[Nfb-krafters-korner] thoughts from convention

Henry Osborne hosbornejr at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 01:55:14 UTC 2018 

Hi Jill, you and Terry P did a fantastic job of coordinating and organizing 
both the craft show and sale and the craft table in the exhibit hall. Terry 
is one tired lady too.
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From: JILL via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2018 9:41 PM
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Yes I agree now is the time to start planning and putting things into 
action! Thank you for noticing the hard work that was done by myself and buy 
Terry Powers. I’m sure I can speak for both of us when we say it is nice to 
be appreciated! However it almost done me in! Next year planning 
organization and help is key to making everything successful!
Jill

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From: Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
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Sent: July 8, 2018 at 8:09 PM
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Jill, all of these are great ideas. This year we had enough members of 
Crafters Division to have done more, but not always. Terry P and you did 
great work to be ready. This is also wonderful. During the year we need to 
help those who have not been to a convention learn what there is there that 
can bennefit everyone. It is exhausting just to get to the places you want 
to go, but you can't do it any other way than being there and going. Ann 
Cunningham and Debbie Stein and others who work on the art exhibit and the 
make and take are not looking for competition, but it would be great to do 
something similar, probably somewhat different. When we had make and take at 
the Crafters Market place, it was popular. But we just about killed off 
those who had to fill in for those who were not there. To make our 
activities at convention work, we must have reliable people to lead them and 
participate. We don't want to overwhelm the list with other NFB information, 
but we need enough to help people know what goes on in the rest of the 
organization. How about one chat per month on other NFB stuff. Say different 
Braille displays available; job fair info; pioneering work in fields unusual 
for the blind; schollarrship students; etc. You get the picture. If there 
are ways to help those who were at convention, but not at Crafters meeting 
to get to it, that would also help. We could have other events, such as 
demonstration of an embroidery machine or pottery techniques. Jim James sat 
at our business meeting and made an elaborate origami octoheedron (can't 
remember the entire name or spell it. We could have a craft extravaganza 
with several short projects as an agenda item, but somebody has to bring 
materials, plan it, etc. It works for the sports and rec division. They have 
several things every day, good ones; well attended. This is the first year 
we had plenty of people to work in the exhibit room. We could have done more 
at our table if we had been sure everyone would be there. So chewon ideas. 
We have a year to plan! Takes planning and advanced preparation and 
clean-up. Convention will not conflict with Independence day. Often there 
are pretty good air fairs to Vegas. Maybe I am still wound up from 
convention. But I know how it works and what it takes. Ramona -----Original 
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[Nfb-krafters-korner] thoughts from convention Dear Krafters Division 
Members: I wanted to take this time to reaffirm my commitment to the NFB 
Krafters Division. I am excited to begin my term as first vice president. I 
hope to be able to serve the division and membership well. I am sure that 
once Tammy returns we will be hearing from her. I am so glad that Joyce is 
remaining on the board to serve as second vice president. I feel that her 
mentorship to our newly elected board will prove to be extremely helpful. I 
would like to give my honest opinion regarding the NFB Krafters Division as 
it relates to the convention as a whole. This being my first time to 
convention, I was in awe of the activities and meetings available to attend. 
I think that the NFB Marketplace could potentially be a great out reach to 
loads of exhibiters prior to the exhibit hall opening. There were a number 
of businesses and affiliates selling t-shirts with braille on them. I 
believe if planning begins now as to contacting and recruiting venders we 
could have a room full of venders rather than a small number that 
participated this year. I believe that we missed an opportunity to fund 
raise in the exhibit hall. My experience was that convention attendees 
wanted to find items to buy. They were not very interested in the table 
unless there was something to buy. I would suggest to network more with the 
parents of blind children and the artists division. The drop in art 
experiencewas really great and a way to get to know people and experience 
several types of art. I think that we would benefit from membership if a 
drop in crafting session was scheduled. These are just a few ideas and 
observations from a newby to convention. Jill Rossiter 
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