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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marion Gwizdala via Nfbnet-members-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 22, 2015 8:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] Guide Dog users' Meeting, Streaming, Relieving, and More!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <br><br>Guide Dog users’ Meeting, Streaming, Relieving, and More!<br><br> <br><br> Whether you will be attending the meetings of the National Association of Guide dog Users (NAGDU) in person or virtually, there is information within this message you will want to read. First of all, if you are not a member of NAGDU, either by virtue of your membership in a NAGDU affiliate division or by your direct affiliation, we would like to encourage you to join. If you are a member of an affiliate in which there is a NAGDU division, we strongly recommend you join the affiliate division, since joining that division confers upon you all the rights and privileges of membership in NAGDU. We currently have affiliate divisions in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. We are also actively organizing affiliate divisions in Arizona, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. If you need contact information for one of these affiliate divisions, please send a message to<br><br> <br><br><a href="mailto:Info@NAGDU.ORG">Info@NAGDU.ORG</a><br><br> <br><br>If you will be attending convention, you can join NAGDU prior to one of our meetings (see below for meeting details). If you will not be attending our convention, you can join by visiting our website <br><br> <br><br><a href="http://nagdu.org/membership.html">http://nagdu.org/membership.html</a><br><br> <br><br>Annual Meetings & Live Stream<br><br> The annual meetings of the National Association of Guide Dog Users will be held on Sunday, July 5 and Tuesday, July 7 In Salon 3, Level 2. Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m. each day outside the meeting room and will close promptly at 6:45 p.m. so all members can participate in every aspect of our meetings. During the meetings we will have several reports, discussions, and other events of concern to those interested in issues related to guide dog users. Several valuable door prizes will be given away and you must be present to win! <br><br> On Sunday, July 5, we will hear from those who chair the various committees of NAGDU, including our Social Networking, Fund Raising, and Hotline Committees. Brett Sample, who is an NFB member, is creating a guide dog training program in Puerto Rico modeled after our NFB training centers. Brett will share his work and projections with us. We will also share exciting information about our progress enhancing access to the country’s zoos.<br><br> <br><br> On Tuesday, July 7, we will again be open for NAGDU registration and acceptance of membership dues from 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. and our meeting will be called to order at 7:00 p.m. sharp. We will hear from Tim Elder, NFB’s lead attorney in our federal law suit against Uber. Tim will share the most up-to-date information with us first, so join our meeting for this breaking news. We will also have a presentation by john Bifield about community & residential guide dog training and a panel discussion by officials of various guide dog training programs about ownership and the immediate and long-term considerations every potential guide dog program consumer should know about the practical implications of unconditional ownership compared to custody. During this meeting, we will also share guide dog user related resolutions passed by the Resolutions Committee the prior day. Most importantly, we will hold elections for vice President, Treasurer, and one board position.<br><br>We will also have a 50/50 drawing at the end of each meeting. 50/50 tickets will be $1.00/each or 6 for $5.00. Because the prize is cash, only cash will be accepted for the 50/50 drawing! <br><br>At both meetings, we will be taking up a collection to help defray the cost of our relief areas, Relief areas cost the national Federation of the Blind about $3500 to construct and maintain. The contributions we collect are added to our support of the White Cane Fund, where the expense of relief areas is drawn. Please give to this as you are able!<br><br>We will also be auctioning a brand-new leather guide dog harness contributed by a private donor. This harness has a girth of 28 – 36 inches, a 19-inch straight handle, and includes a 6-foot leather leash. The auction will be held during our July 7 meeting.<br><br>This year’s fund raising product is a must-have for every active, on-the-go individual. We will be selling 16 oz. double-wall stainless steel, spill proof, leak-proof, insulated beverage containers. The containers are steel blue in color emblazoned with our 75<sup>th</sup> Anniversary logo in white. These containers feature a contoured grip, a locking flip top and keep liquid hot for 4 hours and cold for 10 hours. These high quality travel containers are only $20 each and our supply is limited! We will accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, cash, and check. Please stop by exhibit hall table B-17 or come to the NAGDU meeting early to get one of these amazing items while supplies last!<br><br> <br><br>Relieving Areas<br><br> Keep in mind that the stress of convention, the change in schedule, and differences in water quality may have an adverse effect on your dog’s relieving schedule and stool consistency. These factors inevitably result in accidents in the hotel. Please remember to relieve your dog more frequently in order to make this a good experience for all attendees. If your dog has an accident, please stop and protect the spot from being stepped in and spread. Stay in the place where the accident occurred and notify the hotel to have maintenance come clean it up. It is far easier to clean up one area than one that has spread because someone stepped in it!<br><br> With more than 500 guide dog teams, you can imagine the challenge of ensuring adequate, clean relief areas at convention. The Rosen Centre, our host hotel, will have two relief areas available to us. The first area will be located outside the main lobby entrance to the left about 45 degrees. The other will be located on the convention side of the hotel outside the entrance to the right. As a point of reference, this area is located underneath the catwalk to the Orange County Convention Center where our exhibit hall is located. The Rosen Plaza will have one relief area located outside the main entrance to the left about 20 yards and just past the down curb. Please check with the other overflow hotels for information about placement of our relief areas. Please use these relief areas and remember to do the responsible thing: Pick up after your dog! This is a team effort, so please join us in encouraging others to use the relief areas and clean up!<br><br> <br><br>Dog Food<br><br> The National Association of Guide dog Users has made arrangements with Petco to have dog food delivered to the convention hotels. This arrangement is for dog food only; no other product will be available through this arrangement. A message was sent to the NFBNET subscribers’ list about this. If you missed or deleted it, please send a message requesting this information to<br><br> <br><br><a href="mailto:Info@NAGDU.ORG">Info@NAGDU.ORG</a><br><br> <br><br>Florida Law concerning Service Dogs<br><br> The state of Florida has very good civil rights provisions for service dog access. This law (413.08 f.s.) provides criminal penalties to any person, firm, or corporation that denies or interferes with the full and equal access of a disabled person accompanied by a service dog. If you have any issues of access while attending convention, we want to know about it! Should an access issue arise, please call the NAGDU president, Marion Gwizdala, at 813-626-2789. This number is also a good number for any other guide dog related questions or concerns that might arise as the result of your travel to or from convention or for more information while in Orlando!<br><br>We hope you enjoy your attendance at the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary convention of the national Federation of the Blind and we look forward to your participation – either live or virtually – in the meetings of the National Association of Guide Dog Users. We encourage everyone to keep moving forward!<br><br> <br><br>Fraternally yours,<br><br>Marion Gwizdala, President<br><br>National Association of Guide dog users<br><br>National Federation of the Blind<br><br>(813) 626-2789<br><br><a href="mailto:President@nagdu.org">President@nagdu.org</a><br><br> <br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>