[nabs-l] Fwd: Thank You for your Support!

Tue May 3 02:57:34 UTC 2011

I too, and must rise and ask for the same thing. I ate no debt this organization said that based on member survey material from many of the blind said they wanted blind taken out of the name. Recording for the blind and dyslexic worked fine for me. This do any key doesn't work fine for me on any level. I will tell you that from what I understand there are even rumblings within my own local chapter here in Colorado both wishing to cancel their subscriptions to save energy. My fellow Colorado Association of blind students board member, I hope you are having a meaningful discussion with this entity because I think it's a shame. As I said to Mr. Freeman earlier in a private e-mail. It's like the NAACP suddenly saying that they didn't wish to ponder a beverage of the many brave black citizens who withstood the worst of the civil rights era. In other words change the name back and I think all of us would feel a lot better. To quote our past leaders in the national Federation of the blind, it very much is respectable to be blind. Please note the opinions expressed are mine, they do not reflect the opinions of the board of the Colorado Association of blind students. Nor the opinions of the national Federation of the blind of Colorado. Also please note that I mean using dictation software, some words, phrases, and/or spellings might not be what they are supposed to be. Thank you very much for reading this.
On May 2, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> I think we should issue an ultimatum:  change your name back and we will
> support. (evil grin)
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> Mike
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