[nagdu] Resolution Concerning Service Animals

Wed Jun 30 06:14:10 UTC 2010

does anyone know if the convention is going to be streaming on the internet 
this year.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Resolution Concerning Service Animals

> And by the way I like the resolution too and recommend due pass!
>
> Wayne
>
> On 6/29/10, Wayne Merritt <wcmerritt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't know much about the regulations regarding resolutions, but I'm
> > pretty sure that it will have to be presented to the Resolutions
> > Committee and receive a majority vote there before it can be
> > considered by the convention as a whole on Wednesday. I don't think
> > that it can be presented if it skips the Resolutions Committee, there
> > may be a way but there's where my knowledge of such things ends. In
> > any case, I'm pretty sure that resolutions that skip the committee
> > don't usually make it to the convention floor, but then again there
> > have probably been situations where it has happened. If any of that
> > makes sense, grin.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > On 6/29/10, Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> Marion, I like the resolution and will vote for it.
> >>
> >> I have a procedural question, however. Does this resolution have to 
> >> come
> >> before the Resolutions committee on sunday?  I assume it does.  Should
> >> some
> >> of us attend that meeting to speak to it?  also, how do we know when
> >> it'll
> >> come before the general convention body?  I'm leaving a day early and
> >> hope
> >> it gets presented before I have to leave.
> >>
> >> Margo and Arrow
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Marion Gwizdala" <blind411 at verizon.net>
> >> To: "NAGDU List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "FLAGDU List" <FLAGDU at NFBNET.ORG>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:49 PM
> >> Subject: [nagdu] Resolution Concerning Service Animals
> >>
> >>
> >>> Dear All,
> >>>    Pasted below and attached to this message is a resolution we will
> >>> present at the 2010 annual meeting of the National Association of 
> >>> Guide
> >>> Dog Users and to the general assembly. Please take the time to read 
> >>> this
> >>> resolution and ask any questions you may have. The membership will be
> >>> asked to vote on endorsing this resolution before it is presented to 
> >>> the
> >>> entire convention.
> >>>
> >>> fraternally yours,
> >>> Marion Gwizdala, President
> >>> National Association of Guide Dog Users
> >>> National Federation of the Blind
> >>> 813-626-2789
> >>> Blind411 at Verizon.net
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> RESOLUTION 2010-XX
> >>>
> >>> Regarding Civil Rights Protection of Blind Persons
> >>>
> >>> and Their Service Animals in Public Accommodations
> >>>
> >>> Proponent: Marion Gwizdala
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, the purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is "the
> >>> removal of the legal, social, and economic barriers faced by the 
> >>> blind"
> >>> so
> >>>
> >>> that we will achieve "full integration into society on terms of
> >>> equality";
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, discrimination by places of public accommodation is one of 
> >>> the
> >>> barriers faced by the blind, especially among those who choose to use 
> >>> a
> >>> guide dog as their mobility tool; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, state laws vary in the protection from discrimination that 
> >>> they
> >>> offer to their blind citizens; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits
> >>> discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations and
> >>> offers greater protection against discrimination than many state laws;
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, many states have laws that contain provisions that are
> >>> incongruent with the ADA, such as requirements that service animals 
> >>> must
> >>> wear specific gear, provisions for muzzling, requirements for
> >>> documentation, language concerning certifications that do not exist, 
> >>> and
> >>> prohibitions of service animals in zoos, all of which are considered
> >>> discriminatory under the ADA; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, although the ADA has been in existence for twenty years, many
> >>> states have not bothered to change their laws to conform with the ADA;
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, a large majority of states provide criminal penalties for
> >>> discrimination on the basis of disability, allowing law enforcement to
> >>> intervene, generally resulting in an immediate resolution of such 
> >>> access
> >>> issues, while providing appropriate penalties for more serious
> >>> infractions; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WHEREAS, criminal penalties allow for a more expeditious resolution of
> >>> such access issues (benefiting the disabled community, in general, and
> >>> society as a whole) by addressing discrimination at the local level,
> >>> while
> >>>
> >>> relieving individuals from the burden of costly litigation and 
> >>> prolonged
> >>> civil processes:  Now, therefore,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> BE IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention
> >>> assembled this seventh day of July, 2010, in the city of Dallas, 
> >>> Texas,
> >>> that this organization call upon state legislatures to examine their
> >>> statutes for parity with the ADA, removing provisions that are not in
> >>> conformity with this Federal law; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization call upon the remaining
> >>> states that do not provide criminal penalties for discrimination 
> >>> against
> >>> blind guide dog users to more effectively promote and protect the 
> >>> equal
> >>> rights of their blind citizens by creating criminal penalties for acts
> >>> of
> >>> discrimination; and
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization urge all states to 
> >>> protect
> >>> the civil rights of the blind by vigorous enforcement of the law.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
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