[NFBMT] Help Launch The NFB of Montana's First Ever Bell Academy!

[d m gina]

November 14 afternoon is fine.
Thanks,

Original message:
> Since some of us can't make it in the morning, would Tuesday afternoon
> November 14 work for any of you for the Bell Academy conference call?  Or
> possibly we could wait till early in the week of November 20, which is also
> Thanksgiving week.  Please let me know.  Thanks.  Joy



> From: Bruce&Joy Breslauer [mailto:breslauerj at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 10:26 AM
> To: nfbmt <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: bruce&Joy <breslauerj at gmail.com>; marjorie <dmgregg at 3rivers.net>;
> laumerch at yahoo.com; 'president at nfb-oregon.org' <president at nfb-oregon.org>
> Subject: Help Launch The NFB of Montana's First Ever Bell Academy!



> Hello, fellow Montana Federationists.



> We have the chance to make some real history here, by launching the first
> ever NFB of Montana Bell Academy next summer.  Bell stands for Braille
> Enrichment in Literacy and Learning.



> Today I have spoken with Carla McQuillan, the President of the NFB of Oregon,
> who has generously offered to help us get this off the ground.



> I would like to schedule a conference call with her for those of us who are
> interested in helping this monumental and exciting project become reality.
> The tentative date is Thursday, November 16, at 9:00 A.M.  If you are
> interested in attending and that doesn't work for you, please let me know off
> list and I will see what I can do.



> There may not be an introductory training seminar for first time Bell Academy
> states this year, so the idea is being floated that someone from another
> successful Bell Academy could come to the states that are just starting out
> and put on a mini-training-seminar for each state.  I will keep you posted to
> let you know if this idea takes flight.



> The first thing we will need to do is to pick a venue.  We do not yet have a
> chapter in Missoula, something I would like to remedy, by the way, but
> Missoula is one of the options for a city to host a Bell Academy.  The other
> options could be Billings or Bozeman or Great Falls.  I was talking to Carla
> about holding the Academy in a Montessori school, because Montessori schools
> are usually open to ideas like this, and the curriculum is similar.  There is
> even a Montessori school in Kalispell, and Carla knows the director.  So who
> knows what we may ultimately end up with.  The sky's the limit.



> So one of our first tasks is to find a venue and pick a city to hold the
> first Bell Academy in.  The city where there is the most interest and where
> we have or can get the most boots on the ground would be the most logical
> place to have it.  I already know of some people who have expressed to me
> that they want to be on the Bell Committee.



> Dar Aldrich, Billings

> Jeff Haworth, Billings

> Linda Hurlock, Helena

> Bruce Breslauer, Great Falls

> Joy Breslauer, Great Falls

> David House, Missoula

> Robert Jaquiss, Missoula



> If I am missing anyone, please let me know off list.



> If you would like to be on this Bell Academy conference call, let me know and
> I will make sure you get the conference call information.  It might be a good
> idea to start a Bell Academy email list so we can keep each other informed of
> developments as they occur.



> We will need to find a certified teacher and find volunteers to help with
> other aspects of running a Bell Academy, but others have done this before and
> they assure me that it is all doable here in Montana.  So if we come together
> knowing that we can find a way to do it, no matter what obstacles we may
> face, we can get it done.  I am very excited about this new venture.  I hope
> you are, too.



> Joy Breslauer, President

> National Federation of the Blind of Montana

> Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/>



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