[nfb-db] Congratulations!

Tue Jul 9 17:11:41 UTC 2013

Hello,
My name is Betty Banks and I just wanted to know
what and which one passed at the floor meeting?

-----Original Message-----
From: Sheila Leigland <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 8, 2013 11:54 am
Subject: Re: [nfb-db] Congratulations!

    Harold and I wwent to the db division and both joined and we missed    tthe first nagdu but made it to the second one. We both fell asleep    on monday and didn't want to wwalk in a half hour late.

On 7/8/2013 8:48 AM, Janice Toothman      wrote:

      This is the first step in a long road for us.

      Sharon Maneki told me that what we need to do for next year in      regard for the TSA resolution is to see if as many Deaf-Blind      Federationists can sign up for  Pre-checking and what problems      exits.  She was hopeful that it could be reworked for next year.       She had thought that I would have spoken up in favor for the      resolution.  However, due to the problems I was having with the FM      system that Kurtis Chong had given me I did not clearly hear what      the disagreements were from the floor on the general assembly, so      I remained silent. But I truly appreciate all of Sharon Maneki's      support with grammer and revisions fro the resolutions.

      One thing that is clear.  We have to pay attention to our language      and provide better background information and statistics.  I think      we need to start working our resolutions and planning for the      coming congressional year in January so we can be prepared to      answer the Affiliate questions for cogently.

      Sheila
      Did you attend the Division meeting? Did you make it to the guide      dog meetings? 

       I went to the first meeting but was unable to go to the second      because Burnell and I got turned around returning from Walgreens      and crossed the wrong street so by the time we got back it was      8:00PM on Wednesday and I didn't want to go in that late and have      to hand Marion my FM system.  I was disappointed because I really      would have wanted to vote in the elections.

On 7/8/2013 5:46 AM, Sheila Leigland        wrote:

                hi I was there and really thought that both resolutions should        have passed but at least one did.

On 7/5/2013 4:18 PM, Scott Davert          wrote:

Hi all.
TO those who were involved with passing the resolution today regarding
the urging of congress to begin legislation to support a national SSP
program, I strongly and warmly wish to thank you and congratulate you
on a job well done! This is just the beginning, I'm well aware, but
that first shove is often the most difficult. While 1 resolution did
not pass, the second one did. It's a major step forward, in my view,
toward making the general membership aware of the issues we face in
the deaf-blind community.
I'd like to take this time to extend my support to the NFB's
deaf-blind division and to help see this resolution through. I have
more to write, but this is enough for now. Again, thank you to those
who made this resolution possible for all of your hard work!

Sincerely,
Scott Davert

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