[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: 2018 Krafter's Korner Election Survey

Wed Jun 13 15:52:25 UTC 2018

Thank you, Jill.  That was a good statement of your wish to run for office,
and everybody should read it.  Other candidates  should do likewise.  I have
tried to stay out of squobbles in this division.  There is plenty of room
for differences of opinion.  It does need to be run according to accepted
procedures, and I will point them out if I need to and know them.  I just
saw Terry P's schedule for the exhibit room.  That tells me that we will
have more people at this congvention than we havfe had for some.  That is a
good thing. 
See you soon!   
Ramona

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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: 2018 Krafter's Korner Election Survey

Ramona,
I appreciate your dedication to the division and the Federation as a whole.
I can only speak for myself, so I will.  I initially joined this division to
learn and fill a void in my life at that time.  My daughter was very small,
I had decided to be a stay at home MOM for a while, but needed something
just for me.  Crafts became my adult time.  Over the years I not only
learned to crochet, loom knit, basket weave, jewelry making, origami,
kumihimo, tunishian crochet, macramé , plastic canvas, quilt, and after 3
different classes, I can finally needle knit some!  I love this group!  The
members are my extended family.  Just like any family, we will disagree and
argue.  My hope is who ever wins works diligently to call the family
together again.  That is not meant for one side or the other, but both.  I
am pretty sure that there has been hurt feelings on both side of the rift.
No one should be mistreated.  We should be here to encourage each other.  
I currently am a member of the NFB Krafters Division.  I do not have a local
chapter, but have approached our state president Barbara Manual about
starting a chapter.  I don't fore see being able to take this on until after
convention.  I have a lot of responsibilities at work.  I am working for the
Alabama Dept. of Rehabilitation Services.  I have attended the last 2 state
conventions.  I participated in the first ever Alabama Bell Academy, which
was awesome!  Braille Rocks!  I can truly say that I saw an amazing
transformation for one of my consumers that I encouraged to attend Bell.
Here in our state TVI's are in great need.  This young lady was 16, but in
my opinion gained the most from Bell.  She has only been blind for 2 years,
and has no TVI.  She blossomed.  In 2 weeks time, she learned the entire
braille alphabet and  around 10 contractions.  She became more confident in
what her future would be.  It has been the spark for me to fully embrace the
NFB philosophy " Live the Life you want!"  To answer the question about
assuming the role of president in 2 years, I would be honored to serve a
group which means so much to me.  I like you Ramona, have a great
appreciation to Joyce for having the dream and vision.  I would definitely
need help.  I have a lot of responsibilities, but delegating should be a
skill that a president should possess.  I however right now am concerned
with the state of the union.  I feel that at this point no matter who is
selected as president, there will still be problems .  I know that Cindy
feels that she has been mistreated this last year.  I believe that Joyce
feels the same.  I am again only expressing my thoughts and feelings.  My
opinion is that because this is a division of the NFB, it's leadership
should be primarily blind/ visually impaired.  My feelings are based upon
our parent organizations philosophy, we should be the voice of the blind
speaking for ourselves.  That doesn't mean that I don't think that Cindy
could be a good and effective leader.  It means that because we ourselves
want to control our programs and mission, we want to self determine our own
divisions and needs.  I pose this question, how difficult would it be for
someone blind to take over a local knitting guild?  The first task would be
to prove to the guild that in fact you can knit.  Then that a blind person
can be responsible and organized.  Then that a blind person can effectively
run meetings.  Each time having to prove yourself.  So my thought is due to
this attitude that the sighted world has of blindness, we should have
privelleges among our own organizations.  I don't mean to offend or state
that my thinking is the right one, but my own.  I would love to see the
division grow in membership.  I would love to seek out young and talented
blind individuals to help us start our own youtube channel.  I want to see
classes which are challenging.  We have had a lot of classes this year.
Some challenging some not.  Having both is good, but sometimes smaller
projects could be reserved for Monday night chats.  Like with the craft
extravaganza  , we can promote the smaller projects to non members and show
them how phone classes are held.  I would like to see the division move
towards charitable projects again.  We once spoke of partnering with the
human services division, why not revisit that idea.  I want to be able to
teach classes again.  I want to be more than a voice on the chat line and
silly squirrel storyteller.  I want a group of friends again, and not
enemies.  So once you have time to read and process my novel I wrote, I hope
you realize that in the words of Joyce Kane " It takes all of us to make
Krafters Korner what it is".  
Sincerely,
Jill Rossiter

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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: 2018 Krafter's Korner Election Survey

Do we know that nobody else wants to seek office? Or is this the nominating
committee recommendations?   I haven't heard Cindy say she would not
continue as Treasure if asked.  Also, members need to be reminded who is
serving on the Board and not up for election this year. If one of them is
elected to an office, then that position becomes open.  

I don't object to the survey if it makes people feel better, but nobody can
really express opinion unless he or she knows the complete picture. 
I haven't heard  enough from Tammy or Joyce to know at this point which one
I would vote for for  President.  Joyce has done a wonderful job and has
said she wants a successor.  Is this too soon?  Why is Tammy not running for
Vice President to prepare? Does Jill really want to be President in two
years?   It is not urgent that I know these things today, but if they are at
the convention, I will ask. If they are not there, then I am concerned about
how strong a President or Vice President anyone can be.  Not every leader
has to be at convention every year, but the President must interact with the
entire NFB in order for the Division to be strong. 
I am not seeking office, but I have seen how things work in the NFB for more
than fifty years, and I have seen what things don't work.  And I care about
both the Division and the NFB.  

Ramona
Ramona

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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 5:13 PM
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Cc: Cathy Flesher <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: 2018 Krafter's Korner Election Survey

Hi Ramona and all,

I believe the survey is for those who cannot attend the convention to have
the opportunity to have their voices heard. When the results of the survey
are posted, all of us can get an idea of how the members who are not
attending convention feel. yes, there is only one position with more than
one person running, but it would be interesting to see who folks would like
to vote for if they were able to attend convention.
In future years, we may have more than one person running for other
positions.

Make this a wonderful day!
Cathy F

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