[Nyagdu] Nyagdu Convention Report

Mon Nov 3 20:34:35 UTC 2008

Hi Margo,

How about if we post a document which includes the url to our web page?

Take care,

Lucy

----- 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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