[nagdu] Pennsylvania Re: was Better Late than Never -Introduction

Wed Jul 17 22:58:46 UTC 2013

Marsha, I'm trying to do that in Michigan as well! Our convention is in 
Grand Rapids Mi this year and I'm looking forward to finding enough guide 
dog users to form our divission!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Pennsylvania Re: was Better Late than 
Never -Introduction


> I'm working on getting more guide dog users to our convention. With my 
> hearing I can't hear so well anymore on the phone, so I haven't had a 
> guide dog users conference call here in PA lately. I'll need to think 
> about that more.
>
> Marsha drenth
> Sent with my IPhone
>
> On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
>
>> Oh, no, I know we have lots in PA, I just meant the ones that can come to 
>> convention. Those are only one hand worth.
>>
>> We’re getting heat and humidity. Humidity is the worst! Just bad. Well, 
>> Leno’s gonna get lots of work the next while, as we’ll be breaking our 
>> 18-month hospital-free streak tomorrow. Sigh. It was fun while it lasted. 
>> Melanie has a test. All the prep for it takes more time than the actual 
>> procure. So, yeah, fun times for Melanie.
>> --
>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:24 PM, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh now come Buddy, we have quite a few guide dog users in our state. I 
>>> need all my fingers and toes to count them all, but none of them 
>>> unfortunately want to come and party with us at the state convention.
>>>
>>> Are you all in Erie getting this horrible heat? the only reason I ask, 
>>> is my poor pup is miserable. For the second day in a row, we have gone 
>>> into the city for the Bell program and its been horrible.
>>>
>>> Marsha drenth
>>> Sent with my IPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am very pleased at the opportunity to make your acquaintance and 
>>>>> establish
>>>>> new connections within the guide dog community.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> With every good wish and (from Zane) wags aplenty,
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Terry M. Christensen, Ph.D.
>>>>>
>>>>> Zane Christensen, G.D.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3224 Farragut Court
>>>>>
>>>>> Bensalem, PA 19020-1822
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> phys.hist at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 267-568-2195 (office)
>>>>>
>>>>> 503-522-9297 (cell)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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