<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This has been done already at this convention. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jul 8, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Angel via Oagdu <<a href="mailto:oagdu@nfbnet.org">oagdu@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I think people truly concerned about this
lamentable state of affairs should: Not only strongly protest to Leader
Dogs; perhaps they are unaware of how horrible an organization they have chosen
to accredit the school, but should talk to the schools benefactor,
the Lions Clubs, both local and national. </font></div>
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<a title="oagdu@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:oagdu@nfbnet.org">Aleeha Dudley via
Oagdu</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="oagdu@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:oagdu@nfbnet.org">Ohio Association of Guide Dog Users List</a>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Cc:</b> <a title="blindcowgirl1993@gmail.com" href="mailto:blindcowgirl1993@gmail.com">blindcowgirl1993@gmail.com</a> </div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 08, 2015 10:16
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Oagdu] Leader Dogs
resolution.</div>
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<div>That is because of Nac's constant fight against blind people and what is
best for them. The fact that Leader has affiliated with NAC is a terrible
thing. People who have graduated from NAC centers in the past have not had the
skills they need. The accreditation means nothing. It's all about the
money. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>On Jul 8, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Chris Tolle via Oagdu <<a href="mailto:oagdu@nfbnet.org">oagdu@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div>Why…</div>
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<div>When there are so many other major impacting people impacting dog
impacting issues going on, why wouldn't NFB national convention arm take
such a position against any guy dog training program? </div>
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<div>Whether people want to believe it or not we're all in the same boat.
Leader dogs, Seeing Eye, guide dogs for the blind, ET see… They're
all here to help those of us who need a quality well-trained well-prepared
dog to acquire one. Perhaps it would be a good time for me to ask
what weight this particular resolution has in the grand scheme of
things.</div>
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<div>Not the voice of dissension, more of inquiry. I am a bit surprised to
see such strong language in a resolution. Especially a resolution that
appears to condemn one particular training school or any training school or
all training schools depending on the position for attempting to acquire
necessary funding to continue to provide us with quality Guide
POGS. </div>
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<div><br>On Jul 8, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Deanna Lewis via Oagdu <<a href="mailto:oagdu@nfbnet.org">oagdu@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Good
Morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">I wanted to pass this
resolution along to you all, as I do know that we have a few Leader Dogs
users on this list. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">I may be wrong, but it
looks like Nagdu voted on this last night, and it was approved by Nagdu
members. Then, it will be presented to the entire Convention tomorrow for
an official vote. I am very interested to hear the comments from people at
Convention about this resolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Deanna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 style="BACKGROUND: white"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Resolution
2015-05<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regarding
Leader Dogs for the Blind's Accreditation by NAC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
in 1989 the International Federation of Guide Dog Schools for the Blind,
later known as the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF), was formed
to create and promulgate standards for the operation and administration of
guide dog training programs throughout the world;
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
the IGDF today has over eighty member guide dog training programs around
the world, including thirteen in the United States;
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
US-member guide dog training programs include Guide Dogs for the Blind,
the Seeing Eye, and Leader Dogs for the Blind, the three largest guide dog
training programs in the United States; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
the standards of the IGDF are well known as a solid model for guide dog
training program operation and administration; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
in January 2015 Leader Dogs for the Blind announced that it had received
accreditation by the National Accreditation Council for Blind and Low
Vision Services (NAC), an organization formed in the 1960s supposedly to
create and promulgate standards for the operation of agencies serving the
blind but which, in fact, has never provided a good model for the
operation and administration of any agency; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
NAC has no expertise in the guide dog arena, and any attempt by NAC to
accredit guide dog training programs can serve only to undermine the
efforts of the IGDF; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
in the past Leader Dogs for the Blind, recognizing the worthless nature of
NAC’s alleged accreditation, resisted attempts by NAC to accredit it and
stood with consumers in opposing the shoddy and irrelevant standards NAC
attempted to use to gain credibility among the ranks of guide dog training
programs and their consumers; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
Leader Dogs’ past vigorous opposition to NAC accreditation was expressed
in part through a letter from Harold L. Pocklington, then-executive
director of Leader Dogs for the Blind, to NAC’s president, and published
in the February 1986 issue of the <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'">Braille Monitor</span></em>,
which said:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We
believe we can handle our own affairs. If the dog guide training programs
don't respond to <u>your</u> suggestions, it may be they don't believe the
method of accreditation can be done only by you. We believe we can be our
own judge of operation, without any help from NAC or a committee NAC might
appoint. We are not indifferent, unaware, or apathetic. We just believe if
it ain't broke, don't fix it; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
the purpose of NAC has always been to undermine and thwart the right of
the organized blind to speak on behalf of blind consumers and Leader Dogs’
affiliation with NAC has the same effect in seeking to minimize the voice
of the blind; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
Leader Dogs receives a significant amount of its funding from Lions
International and from individual Lions clubs; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WHEREAS,
any money spent by Leader Dogs in seeking and obtaining accreditation by
NAC is a misuse of the support provided by its donors and can only
encourage the efforts of an outdated and useless agency, NAC, to attempt
to gain financial support from other guide dog training programs that it
approaches in its attempts to convince them to accept its irrelevant and
meaningless accreditation: Now, therefore,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">BE
IT RESOLVED by the National Federation of the Blind in Convention
assembled this ninth day of July, 2015, in the city of Orlando, Florida,
that this organization condemn and deplore Leader Dogs for the Blind’s
accreditation by and consequent support of NAC; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization demand that Leader Dogs for the
Blind take immediate steps to terminate its accreditation by NAC;
and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we call on Lions International and individual
Lions clubs to cease their funding of Leader Dogs for the Blind until it
terminates its accreditation by NAC; and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization urge all guide dog training
programs to resist any attempts by NAC to accredit them and insist instead
that all guide dog training programs in the United States support the
legitimate standards and accreditation of the IGDF.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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