing
>  something really bad
>  and generalizing.  If anyone who knows
>  more than
>  I do wants to correct
>  me here, feel free.
>  The stance the ACB seems to take more
>  often than
>  not is to make the
>  environment more accessible for us.
>  This is
>  evidenced by their
>  support for audible street signals (which
>  make a lot
>  of sense to me,
>  I'm not really convinced one way or the other
>  on that
>  one yet),
>  tactile currency, descriptive movies, the
>  provisions
>  in the ADA to
>  make ATMs accessible, the 21st century
>  communications
>  act, their
>  support for Randolph-Shepherd, universal
>  design in
>  technology, etc.
>  They also use lots of their resources to
>  fight
>  descrimination, at
>  least it seems that way to me.
>  The NFB, on the other hand, seems to
>  more often
>  than not advocate us
>  adapting to the environment.  This is
>  evidenced
>  by the strict
>  standards of training centers, pushing
>  braille,
>  opposition to the
>  tactile currency idea, advocacy of relying on
>  traffic
>  rather than
>  audible signals (which makes a lot of sense
>  to me),
>  our philosophy
>  that with the right training and opportunity
>  we can
>  compete on an
>  equal footing, the idea of the blind driver
>  challenge,
>  etc.  Of course
>  the NFB sometimes pushes making changes in
>  the
>  environment (technology
>  bill of rights, Help America Vote Act, and
>  the ADA
>  which we also
>  supported), and the ACB does advocate for
>  quality
>  independence
>  training/O&M.  But, those are the
>  rough
>  philosophies of the two
>  organizations, if we're going by their
>  records.
>  Is the ACB wrong?
>  No, I don't think so, but the NFB is more of
>  a fit
>  with my vision of
>  blindness.  I just think thee two
>  separate
>  methodoligies willkeep us
>  from ever uniting as one group...and that's
>  ok.
>  We all have the
>  right, even the obligation to advocate for
>  ourselves
>  and those we
>  represent.  The ACB does it their way,
>  we do it
>  ours.  Sometimes there
>  is overlap, lots of times our philosophies
>  take us in
>  different
>  directions and put us on opposite sides of
>  important
>  issues.  When our
>  aims are the same (or similar), we need to
>  work
>  together and present a
>  united front.  When we are at odds
>  (which we
>  often are, the two
>  organizations really are very different), we
>  both have
>  the right to
>  push our separate agendas and attempt to get
>  our
>  policies implimented.
>  Sometimes they win, sometimes we win, that's
>  politics.  We don't have
>  to be bitter about it and, on the personal
>  level, we
>  can still be good
>  friends even when our politics are at odds.
>  Just my thoughts,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/22/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
>  wrote:
>  Kirt,
>  You bring some vary valid points, and yes
>  we have
>  beaten the
>  democrats/republicans analogy  to
>  death but
>  it keeps coming up as a
>  comparison, so I will just say one thing
>  about
>  this.  I may have already said
>  this before on the list, but please
>  furgive me if
>  I have.  The blind
>  community is a to small of a community to
>  be
>  divided on partizen lines like
>  democrats and republicans, and our
>  challenges are
>  to great to be divided
>  like democrats and republicans.  Sure
>  there will be
>  differences between
>  members of the ACB and members of the NFB
>  on how
>  business should be
>  conducted, but honestly there differences
>  between
>  members of each
>  organization on how their organization
>  should do
>  business.
>  True there were disagreement on how
>  business
>  should and leadership issues
>  causing the split between the NFB and
>  ACB, I
>  consider the leadership issues
>  to be pitty differences.  Often when one
>  candidate
>  loses, they and their
>  supporters go and form their on
>  organization or
>  chapter.  This happened at my
>  local NFB chapter and as a result we have
>  two NFB
>  chapters in a small town.
>  Now some may consider this to be a good
>  thing, but
>  think about how much more
>  we can achieve if we were one NFB chapter
>  in
>  Fayetteville in recruiting,
>  fund raising and my volunteers for
>  events.  In
>  addition, these types of
>  childish arguements causes many blind
>  people who
>  otherwise may be involved
>  in a blind organization to be a "fense
>  sitters".
>  Now using this analogy  to
>  NFB ACB, ACB does not have near the funds
>  that NFB
>  has, but they are not
>  poor eather.  Their attendence is not as
>  large at
>  the conventions, but it is
>  not small eather.  Think if both of these
>  organizations were together how
>  much more money we would have to do
>  policy that
>  each organization does or
>  the advocacy work that each
>  organization
>  does, and think about how much
>  larger the convention would be.  We would
>  pack two
>  hotels full or near full.
>  In addition, think about how much venders
>  would be
>  giving out in prizes
>  because now insteading having to spend
>  money to
>  send their workers to two
>  convention, they will only have to send
>  their
>  workers to one convention.  In
>  addition, most venders give out big
>  prizes at each
>  convention and if there
>  was only one convention, they can give
>  two
>  prizes.
>  However, you are right in that
>  realistically the
>  two organizations will not
>  merge any time soon.
>
>  best wishes,
>  Anmol
>  I seldom think about my limitations, and
>  they
>  never make me sad.  Perhaps
>  there is just a touch of yearning at
>  times; but it
>  is vague, like a breeze
>  among flowers.
>  Hellen Keller
>
>
>  --- On Tue, 6/21/11, Kirt Manwaring
>  <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>
>  From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l]
>  [Nfbnet-members-list]
>  Threw Our Eyes interview, Ride
>  into History, Race for Independence,
>  Wed.  June
>  22, 8:00 pm EDT
>  To: "National Association of Blind
>  Students
>  mailing list"
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 2:51
>  PM
>  Anmol,
>  I don't really see a
>  merger
>  happening any time soon,
>  nor would I
>  want it to.  We've all beaten
>  the
>  democrat/republican
>  analogy to
>  death...but imagine Barack Obama and
>  Mitt
>  Romney in the
>  same political
>  party.  It just wouldn't work.
>  There are huge
>  differences.  It
>  doesn't make the NFB better for
>  everyone, but
>  it makes the
>  NFB better
>  for me.  I have lots of respect
>  for my
>  friends in the
>  ACB who stand up
>  and fight for their agenda.
>  Lots of the
>  times, it's
>  the same as mine.
>  When it's not, we can talk without
>  being
>  jackasses to each
>  other and,
>  in a lot of cases, the disagreement
>  actually
>  strengthens
>  our
>  friendship.
>  I say diversity is
>  good,
>  competition is good, we
>  need a free market
>  of ideas.  I respect ACB and the
>  sincere
>  people there
>  trying to make
>  the lives of blind people
>  better.  I
>  happen to find
>  the Federation
>  philosophy and method more meaningful
>  for
>  me.  I want
>  to understand
>  the split.  From the little bit
>  of
>  studying I've done,
>  I don't really
>  think it was petty personal
>  differences but
>  rather
>  differing
>  philosophies about methodology and
>  leadership
>  that drove
>  the two
>  groups to separate.  We can be
>  different
>  without being
>  petty.  We can
>  disagree without being bigots.
>  When our
>  two
>  organizations come down
>  on opposite sides of important
>  issues, as we
>  often do, we
>  need not be
>  arrogant or self-rightious because we
>  think
>  we're
>  right.  The fact is,
>  we disagree.  And I think the
>  disagreements are too
>  central to our
>  respective organizations for us to
>  ever become
>  one.
>  But that doesn't
>  mean we can't be friends, especially
>  on a
>  personal level.
>  Best,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/21/11, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com
>  wrote:
>  Kirt,
>  You are bringing up some vary
>  good
>  points...
>  Understanding the history of
>  the NFB and ACB is an import part
>  in the
>  history in
>  the blind movement and
>  an important part in the history
>  of two
>  organizations.
>  Frankly in it is just
>  my oppinion both organizations
>  bring value
>  and have
>  and continue to make a
>  difference for blind people
>  across America
>  on a daily
>  bases.  It is a shame
>  that this split happened and just
>  maybe
>  the next
>  generation of blind
>  individuals our generation or
>  those who
>  are younger
>  then can bring the two
>  organizations together once
>  again.  Now
>  this is just my
>  translation and my
>  oppinion, but  it seems to
>  me that
>  the NFB ACB
>  split happened over pitty
>  differences and two individuals
>  with
>  different ideas
>  fighting for power.  It
>  seems to me that the hate the
>  two
>  organizations have
>  towards each other is
>  not as strong amongest this
>  generation.
>  Infact many
>  members of NABS of ACB
>  and NABS of NFB are friends in
>  life and
>  attack on the
>  other organization is
>  usually not
>  allow on each
>  organization's mailing
>  list.
>  Dave, you are right that ACB does
>  not have
>  the same
>  amount of people
>  attending its' convention, but
>  their
>  attendence is not
>  small eather.  I would
>  guess 1500 attend the ACB
>  convention and
>  all the major
>  venders who attend
>  the NFB convention attend the
>  ACB
>  convention.  There
>  are also quite a few
>  young people who attend the ACB
>  convention.
>  Yes ACB does its' business
>  different then
>  NFB, but
>  thats why they are a
>  different organization.  However,
>  this does
>  not make
>  them any worse or better
>  then the NFB.
>  Just my thoughts and it would be
>  great if
>  we keep the
>  attacks on each
>  organization to as less as
>  possible.
>
>  Anmol
>
>
>  I seldom think about my
>  limitations, and
>  they never
>  make me sad.  Perhaps
>  there is just a touch of yearning
>  at
>  times; but it is
>  vague, like a breeze
>  among flowers.
>  Hellen Keller
>
>
>  --- On Tue, 6/21/11, Kirt
>  Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>
>  From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  Subject: Re: [nabs-l]
>  [Nfbnet-members-list] Threw
>  Our Eyes interview, Ride
>  into History, Race for
>  Independence,
>  Wed.  June 22,
>  8:00 pm EDT
>  To: "National Association of
>  Blind
>  Students
>  mailing list"
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011,
>  12:25
>  PM
>  Dave,
>  How long ago
>  was
>  this?  Things could've
>  changed
>  since you last went
>  if it's been a while, maybe?
>  And, with respect,
>  this
>  is a big deal to
>  a lot of us.  I know for
>  me it's
>  a lot more than
>  a
>  "small
>  consideration", I like to
>  know the
>  past as much as
>  I can
>  because it
>  shaped the here and
>  now.  I can
>  read the books
>  put out
>  by each
>  organization-they probably
>  both have
>  lots of the
>  truth
>  intermingled
>  with their respective
>  agendas.
>  But nothing
>  beats
>  talking to people
>  who have studied the issues
>  or,
>  preferably, people
>  who were
>  actually
>  there.
>  All the
>  best,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/21/11, David Andrews
>  <dandrews at visi.com
>  wrote:
>  The two biggest things I
>  noticed
>  at an ACB
>  national
>  convention were
>  that the crowd was
>  considerably
>  smaller than
>  that at a
>  NFB convention
>  -- less exhibits etc.
>  too.
>  The second
>  things was
>  that there were few
>  young persons -- some
>  but
>  noticeably not
>  very
>  many.  One of the major
>  things that the ACB has
>  pushed in
>  the past is
>  that it
>  is different
>  from the NFB, it does
>  things
>  differently
>  etc.
>  This doesn't really
>  matter to younger people
>  though,
>  so they have
>  little
>  reason to join, so
>  don't.
>
>  You guys can spend lots
>  of time on
>  the
>  history, and
>  differences if
>  you want -- but what is
>  the
>  point.  It
>  happened,
>  it is over with and
>  done.  Yes we can
>  and should
>  learn from our
>  history, but it is just
>  one small consideration.
>
>  Dave
>
>  At 11:32 AM 6/20/2011,
>  you wrote:
>  Dave,
>   I do see
>  your
>  point.  Those
>  alive at the time are not,
>  and will
>  probabluy never be
>  friends.  Heck,
>  getting
>  them to actually talk in
>  peace would be the
>  achievement
>  of the
>  century!   if
>  such a
>  call were
>  to hypothetically
>  happen, how
>  could we
>  keep it from
>  opening old wounds
>  and stoking old
>  fires?
>   Best,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/20/11, Chris
>  Nusbaum
>  <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>  Dave,
>
>  Our joint
>  conference call
>  isn't
>  associated
>  whatsoever with the
>  proposition of a
>  change in
>  the NFB
>  bylaw.  If I'm setting
>  this
>  up, which it
>  appears I am,
>  I didn't
>  even have
>  the intention of
>  mentioning that
>  proposition on the
>  call.  The call's
>  purpose is
>  to learn the
>  history of
>  the NFB/ACB,
>  with a
>  little emphasis on
>  the "civil war"
>  period,
>  from both
>  sides so we
>  are informed.  I
>  also want this
>  call to
>  start a
>  discussion on
>  the history of our
>  movement and what
>  we can
>  learn from
>  it, not
>  only as
>  Federationists,
>  but as
>  blind
>  students.
>  Jorge and I have found
>  some ways that we
>  can hold
>  the call
>  without
>  making it a NABS
>  membership call,
>  if it is
>  entirely
>  necessary.  And as to
>  your
>  comments about
>  them not
>  being our
>  friends,
>  then using your
>  argument, the
>  Republicans
>  should not
>  hear the
>  Democrats point of
>  view in meetings
>  of
>  Congress, but
>  the two
>  parties should be
>  separated from
>  each other
>  for fear
>  of their
>  own side being
>  attacked.
>  We can
>  keep our same
>  opinions, and probably many
>  Federationists
>  and Council
>  members
>  who attend
>  this call will.
>  This is just a
>  way that we
>  can be
>  more
>  informed when forming
>  these opinions.
>
>
>  Chris
>
>  "A loss of sight,
>  never a
>  loss of
>  vision!"
>  (Camp Abilities motto)
>  To learn more
>  about Camp
>  Abilities
>  and find a
>  local camp near
>  you, just click
>  on this
>  link to
>  their
>  national Web site:
>
>  www.campabilities.org.
>
>  The I C.A.N.
>  Foundation helps
>  visually
>  impaired youth in
>  Maryland have the
>  ability
>  to
>  confidently say
>  "I can!" How? Click
>  on this link to
>  learn more
>  and to
>  contribute:
>
>  www.icanfoundation.info.
>
>
>  Sent from
>  my BrailleNote
>
>
>  -----
>  Original Message -----
>  From: David
>  Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
>  To: National
>  Association
>  of Blind
>  Students
>  mailing list
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Sun,
>  19 Jun
>  2011 20:39:01
>  -0500
>  Subject: Re:
>  [nabs-l]
>  [Nfbnet-members-list]
>  Threw Our Eyes
>  interview,Ride
>  into
>  History, Race
>  for
>  Independence, Wed.
>  June
>  22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  Chris:
>
>  I don't want to
>  friend
>  anyone -- but
>  I think
>  this is a terrible
>  idea!
>  Remember the
>  ACB split off
>  from
>  the NFB because they
>  thought
>  that we were all
>  wrong,
>  did our
>  business in
>  the wrong way etc.  I
>  am
>  not going to say
>  that we
>  can't learn
>  anything
>  from the ACB, but
>  not a
>  history
>  lesson.  I
>  was at a ACb
>  National
>  Convention a few years
>  ago
>  -- and heard the
>  NFB
>  attacked openly
>  and
>  indirectly.  These
>  folks
>  are
>  not our
>  friends.  We
>  can work
>  jointly at
>  times, and should, and I
>  don't think we
>  should be
>  against
>  them, for
>  the sake of it, as
>  some of
>  my old-timer
>  friends are
>  -- but a
>  joint
>  conference call on
>  consideration of
>  a change
>  to a NFB
>  division
>  bylaw is going to
>  far!
>
>  Dave
>
>  At 12:53 PM
>  6/19/2011, you
>  wrote:
>  Kirt,
>
>  I have a friend
>  in the
>  Council that
>  I will
>  see Monday night, so I
>  plan to give this
>  idea to
>  him and
>  ask if he
>  knows someone in the
>  Council that
>  would be
>  knowledgeable
>  enough
>  and willing to attend
>  this call on
>  behalf of the
>  Council
>  as an
>  expert on their history.
>  Maybe it would be
>  better
>  if someone
>  like me
>  moderated.  Keep in
>  mind
>  that I did
>  volunteer, but
>  I'm not
>  degrading
>  anyone else, I'm just
>  using myself as
>  an example
>  here.
>  I'm a
>  member of the Federation,
>  but I'm not a
>  hard-line
>  "NFB is
>  good, ACB
>  bad" person, so I
>  wouldn't
>  show any bias to
>  NFB or
>  ACB.  I
>  also am
>  not currently a
>  contributing
>  (due-paying)
>  member of
>  NABS, so I'm
>  not a
>  leader in it of
>  course.
>  That way, we
>  wouldn't have
>  any
>  bias.
>  I think it would
>  be easy
>  to have it
>  jointly
>  attended even if it's
>  an
>  official NABS
>  call.
>  If we have a
>  representative of ACB on the
>  call,
>  we could probably
>  easily
>  get other
>  members of
>  ACB on the call to
>  kind of back up
>  or add to
>  that
>  guest
>  speaker's information.
>  Thoughts?
>
>  Chris
>
>  "A loss of sight,
>  never a
>  loss of
>  vision!"
>  (Camp Abilities motto)
>  To learn more
>  about Camp
>  Abilities
>  and find a
>  local camp near
>  you,
>  just click on
>  this link to
>  their
>  national Web
>  site:
>
>  www.campabilities.org.
>
>  The I C.A.N.
>  Foundation helps
>  visually
>  impaired youth in
>  Maryland
>  have the ability
>  to
>  confidently say
>  "I can!"
>  How? Click on this
>  link
>  to learn more and
>  to
>  contribute:
>  www.icanfoundation.info.
>
>  Sent from my
>  BrailleNote
>
>  ----- Original
>  Message
>  -----
>  From: Kirt
>  Manwaring
>  <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
>  To: National
>  Association
>  of Blind
>  Students
>  mailing list
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Sun,
>  19 Jun
>  2011 00:45:08
>  -0600
>  Subject: Re:
>  [nabs-l]
>  [Nfbnet-members-list]
>  Threw Our Eyes
>  interview,Ride
>  into
>  History, Race
>  for
>  Independence, Wed.
>  June
>  22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  Carley,
>   The
>  two
>  organizations don't
>  really claim to be "friends"
>  as
>  such-it
>  seems like now
>  they just
>  mostly
>  ignore each
>  other, work jointly
>  when
>  their agendas
>  converge and
>  play
>  politics when
>  they don't.  Maybe
>  they
>  aren't enemies,
>  but the
>  official
>  organizations don't really
>  advertise
>  themselves as
>  friends.
>
>  While it
>  would be great to
>  have people from both
>  organizations
>  participate in a
>  joint
>  call, I don't
>  see it
>  happening.  Here's
>  hoping
>  though, I
>  guess  It's
>  certainly a
>  nice
>  thought-although, if the
>  call
>  were to have
>  presentations
>  from
>  members of
>  both organizations, it
>  probably should
>  be jointly
>  moderated
>  and
>  attended.  The NFB (or
>  probably even
>  NABS) would,
>  I'm
>  betting, not
>  be inclined to go
>  there.
>  So maybe we'll
>  have better
>  luck
>  going through
>  unnoficial channels
>  and
>  setting this up
>  on our
>  own?  No
>  need to
>  make it an official event
>  for
>  either the
>  Federation or
>  the
>  Council-I think
>  it's safe to say
>  that
>  idea was doomed
>  to fail
>  before it
>  was brought
>  up.
>
>  Best,
>  Kirt
>
>  On 6/18/11, Chris
>  Nusbaum
>  <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>  wrote:
>  And, as I said
>  before, I
>  would be
>  very
>  willing to moderate this
>  call.
>  Please keep me
>  posted!
>
>
>  Chris
>
>  "A loss of sight,
>  never a
>  loss of
>  vision!"
>  (Camp Abilities motto)
>  To learn more
>  about Camp
>  Abilities
>  and find a
>  local camp near
>  you, just click
>  on this
>  link to
>  their
>  national Web site:
>
>  www.campabilities.org.
>
>  The I C.A.N.
>  Foundation helps
>  visually
>  impaired youth in
>  Maryland have the
>  ability
>  to
>  confidently say
>  "I can!" How? Click
>  on this link to
>  learn more
>  and to
>  contribute:
>
>  www.icanfoundation.info.
>
>   Sent
>  from my
>  BrailleNote
>
>
>  -----
>  Original Message
>  -----
>  From: Ignasi
>  Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
>  To: National
>  Association
>  of Blind
>  Students
>  mailing list
>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>  Date sent: Sat,
>  18 Jun
>  2011 18:51:04
>  -0400
>  Subject: Re:
>  [nabs-l]
>  [Nfbnet-members-list]
>  Threw Our Eyes
>  interview,Ride
>  into
>  History, Race
>  for
>  Independence, Wed.
>  June
>  22, 8:00 pm EDT
>
>  This call would
>  be very
>  interesting
>  indeed.  If
>  representatives
>  from both
>  organizations
>  are willing
>  to
>  participate, it can really
>  be productive in
>  many
>  ways.
>  On Jun 18, 2011,
>  at 1:46
>  PM, Carly
>  Mihalakis
>  wrote:
>
>
>
>   Good
>  morning,
>  list,
>
>   A
>  few days
>  ago, someone on
>  the NABS list  suggested
>  a
>  conference
>  call bringing
>  clarity to a
>  younger
>  generation.  What,
>  exactly, is
>  the history of
>  the
>  ideological
>  parting of
>  ways, between the
>  Federation and
>  the
>  Council? Does
>  anybody know
>  today, the history
>  of this division
>  or is it
>  a product
>  of sheer
>  habit as is the case
>  with Republicans
>  and
>  Democrats? If
>  such a
>  meeting of both
>  entities were to
>  take
>  place, There
>  ought to
>  be representation of
>  both
>  organizations
>  so that a
>  wholistic
>  portrait of this issue
>  can be
>  exercised.
>
>   and
>  its split
>  from the
>  ACB.  This seems like a
>  productive and
>  enlightening
>  discussion
>  but I
>  wonder, if the
>  Federation and the
>  council claim to
>  be
>  friends, should
>  there not
>  be representation
>  from
>  both   sides, identifying
>  their position and
>  whereabouts
>  they stand, in
>  this? At
>   ----
>  Original
>  Message
>  ------
>
>  From: "Joe
>  Ruffalo" <nfbnj at yahoo.com
>  (by way of David
>  Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)
>
>  Subject:
>  [Nfbnet-members-list] Thru
>  Our Eyes
>  interview,
>  Ride
>  into History,Race
>  for
>  Independence,
>  Wed.  June 22, 8:00 pm
>  EDT
>   Date
>  sent:
>  Fri, 17 Jun 2011
>  19:26:45 -0500
>
>
>   Save
>  The
>  Date:
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>  Joe
>
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>  interview
>  Parnell Diggs, chair of the
>  Imagination
>  Fund,
>   Race
>  for
>  Independence.
>
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>  will highlight
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>
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>  and chapters.
>   In
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>  make the
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>
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