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

[Barb Fohl]

Barbara, I finally got this yesterday afternoon.

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


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> Dr. J. Webster Smith
> President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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> "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
>>>Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:04:02 -0400
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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 
>>>going
>>>to anyone but J.W.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Barbara
>>>
>>>-----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
>>>
>>>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!
>>>
>>>May 31st Fundraiser
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>   Convention Matters
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>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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