[Ohio-talk] Fw: RE: BUCKEYE UPDATE - June 3, 2009

[Dr. Smith]

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. W. Smith" <jsmith1 at ohio.edu>
To: <jwsmithnfb at verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:38 AM
Subject: Fwd: RE: BUCKEYE UPDATE - June 3, 2009


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>>From: "Barbara Pierce" <bpierce at oberlin.net>
>>To: "'J. W. Smith'" <jsmith1 at ohio.edu>,
>>         "'Dr. John W Smith :'"@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
>>Subject: RE: BUCKEYE UPDATE - June 3, 2009
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>>         At J.W.'s request, I am sending this message to all recipients of
>>his Update of this morning. I am getting used to a new computer, and I am
>>not certain that this really is going to everyone, so, if you read this
>>pretty early this afternoon, would you please respond so that I know it is
>>going to the whole list? Nothing about the heading shows me that it is 
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>>I want to correct one thing that he said in the Update. All contribution
>>checks going to the NFB should be written to the NFB with the name of the
>>fund in the memo line, e.g., White Cane, or SUN Fund. The exceptions are 
>>the
>>tenBroek Fund, which is made out to the tenBroek Fund, and the door 
>>prizes,
>>which should be sent to Sherry and be made out to the affiliate. We take
>>cash, so we need your check before writing that withdrawal is made. I hope
>>this is clear. As always, you can check with me if it is not.
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>>Barbara
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: J. W. Smith [mailto:jsmith1 at ohio.edu]
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:47 AM
>>To: Dr. John W Smith :
>>Subject: BUCKEYE UPDATE - June 3, 2009
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>>Are you familiar with the song "Stormy Weather"? That's what we had here
>>last night, and will probably have most of the day, but it's all good!
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>>May 31st Fundraiser
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>>I think my fundraiser on Sunday was pretty good for the first one.  Money
>>is still coming in, and to this point we've raised about $3000.  This is a
>>wonderful community for such events and it is my hope to build on this
>>initial success in the future.  Although this is my personal way of giving
>>back to our affiliate, I will give you more opportunities next year to
>>participate if you choose to do so.  For example, it would be nice to have
>>some musical selections next year from Macy McClain and Donny Boggs, just
>>to name a few.  In fact, there might be ways to replicate this event in
>>different parts of the state because it is very similar to our Sing For
>>Braille production, but I'll keep thinking about this though.
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>>   Convention Matters
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>>1. Convention Assistance letters will be mailed this week and it looks 
>>like
>>we will have a nice delegation from Ohio this year and several first 
>>timers.
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>>2. Because we will have several new people this year, I'd like to find a
>>way to especially make them feel welcome and connected.  Certainly we can
>>do something at the caucus on Sunday, July 5th, but I'd like to have
>>another ice-breaking-type gathering and perhaps something in conjunction
>>with the banquet on Wednesday, July 8th.  I am presently putting together 
>>a
>>list of first timers so that the convention committee can know who they 
>>are
>>and perhaps devise other ways of making them feel welcome and connected. 
>>If
>>you know of first timers, please email them to me or Bruce Peters and we
>>will try to make sure that they are on the list.  I'm sure, since the
>>convention is so close this year, that we will miss someone, but we will 
>>do
>>all that we can to identify as many first timers as possible.
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>>3. I have spoken with chapter presidents but I would like to reiterate the
>>importance of selling your Jernigan Fund raffle tickets and making your
>>checks out to the NFB of Ohio and stipulate in the memo line, "Jernigan
>>Fund raffle tickets". Send your check to Sherry and remember that we will
>>take one check from the affiliate to cover the chapter's checks for this
>>purpose.  You may send me your stubs or take them to the convention
>>yourself, but make sure that they get in the drawing.  Remember also that
>>if you want to make contributions to funds like White Cane, SUN,
>>Imagination, or door prizes, you should make those checks out to the NFB 
>>of
>>Ohio and let me know that you want them to be given in conjunction with 
>>the
>>affiliate contributions, or you could just give them to me individually or
>>by chapters and I will make sure they get turned in. Let me reiterate here
>>that any check made to the TenBroek fund should be made out specifically 
>>to
>>that fund and not to the NFB of Ohio or the NFB in general.  I am
>>encouraging chapters to help with our $300 contribution to door prizes 
>>this
>>year, please.
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>>4. I also want to remind you that to my knowledge, there are no
>>refrigerators in the hotel rooms and you need to be very careful about
>>trying to bring large items with you when you check in, i.e. large coolers
>>or other such things.  This is a heavily secured facility and especially
>>for those of us riding on the bus it will be very important that we adhere
>>to these guidelines and not bring any undue attention to ourselves.  One
>>advantage we will have this year is that there is a great food court
>>connected with this facility which should give all of us a variety of
>>choices, both in terms of meals and our economic situations.
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>>5. I'm sorry to have to tell you that Eric Duffy will not be going to the
>>convention with us this year, and for many of us that will be a great 
>>loss.
>>You know how it is when you start a new job.  It's often very difficult to
>>get time off until you have built up enough seniority. I am pleased to 
>>tell
>>you that our Second Vice President Barbara Fohl has agreed to serve as our
>>ultimate delegate this year, and of course we are blessed to have our
>>President Emerita Barbara Pierce in our delegation as a valuable resource
>>for any of these kinds of matters.
>>
>>Bus Schedule and Pick-Up
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>>The bus will leave from Cincinnati on July 2nd at 2pm, and the pick-up 
>>spot
>>will be the Hyde Park Community Methodist Church, located at 1345 Grace
>>Avenue, 45208.  The next stop will be in Dayton Ohio at about 4pm and the
>>location will be the Denny's restaurant located at 1136 Main Street
>>downtown. The next stop will be in Toledo Ohio at about 6pm, and the
>>location will be the Holiday Inn located on route 20 right off of I-75.
>>Arrival into Detroit at 8:15 on the 2nd. The return trip will begin at 8am
>>on July 9th and make the return route at the same locations.  I will give
>>you the more specific times in my next update because the bus company is
>>finalizing those, but they will only change by a few minutes here or 
>>there.
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