[nagdu] You know you're at an NFB convention when:

Wed Jul 10 15:17:43 UTC 2013

thought I would change this subject to the new thread.
Lol!
You know you're at an NFB convention when:

 people are pushing in to the elevator even if its full.
You know you're at an NFB convention when: the gropers are out in force and
using their blindness as an excuse.
You know you're at an NFB convention when: when you hear this way being
yelled days after convention is over.
Finally, You know you're at an NFB convention when: you don't have much of a
voice left.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danielle Antoine" <singingmywayin at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Buddy,

Ahahahahaha! So right I knew there was something I wanted to add to
Dar's message! It's unforgettable the mad rush to elevators. I learned
to hang back a few minutes. I've been to national once with a cane and
once with my guide. At that first, someone actuallly lost there cane
down the elevator shaft because of this. When I went with my dog
guide, I remember having to remind folks trying to sandwich me in
while waiting for said elevators that I have a dog with me. He handled
it all well like we were working in New York! Only thing is he
wouldn't park with the other pups so I had to find a quiet off-limits
area. Has anyone else notived this with there dogs?

trying to catch an elevator right after general sessions or the
banquet, a sight to behold and an experience to be had!

How about we start a thread: You know you're at an NFB convention when:

Danielle and eden, who are glad to be back after a long absence

On 7/9/13, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> Yes, Cindy they do. I regularly talk to a good friend of mine who says
> they
>
> charge something like $25 for every dog handler. I here its supposed to be
> a
>
> donation but I am really not sure. Maybe are ACB readers can clarify that
> for us.
> ----- 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 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Convention--my opinion
>
>
>> Does the ACB charge for the dog users to have the privilege of having
>> relief areas. Also, there was more than one relief area, yes? I thought
>> they used wood chips, not sand.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> 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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