[nfb-db] We Need Your Support

[John Lee Clark]

Maurice:

I was not aware discussions of other organizations is not allowed.  I
apologize.

Do you mind sharing with us the exact parameters of this policy?  After all,
we discuss many things here, including businesses that compete with NFB's
products.  Knowing more about this will ehlp us a lot!

Thanks!

John

-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Maurice Mines
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:54 PM
To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] We Need Your Support

hi this a list being payed for by the nfb and requretment for  
enayother group is not alow. please take this off the list. Maurice  
Mines list modrater. hellow this a nfbliest. 	
On Jul 4, 2009, at 10:23 PM, John Lee Clark wrote:

> Can I add your name in support of our efforts to convince the board  
> of AADB
> to give us back our most cherished tradition: the national  
> conference.  Many
> deaf-blind people do not have email and are not able to speak up in  
> such a
> short time, so this petition needs support from ANYONE who  
> understands how
> important our conferences are to us.
>
> For more information, read the petition below.  I hope you will be  
> willing
> to add your name.  If so, you can reply to this message with "Yes!"  
> and I
> will add your name.  Also, forward to those you think might want to  
> support.
> Thanks!
>
> We, the members and friends of the American Association of the Deaf- 
> Blind,
> were shocked and heartbroken when Arthur Roehrig, on his last day as
> president (Tuesday, June 30, 2009), announced that the board had  
> voted two
> months earlier to postpone the next conference to 2013.  This means  
> seven
> years of no conference.  We find this unacceptable.
>
> In his letter, the president explained that AADB did not have enough  
> money
> for a conference.  That is not true.  AADB DOES have the money, but  
> the
> board decided to use it to maintain AADB Office staff and expenses,  
> which
> total around $300,000.  Most of this money comes from a fund AADB  
> had for
> many years, that used to be solely for conferences.  We ask the  
> board of
> AADB to use this fund for conferences again.  Ever since the  
> expansion of
> AADB Office affected our conferences, members have made it clear on  
> many
> occasions that we want the deaf-blind community's most important  
> cultural
> touchstone back: the conferences.
>
> In the same letter, the president mentioned that the host  
> organization for
> the next conference had found a hotel available for 2011.  The hotel
> requires a $25,000 deposit.  The host organization even raised  
> $10,000 on
> its own.  That left $15,000.  But the board decided to postpone the
> conference with the hope that the host organization would raise more  
> money.
>
> We are disappointed that the board did not make cuts to the already
> overpriced and ineffective AADB Office (for an organization of our  
> size,
> four hundred deaf-blind members) and transfer $15,000 to the hotel to
> complete the deposit.
>
> We affirm that the conferences are of utmost importance to the deaf- 
> blind
> community.  We ask the board to get the next conference back on  
> track for
> 2011.  We request that the board transfer $15,000 to complete the  
> hotel
> deposit by the end of July.  Failure to do so will result in the  
> members
> among the undersigned withdrawing our memberships and requesting  
> refunds,
> followed by other acts of protest by members and our allies.
>
> Members and non-members, deaf-blind and others, all are welcome to  
> support
> our cause.  If you would like to sign this petition, email your name  
> and
> city to ipo56 at aol.com by July 10.  The leaders of this petition will  
> submit
> it to the board of AADB on that day.
>
> Thank you for your support!
>
> Petition Leaders
>
> Melanie Bond
> Bay City, Michigan
>
> John Lee Clark
> St. Paul, Minnesota
>
>
>
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