[Nfb-krafters-korner] The new agreement?

[Eileen Scrivani]

Dear List Members:

As many of you are aware, I have remained silent on the list serve, 
anticipating the published wording of the "agreement" between instructors & 
NFB.  I am greatly disappointed in the content of the statement, and the 
exclusion of any protection allowed to those individuals who have given 
freely of time and knowledge in the teaching of their art or craft as well 
as those students who participated in recorded classes.

Those who dialed into the January conference call meeting between the KKD 
board & individuals who had taught classes for the division may recall that 
during that discussion it appeared we all (board & instructors) came to a 
mutually acceptable agreement.  .  The wording as it appears in the proposal 
does not resemble in the slightest the outcome of that conference meeting 
nor written statements in the days that followed.  My opinion of the Krafter 
Korner's board, & their parent organization of The NFB have plummeted to a 
level I never thought possible.

While Mrs. Kane did in fact start the KKD and while every organization 
requires "good" leadership, no leader leads alone.  It takes cooperation, 
support & help on many levels from many people to make a "good" organization 
work well.  And, leaders that lead well listen to what their constituents 
say.  Personally, I also find a leader capable of being truthful in their 
statements someone to be admired.  I have no admiration for the leadership 
of this particular division.

I am both a knitter and teacher, who gave freely of time and knowledge to 
help the division's membership, as well as it's president who I thought was 
interested in helping blind people rise up to meet their crafting dreams, be 
it as learning a craft as a hobby or helping a blind person to raise a craft 
to the level of a professional business or art.  This division as it now has 
become crystal clear has been only about the NFB's self-promotion.  At the 
same time it appears   to lack respect for the rights of the individual 
crafts person and their ideas be it in the form of actually crafting or 
teaching a craft.

The president's words makes us think that the wording in the agreement was 
forced upon her by the legal department of the NFB.  Nonsense!  I've dealt 
with legal agreements in the past and when two parties seeking legal 
assistance both want and need sides represented, it is the duty of any good 
attorney to write a statement/document that represents the concerns of both 
sides.  What now is written represents only the interests of the KKD and 
excludes rights of instructors and student participants.  For Mrs. Kane to 
make the statement, " ... The  teachers can check this out with their 
lawyers. ..." shows callous indifference to all that occurred on this list 
back in January of this year.  After all, how many of us have the funds to 
retain legal advice?  Remember a person or their work cannot earn respect 
without first being able to respect others & the work of others.

I too, as one other voice will not be participating as member or instructor 
in this division.  Perhaps, another division member had it write in saying 
that those of us who wish to stay in contact and uphold & protect the rights 
of all can do it outside of the NFB.
I hope to stay in touch with the friends I've made on this list.  It has 
been my pleasure working with the students in my classes & also the 
instructors that have shared their knowledge with me.

Eileen Scrivani
Email:  ETSCRIVANI at VERIZON.NET



-----Original Message----- 
From: Dixie
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 9:07 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The new agreement?

I have been asked for a copy of the new clause on the instructor's
agreements so I am pasting it here for all to see.



-----begin clipped message-----



Classes will be recorded for dissemination to students that attend the
class. Recordings are provided by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
Krafters Division. At the end of class (all sessions for a given class), the
NFB Krafters Division retains a nonexclusive license to copy, distribute or
sell recordings in part or as a whole, including the use for promotional
purposes, without remuneration.



By submitting this proposal, I agree to all statements contained herein.







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