[nagdu] Better Late than Never - Introduction

[Buddy Brannan]

Howdy Cap’n,

I see you’re on the other side of the state from me. Welcome aboard. We’d love to see you at the NFB of PA state convention, probably in November. Because guide dog users are woefully underrepresented at the convention. As in, I think I can count them on one hand. At least, I don’t think I’d have fingers left over. 
--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jul 16, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Capt. Terry M. Christensen <phys.hist at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings Fellow NAGDU List Members,
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> Let me begin with an apology. For a variety of reasons,  including a
> catastrophic computer crash shortly after I subscribed to the list, my
> introductory post to this list is egregiously tardy. On to the introduction.
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> As you have no doubt gathered from my message header, my name is Terry
> Christensen. The title "Captain" is a sentimental holdover from my sighted
> career as a professional mariner.
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> I travel with Zane, a 65 pound, male, yellow lab. Zane, who will turn three
> in December of this year, is my third guide. He follows two other yellow
> labs; Shippey whom I worked with for five years before travel anxiety ended
> his career, and Dutton with whom I traveled for eleven years. All my guides
> have come from Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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> At the moment, and among other things, I serve on the Alumni Association
> Board of Directors of Guide Dogs for the Blind (see GDB website at this
> hyperlink
> <http://www.guidedogs.com/site/PageServer/text/javascript/PageServer?pagenam
> e=about_people_alumboard> ). In that capacity, and among other
> responsibilities, I feel a strong obligation to offer GDB leadership candid
> and unvarnished feedback from the greater alumni community. 
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> Here, I want to take the time to express myself very clearly and
> simultaneously reassure any who might be concerned about my purpose. My
> intent is provide GDB leadership with a SENSE of how various communications
> and policy decisions are being received by the greater alumni community and
> other GDB stakeholders (note that the word sense is spelled with all capital
> letters for intentional emPHAsis). 
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> So, to be clear, I have NO INTENTION WHATSOEVER of forwarding or otherwise
> disseminating any post from this list UNLESS, the person originating that
> post has provided me with a written authorization to do so.
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> Along those same lines, it is one think to report public sentiment, it is
> quite another to attempt to shape it. The moment I begin to advocate for or
> against a particular policy, I corrupt the feedback. Therefore, you should
> not expect me to opine on the issues that concern GDB. 
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> I am very pleased at the opportunity to make your acquaintance and establish
> new connections within the guide dog community.
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> With every good wish and (from Zane) wags aplenty,
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> Terry
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> Terry M. Christensen, Ph.D.
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> Zane Christensen, G.D.
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> 3224 Farragut Court
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> Bensalem, PA 19020-1822
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> phys.hist at gmail.com
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> 267-568-2195 (office)
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> 503-522-9297 (cell)
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