[nfbmi-talk] baltimore trip Fw: Leadership Seminar

[gkitchen]

Hi,
 It is my understanding we need 30 blind people minimum to go at $50. per 
person. That includes  the bus, your stay at the national center and the 
food once you get there. I believe we would leave early Thursday morning but 
I do not know where we would meet. You do have a good idea about meeting at 
the  Dearborn train station though. Last time we met at Fairlane Mall. It 
was a great trip. I had my Lab Sammie and he did real well.

I guess we all should spread the word around the  different chapters.

Oh, NFBNewsline is going to be shut off on August 31 if The Bureau doesn't 
decide to fund NFBNewsline. I would be willing to go  through how the job 
listings work, etc. if Mr. Rodgers was willing to hear me through. I am 
better over the phone than I am in person. It is sort of  weird I know.

I know Larry Gorton and other subscribers would have a lot to say as well. A 
woman here who is a director of an  agency for the blind  said she found her 
condo through newsline. I know it is not a job but it is important to have a 
place to go  that you feel safe, happy etc. after a long day at work.


I even found some jobs through NFBNewsline in Flint.

We have a big job working to make sure the youth coming up get a good 
education, have access to as many reading sources as possible, learn to read 
Braille, get a good background in the STEM areas when appropriate or get a 
marketable skill. I hope the Bureau will take a  look into the future and 
help  by funding NFBNewsline and keep the BEP program intact.
I have a health fair Saturday and I will be passing out NFB materials and 
Newsline  packets as well.
I make a point to talk to the doctors and residents there also. Working with 
senior centers and the typical blindness agencies. I am meeting a lot of new 
counselors/teachers. Sorry, not boasting-- I am really passionate about 
newsline.

In my opinion,  there should not be any doubt of the value of NFBNewsline as 
a tool to find jobs and grow personally and vocationally by utilizing 
NFBNewsline.
  NFBNewsline has expanded in many areas since the late 1990's. I love the 
global search and the ability to customize "my paper" by placing just those 
sections of publications I want to read. Well, I still read more than that 
as well.


Sincerely,
Georgia Kitchen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Posont" <president.nfb.mi at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:06 PM
Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Leadership Seminar


> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> 20812 Ann Arbor Trail
> Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
>
> August 12, 2013
>
> Dear Michigan Federationists:
>
>     There will be a Leadership Seminar in Baltimore on November
> 14-17. We will leave early on Thursday, November 14 and travel by
> charter bus to Baltimore. The Seminar will be Friday and Saturday. We
> will learn about the Federation, and see the International Braille and
> Technology Center. We will travel home on Sunday. Each person who
> attends must pay a nonrefundable $50 deposit no later than October 20,
> the last day of State Convention. We must have thirty to forty
> individuals attending in order to make the trip. The deposit will not
> be refunded, unless there are insufficient people to make the trip and
> it is canceled. Contact Mark Eagle at (517)394-4548 to sign up for the
> Leadership Seminar.
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry Posont
> President
> National Federation of the Blind of Michigan
> (313) 271-3058
> Email: president.nfb.mi at gmail.com
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