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

Josh Gregory joshkart12 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 23 00:52:31 UTC 2011


But, wouldn't having a picture be better because it could be 
certain of what the bill was?

sent from my Apex
Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com

 ----- 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:43:56 -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

Josh,
  That's right-excpet the 4th generation Touch has a camera on 
the
front and the back so it's more convenient to use the back, at 
least
that's what I've found.  Looktell will just read out the 
denomination,
iNote has to take a picture and takes longer.

On 6/22/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
 Explain how each works.  This is why I say it could get 
offtopic.
   I know the 4th generation IPod touch has a front-facing 
camera.
 So, I assume one would simply place the bill under the camera 
and
 the app would tell you what denomination it was?
 Best,
 Josh

 sent from my Apex
 Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com

  ----- 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:26:52 -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

 Na, if we're talking about solutions for accessible currencyk,
 we're
 still on topic.  If you're using an iOS device, you can get 
Inote
 which is free or pay 2 dollars and get looktell money reader
 which is
 easier to use.

 On 6/22/11, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
  Can you explain offlist, please? I'm afraid we might be getting
  too offtopic if we keep it on.
  Best,
  Josh

  sent from my Apex
  Email: joshkart12 at gmail.com

   ----- 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: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:59:55 -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

  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


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