[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Tue Jul 9 21:44:57 UTC 2013

The collection was taken up and didn't even come close to covering the cost of the relief areas. If the relief areas are $3500 to maintain, we didn't even touch it. I am not sure what we collected, and there was a collection at the exhibit hall as well. I would be surprised if we picked up 1/3 of the cost in donations, but I wouldn't swear to that either. A fee would hold us all equally responsible. I would think that some arrangements could be made on a case by case basis if such a fee was too much for someone, but it would need to be something that was done privately and without the knowledge of the rest of us.

CL

On Jul 9, 2013, at 4:42 PM, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:

> A collection was made in the meeting.
> Glad nagdu helps with this as well.
> I need to find the meeting for Wednesday, I went to another event that interested me.
> Can you send it again?
> 
> Original message:
>> I think we should all have to pay a fee same as people whose children come to childcare. I understand that that is some different, but the dog relief, like the childcare, is a cost incurred for those who have the dogs or children there. I think we need to truly fund it by charging for it. Even though I did not bring Fisher, I would be willing to pay a fee for it.
> 
>> CL
> 
>> On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:57 PM, dcreapeau at gmail.com wrote:
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>>> I agree, that would be nice. If we had to fundraise for it, I for one would be glad to do what I can.
> 
> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jul 9, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>>>> Hi, Danielle.  I know what you mean by the topics you raised.
> 
>>>> A C B uses a company or two whose only job is to deal with relief areas.
>>>> I'd like for Nagdu to figure out how to do the same thing.  I apprecaite the
>>>> work our national Center does to ensure adequate relief areas, but, I'd like
>>>> to see a company who does this type of work do this type of work for us.
> 
>>>> Margo and Arrow
> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Danielle A.
>>>> Creapeau
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 3:47 PM
>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion
> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
> 
>>>> It was awesome meeting some of you at convention last week. Valla and I
>>>> didn't attend Monday night's NAGDU meeting because she got snapped at by not
>>>> 1 but 2 dogs. I'm the first to admit that she did distract on these other
>>>> dogs but I corrected and we were almost past them when they jumped out from
>>>> under their handlers' chairs and tried to come at her. Needless to say, she
>>>> was way too wound up to go anywhere after that.
>>>> Anyway, I noticed a lot of things during the week that shocked me, made me
>>>> think and made me very happy. First of all, I'll say that this was my first
>>>> convention so I don't know if some of these things are commonplace at
>>>> convention or not. I was sort of shocked by the size of the park area for
>>>> the dogs. It was about the size of a single parking space and from what I
>>>> understand, there were a couple hundred dogs in attendance. I felt that this
>>>> was way too small of a space for all those dogs. Not to mention that it's
>>>> filled with sand which gets pretty sludgy with waste and rain water. Valla
>>>> wouldn't set foot in the box and I didn't blame her. As I understand it, the
>>>> White Cane fund takes care of the park areas and I also am aware that it
>>>> costs money to set up these relief areas. Is there anything that we as a
>>>> division can be doing to make the area bigger or cleaner? Furthermore, as
>>>> the week went on, I noticed a lot of accidents near the escalators that were
>>>> just left behind for someone else to clean up. Valla had her accidents as
>>>> well; I'm not saying that they don't happen but I thought we were supposed
>>>> to try to clean them up and tell someone from the hotel staff about it. I
>>>> know that these were near escalators but I feel like that's no excuse. If
>>>> you're at the bottom of the escalator when it happens, step aside and let
>>>> people through but don't just walk away.
>>>> That being said, I'm sure there were plenty of handlers who did stand by the
>>>> messes and did their best to clean them up.
>>>> I was really surprised by the amount of people who were on phones, eating,
>>>> talking or goofing off while working their dogs too. again, not trying to
>>>> imply that these things don't happen but it was frustrating when someone
>>>> else was too busy doing something else while his or her dog distracted on
>>>> other people or dogs.
>>>> I did, however, meet a whole bunch of people who genuinely inspired me with
>>>> the bonds they have with their dogs and the way they worked as a team. Valla
>>>> and I just met in October of 2012 so we're still feeling each other out. It
>>>> was just amazing to see teams that flow together so beautifully.
>>>> anyway, that's just my take on the week. Hope everyone's having a good
>>>> Tuesday.
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