[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Tracy Carcione carcione at access.net
Wed Jul 10 12:47:24 UTC 2013 

NAGDU did try charging a $25 fee some time ago, like in the early '90's.  It 
only lasted a few years, so I guess something about it wasn't working.
Tracy

----- 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 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion


> 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:
>>
>>>> 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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