[nagdu] National Convention--my opinion

Star Gazer pickrellrebecca at gmail.com
Thu Jul 11 21:23:37 UTC 2013 

Why not invite everybody to "do something" on the relief area. 
Or put down a nice deposit. 

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:45 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
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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