[Nfb-editors] NFB logo/divisions

[Wunder, Gary]

I too favor divisions both because they can help get us new people and because they help us focus on issues which are too specific to apply to a diverse audience. People who have never used a computer aren't going to understand what we're talking about when we wrestle with how to efficiently address the graphical user interface or the Windows coding standards which, when violated, make an application unusable.

I do believe there are times when our divisions fail to make a significant effort to bring people into the wider movement. One of the criticisms of the Voice of the Diabetic was that it's readers got a lot of first-hand information about diabetes and blindness, but didn't get much information about the national Federation of the blind and the wider movement they should participate in if our goal is really to move from where we are to first class membership in society. I see as exemplary what Marion Gwizdala has done in taking every opportunity to emphasize the unity of his division with the rest of the movement. Similarly, I think Kevan Worley has worked hard to spread the message to state vendor organizations that they have an obligation that goes beyond the things that involve their specific businesses.



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Subject: Re: [Nfb-editors] NFB logo/divisions

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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