[nagdu] holiday gathering at the mall

[cheryl echevarria]

here is the response to me being at the mall on the 6th, unfortunately I 
have told the mall many a time that I work on Thursday and Friday.   I will 
try and do this and maybe try to get to work late I will have to see what I 
can do.   I am also forwarding this to NAGDU.

Take care.

I think this would be great to do as something that all NAGDU chapters can 
work on.


Cheryl Echevarria
Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind
Greater Long Island Chapter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Heaven" <aheaven at us.westfield.com>
To: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Christiann Wallace" <cwallace at us.westfield.com>; "John Best" 
<JBEST at us.westfield.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:46 AM
Subject: RE: holiday gathering at the mall


Hi Cheryl:

The retailer meeting will be Thursday, November 6th at 8:30am in the
food court.  As originally discussed, you are welcome to attend the
meeting and give a short presentation about the legalities of service
animals in public places.  Please understand that we cover quite a bit
of material for the retailers in a very short amount of time as the
retailers have the obligation to staff their stores before the 10am mall
open time so we would appreciate it if you are able to keep your
presentation very brief.  If you are available to stay after the meeting
the retailers that have additional time would be invited to approach you
with any further questions they may have.

As for as Barbizon goes (and all other tables, carts, booths, etc...)
they pay a daily/weekend/weekly fee to be here in the center.
Unfortunately, due to the extraordinary demand of non-profits wanting to
set up informational tables here at the center we had to place a stop on
the table set ups as we could not possibly accommodate everyone.  If you
wanted to find a sponsor for your group who would be willing to pay a
nominal fee for the table set up at the center we would be happy to
accommodate you.  There are other requirements such as insurance, etc
that we can discuss if you are still interested.  Please let me know if
you have any questions- I will be happy to assist you with getting a
table display.

I look forward to hearing back from you about your availability on
Thursday, November 6th.  As always, please don't hesitate to contact me
if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Adam Heaven
Assistant General Manager
Westfield South Shore



-----Original Message-----
From: cheryl echevarria [mailto:cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:29 AM
To: Adam Heaven
Subject: holiday gathering at the mall

I have 2 questions.  First want to know when you are having that
gathering
with the retailers prior to the holiday since next week is the first
week of
November.  I am meeting with Assemblyman Ramos and Senator Trunzo that
Wednesday after the elections.

Also, when I was in the mall a few weeks ago you had a table with the
Modeling School Barbizon.  I was wondering what was that all about. I
had
asked if I could get a table for the NFB, October is meet the blind
month.
and I am also looking for members for the Suffolk County Chapter as well
as
talk to the public about guide dogs.

Is there anyway of doing this. I don't plan on selling anything I just
want
to be able to do an information table.  And the girl scouts sell there
cookies there every year as well.

Cheryl Echevarria
Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind
Greater Long Island Chapter