[Nfb-editors] NFB logo/divisions

[LoriStay at aol.com]

I'm in favor of divisions.   originally I wanted to "have a place to hang 
my hat" which is why I helped found the Writers' Division.   We have gotten 
members who might otherwise have felt NFB didn't address their interests.   
But once in, the people become Federationists as they see what NFB stands 
for.   Can't complain about that.
Lori

In a message dated 5/19/11 9:17:36 PM, k7uij at panix.com writes:


> Bridgit:
> 
> I'm afraid we may have to agree to disagree. I believe that separate logos
> for separate divisions places too much importance on divisions at the
> expense of the NFB as a whole. In my view, the great strength of NFB is 
> that
> we are *one* movement -- not a hodge-podge of groups with separate
> interests. To my way of thinking, the only reason for divisions is that 
> that
> the NFB as a whole cannot specialize sufficiently to adequately confront 
> the
> many incarnations of the problems re blindness that we face.
> 
> I'll go further: I believe that taking "NFB" out of division names was an
> aggregious error and should be corrected posthaste.
> 
> The upshot of this conviction is that while divisions should have separate
> letterheads, there should be only one logo -- that of Whozit since that
> one's been trademarked by NFB.
> 
> Incidentally, Hazel tenBroek, wife of the NFB's first president, adamantly
> opposed divisions as fragmenting the Movement. Given the seeming desire 
> for
> customized logos, I wonder if she might not have been right?
> 
> Mike
> 
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