[nagdu] off list: Re: Facebook & NAGDU

[rhonda cruz]

 hi steve,
 i think you are doing a great job.
 keep up the great work. hugs.

On Mar 1, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:

> Bibi et al,
> Firstly, although I am not a member of the formal NAGDU Board, I am part of
> the NAGDU Leadership.  Furrthermore, even before I learned of the NAGDU
> Board discussing this, I did locate this on Facebook...on my own accord as
> you see, Facebook is a public domain website.  I like anyone else, can
> simply put in a word in the search field and whala, ya listing of matches
> comes...try it with NAGDU, NFB or any other term.  And, just as an FYI, I
> have also way before I discovered this on Facebook, created our own State
> Division group, called WAGDU.  Being a public domain, anyone can simply
> locate and request to join, or *like* the page and become involved.
> Honestly, if this were a *draft* site like mentioned, then tell me why it is
> live?  Maybe this should have been thought a little more before posting a
> live site that anyone can access.  
> 
> I for one, am somewhat a little thrown off by the negativity to this post as
> any frequent user of Facebook can do what I did, and try to stay connected
> with a variety of NFB-related groups.  
> 
> Sometimes, the negativity and the approach by persons on this list puts me
> off.  If it was such a big deal, then maybe the person/s making a big deal
> out of this should have been a bigger person and approached me...off list
> like any good leader would.  
> 
> I am at about a point to where I just want to remove myself from this group.
> I bust my butt to make information available, advocate on the behalf of all
> of my peers using service dogs, and advocate for system change that improves
> so much for all of us.  
> 
> Although I apologized in my opening statement about this post, but my gut
> feeling tells me to say why the heck should I?  If anyone finds good
> information, wouldn't you post?  I for one, did this, and as previously
> stated, actually told the Board that this link was live as no one else
> knew...talk with Tina about this, or better yet, listen to the recording of
> the last NAGDU meeting.  There was no mention of what she stated in her
> email to this group, or any mention of this being a draft.  So, persecute me
> if you will, but it is what it is.
> 
> Steve Johnson, WAGDU President
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Criminal Justice Major
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 6:15 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] off list: Re: Facebook & NAGDU
> 
> Hi, Tina,
> It's Bibi and Odie from NAGDU and The Dog Park lists in Denver, Colorado.
> Gee, that's nice having a non board member doing that without anyone knowing
> it.
> Glad the situation will be fixed so nothing is at high risk of something bad
> happening.
> My computer had been attacked severely two or three times at least because
> of unknown things that would pop up, so since that happening, I'm more
> causcious and try to watch on what I do.
> Will be praying all goes well and the success of having the NAGDU page on
> Facebook turns out to be a good result.
> *Smiles*
> Bibi
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