[Ohio-talk] The Attendance of General Sessions?

[Barb Fohl]

Well said, Colleen.  I might add one more reason, which would be the 
opportunity to provide solidarity.  At a recent convention, we spent our 
lunch hour calling our Congressmen on a legislative issue.  If we missed the 
general session in which the need for the calls was explained, we wouldn't 
know the calls were needed and,therefore, wouldn't make them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Roth" <n8tnv at att.net>
To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] The Attendance of General Sessions?


>
> Hi Everett,
> You do raise a valid point and it disserves an answer.
> Well it may not alpear that a session will benefit you personally
> you may learn something that will benefit someone else.  Also,
> sometimes interspersed with things on the Agenda something might
> pop up that was shifted from another time.  It's not a matter of
> having the Delegation filled, it's a matter of learning to share
> with others.  Personally, I do not do well with Technology but I
> attend because I might learn something which I can share.  I may
> not understand everything I hear but I get enough to know who to
> ask I someone needs my help along the way.
> It's nice to hear the different states at Roll Call of the
> States.  It gives us a flavor of the different affiliates and
> sometimes we even get an idea we can use.  I know I probably came
> off as a grouch on my last post but I can honestly say in all my
> years in the NFB I only missed one session and that was because I
> needed to lie down because I wasn't feeling well.
> I know some things seem pointless but you never know what you
> will learn.
> Also, if you are being sponsored by the NFBO or your local
> chapter you are expected to attend all beessions and as many
> activities as you can.  You are representing those people who
> cannot attend, and, hopefully, you will learn something to share.
> We do not always enjoy every presentation but that is not the
> poins.
> I think that the Presentation of the Bollotin awards was
> impressive.  This is not because I like to sit through
> Presentations of Awards but because it is good to know what
> others are doing.
> Ray Kurzweil is a pioneer in reading machines and working with
> Optical Character Recognition.  The first reading machine was
> huge probably about $80,000 and the size of a washing machine.
> Everett, do not misunderstand me, I did do some fun things at
> Conventions.  I still worked booths, and attended all sessions.
> By the way, this included Conventions where I had a
> multiply-handicapped child to care for.
> I am not being critical, I just want people to take
> responsibility for attending things and learning.
> Everett, you have a lot of energy.  I would like to see you
> channel that into getting people to meetings and getting them to
> work on things.  If you put all that energy to good use at a
> Convention think what you could do.
> I hope that all of us will make a concerted effort to be better
> stewards of our time and the Affiliate's money at future
> Conventions.
> It's not fair that just a few people help at tables and at the
> Exhibit Hall.  It is true that I didn't help this year but I did
> not arrive until Tuesday at 11-30 a.m.
> See you at the NFBO Convention.
> Colleen Roth
>
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