[Nyagdu] November 24 Conrference Call Report

[Margo and Elmo]

Cheryl, Carl does get stuff from Nyagdu and I will send him this report.  He 
was also invited to the conference calls and received the agenda and phone 
number.

I plan to start sending some things to Board members.  And some things will 
go to chapter presidents.

so, yep, we're starting to do that. Thanks for asking.

margo andElmo
To: "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" <nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Nyagdu] November 24 Conrference Call Report


> Margo, we need to get our chapter presidents more involved with our 
> teleconferences and the board of directors.  Do you as a division 
> president send monthly or when we do something like the teleconference a 
> report to Carl.
>
> Talk care.
>
> 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: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 7:18 PM
> Subject: [Nyagdu] November 24 Conrference Call Report
>
>
>> Hi, Friends. We held a conference call November 24 at 8 p.m.  The 
>> Attendees were:  Margo Downey, Cheryl Echavaria, Joyce Carrico, Julie 
>> Phillipson, and for a little while, marion Gwizdala, president of Nagdu.
>>
>> We discussed the membership and dues structure of NAGDU and its 
>> divisions. Joanne Wilson, Afficliate  Action Directory at our National 
>> NFB office, has reminded all of us that when we belong to a state 
>> division, we also belong to the National division and we're all 
>> connected.  the ad hoc committee studying our dues structure and I'm one 
>> of the members of that committee has recommended to the NAGDU Board  that 
>> each member of each state division would have five dollars sent to NAGDU. 
>> Some states may have to change their dues structures. We were encouraged 
>> to go to the NAGDU Board meeting on Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 8 p.m. 
>> to hear about and to speak to this proposal.  The conference call phone 
>> number is: 641-715-3300 and the code is 560908 and press the pound sign. 
>> We were also encouraged to find fund-raising ideas.
>>
>> We feel the email list is more active and id going well.
>>
>> We've discussed everyone ordering the brochures concerning wht you meet a 
>> guide dog team from our National office of NFB.  We had also talked about 
>> where to place these brochures.  it was suggested last evening that we 
>> also place them with retailers and businesses in malls, in shopping 
>> centers, etc.
>>
>> We need more members--to find more members.  I will write an outline of a 
>> letter to be sent to chapter Presidents and to our State NFB board 
>> members to help us find more guide dog users.
>>
>> We talked about fund-raising.  Julie suggested that we fund-raise at dog 
>> shows.  Cheryl talked about Mimi's Pupcakes and we'd like Daryl from that 
>> business to attend a conference call in January or February.  We could 
>> sell these treats at bazaars, dog shows and through other means.
>>
>> We discussed the ADA law and state law concerning I D cards.  We talked 
>> about the ADA trumping the state law if the state law is more restrictive 
>> and vice versa.  We need to try to get the part of our state access law 
>> stricken that states that someone can ask to see an I D card to prove the 
>> animal is a service animal.  The ADA is less restrictive in that the 
>> Justice Department has determined that an I D card cannot be asked for. 
>> so, our state law is in violation of Federal law at this point.  one card 
>> we can use in getting this done is to state that people could file 
>> complaints with theDepartment of Justice because they were asked to 
>> produce an I D card.
>>
>> We also discussed investigating a guide dog incident reported to us 
>> before going into full action.  for example, the case in Buffalo 
>> concerning Children's Hospital has ended because the person who 
>> experienced the incident blew it out of proportion.  However, we are now 
>> training hospital security guards and hopefully soon will be training 
>> police.  So, there was a good ending anyway.  The incident was 
>> investigated further before full action was taken and that was a good 
>> thing.
>>
>> We felt it was a productive conference call and hope more people can join 
>> us during subsequent calls.
>>
>> There will be another call this Saturday at 8 p.m. for anyone who did or 
>> did not attend yesterday's call.
>>
>> If the other attendees recall something I didn't report, please mention 
>> it. Thanks.
>>
>> Margoa nd Elmo
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