[Nyagdu] Nyagdu Convention Report

Mon Nov 3 15:37:27 UTC 2008

That was the issue that I had brought up at the lunch.  I would be glad to 
contact consumer services at GDF to find out everything need to do so.  But 
like I had mentioned, the don't formerly say it but the people and the grads 
at that go there are very GDUI/ACB guide dog division. From which I can tell 
until the new National officers have done many a great thing and things they 
are working on there wasn't much interest in our organization.  But in the 
case of GDF, the Long Island President of ACB is the individual who is there 
technology person who teaches trekker as well as the computer, etc for GDF. 
I feel that either the school work with both organizations or none at all. 
But I feel they should work with both if they have to.

I hope I am getting my point across, again Margo since I am here about 10 
minutes from GDF, and I am on friendly terms with them at least with Jeanine 
Stanly, Barrie Madasu has resigned as Consumer service Rep.

Any advice, or permission to do this is appreciated.

thank you.

Cheryl Echevarria
Treasurer
National Federation of the Blind
Greater Long Island Chapter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margo and Elmo" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Nyagdu] Nyagdu Convention Report

> Cheryl, these are very good ideas.
>
> Actually, I want to look at Florida and California's websites to see what
> they've posted about their divisions and then to find out if they've 
> posted
> anything on, say, Southeastern's and GDB's websites.
>
> Let me ask you all a question.  When we post something about our divison 
> to
> the guide dog schools' websites, do we post a letter or document about
> Nyagdu or should we have Mike robinson, with the schools' permission, link
> our nyagdu page on the state website to the schools' website?  In other
> words, do we post a document or a web page?
>
> there are advantages to both and disadvantages to just a  document.
>
> Margo and Elmo
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nyagdu] Nyagdu Convention Report
>
>
> > May I also make a suggestion to get members or at least let potential
> > members know if NY State is to send the NYAGDU convention report to all
> > the Guide Dog school lists in NY State. I know that GDF has a talk list
> > and would like to post this.  It was also nice to see was it The Seeing
> > Eye or was the Guiding Eyes, but were there other schools invited that
> > didn't come, because as I had stated at the convention. Some schools are
> > just support GDUI and only come to like to our National meeting at
> > conventions only because they have to show good face so to say.
> >
> > just some ideas Madame President and the NYAGDU members.
> >
> > Cheryl Echevarria
> > Treasurer
> > National Federation of the Blind
> > Greater Long Island Chapter
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Margo and Elmo" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
> > To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
> > Cc: <President at nfb-nagdu.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 8:46 PM
> > Subject: [Nyagdu] Nyagdu Convention Report
> >
> >
> >> Hi, everyone.
> >>
> >> I am margo Downey, the newly elected president of Nyagdu.  We just had 
> >> a
> >> wonderful Nyagdu luncheon and NFB New York state convention.
> >>
> >> I'd like to report first on our elections.
> >>
> >> Lucy Cox and Shelley Bamrick stepped down from office due to
> >> circumstances in their life situations which need more of their time at
> >> this point.
> >>
> >> elections were held to fill the two vacancies for the coming year.
> >>
> >> the officers are:
> >>
> >> Margo Downey, president
> >> Joyce Carrico, Vice President
> >> Julie Phillipson, Secretary-Treasurer
> >>
> >> We have officers but everyone is important and it's time for all of us 
> >> to
> >> enthusiastically roll up our sleeves and help Nyagdu really take off to
> >> do many things.
> >>
> >> some of those things were discussed at this year's NYAGDU luncheon:
> >>
> >> 1.  find more members so we can do more work to expand what it means to
> >> be blind and what it means to be a guide dog handler;
> >>
> >> 2.  Start the process of revising our state access law to strike the
> >> sentence which states an I D card can be requested and to begin the
> >> process of getting the  access law into the Penal Code.  At next year's
> >> National Convention in Detroit, a resolution will be presented which 
> >> will
> >> state that all state access laws will be in the state penal codes.
> >>
> >> 3.  We need to do more community outreach and education with the public
> >> at large and with entities such as health care facilities, police and
> >> fire departments, emergency medical personnel, and so on.
> >>
> >> Rayne Wayne, our state NFB NY Treasurer who is also an attorney, talked
> >> with us about our rights and responsibilities as guide dog handlers.
> >>
> >> I want to thank Lucy Cox and Shelley Bamrick for serving as officers 
> >> and
> >> hope you'll be able to help us with our Nyagdu projects.
> >> Tracy Carcione is gong to look at our state website to see what's up
> >> there and will help determine what types of  items to be placed on the
> >> Nyagdu page. From her work with that, we will plan a Nyagdu brochure.
> >>
> >> We will probably want to take a look at the guide dog brochures from 
> >> NFB
> >> itself so we don't have to completely invent the wheel.
> >>
> >> Very shortly, I want to write a letter and/or email to Chapter 
> >> Presidents
> >> and division Presidents to find other guide dog users who are not
> >> presently attending Nyagdu functions or who are not on this list.  We
> >> want to invite them to join with us.
> >>
> >> After Tuesday's elections, I'm going to talk with a couple of
> >> Assemblypeople about the state access law.  I have approval from Carl
> >> Jacobsen to at least start talking to people.  Let's hold off on that
> >> until we see who's elected in our districts and then we can all figure
> >> out what to do.
> >>
> >> Please send your comments, questions, complaints, thoughts, and ideas 
> >> to
> >> this list so we can all work together.
> >>
> >> also, very shortly, we will begin to hold regularly scheduled 
> >> conference
> >> calls.
> >>
> >> I want to thank all of you for helping us move forward in our journey.
> >>
> >> Sincerely,
> >>
> >>
> >> Margo Downey, president
> >> new York Association of Guide Dog users
> >>
> >> Email:
> >> margo.downey at verizon.net
> >>
> >> Phone:
> >> (716)886-0567
> >> Cell:  (716)541-5574
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