[Nfb-krafters-korner] The new agreement?

[River Woman]

I hope I am included in your list of friends, Eileen.
I appreciate the classes I had with you and the good conversations we have 
had and want to keep in touch in the future!  Lynda Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: <Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 8:50 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] The new agreement?


> 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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