[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Tue Jul 9 23:41:46 UTC 2013

Or, if you can't pay for some reason, volunteer to help keep it clean! 
Nothing wrong with pitching in with bags, shovels and hoses!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion


>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:
>
>> 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
>>
>> 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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