[Ohio-talk] Buckeye Update

Mon Nov 17 19:34:09 UTC 2014

Kaiti, 
Wow!  I love mnemonics like this one.  And to think of one that has power in
its own wright is pretty smart indeed!
Thanks for sharing.

Deborah

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From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
Shelton via Ohio-talk
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 12:29 PM
To: Paul Dressell
Cc: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Buckeye Update

I actually did not need to google the charter affiliates. I read Walking
Alone Marching Together about a year ago, and at the time I was helping the
pre-established community service division find trivia facts for this last
convention. I came up with the nemonic My Will is My Own Personal Choice to
help me remember the affiliates. 

Unfortunately, I would have to use google to find who Ohio's representative
was. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 17, 2014, at 12:15 PM, "Paul Dressell" <pmdbmd at fuse.net> wrote:
> 
> Way to go Kaiti! Now, can you name the representative from Ohio? Paul
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-talk" 
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> To: "Eric Duffy" <peduffy63 at gmail.com>; "NFB of Ohio Announcement and 
> Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Buckeye Update
> 
> 
>> Eric and all,
>> 
>> In case anyone was wondering, the charter affiliates of the NFB were:
>> Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and 
>> California.
>> 
>>> On 11/16/14, Eric Duffy via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Buckeye Update November 16, 
>>> 2014 It is unusual for me to sit down and write an update on a 
>>> Sunday evening, but there are exciting things happening in the 
>>> National Federation of the Blind. On November second, we concluded a 
>>> fantastic convention, and I want us to carry the excitement and 
>>> momentum we built through the holidays and in to the next year. If 
>>> we do that we will continue to build the Federation.
>>> On Tuesday evening I participated in a conference call with 
>>> President Riccobono and presidents of the other six original 
>>> affiliates of the National Federation of the Blind. The original 
>>> seven affiliates are going to host the 2015 National Convention in 
>>> Orlando Florida from July 5 through the 10th.  Ohio, of course, is 
>>> one of the original 7. Who can name the other six?
>>> Hosting a National Convention is not an easy task. Dividing the 
>>> responsibilities among seven affiliates will make the job easier, 
>>> but there is no question about it, we are in for a lot of work 
>>> during the 2015 convention. I am counting on you for your help and 
>>> support as we take on our share of the work load.
>>> We had a great day in Canton yesterday. We invited blind residents 
>>> of Stark and Summit counties to come together for an informational 
>>> meeting about blindness. Of course this included information about 
>>> the National Federation of the Blind. More than sixty people came to 
>>> the meeting. Shirley Beckner did a tremendous job of organizing the 
>>> meeting. I am looking forward to seeing the fruits of our labor in 
>>> the months to come as we work to revitalize the chapters in both
counties.
>>> Our second annual Cyber Auction to benefit the National Federation 
>>> of the Blind begins on Black Friday. Ohio has contributed two 
>>> auction items. I urge you to buy auction items if you can, but even 
>>> if you are unable to bid, log on to the auction site so you will 
>>> know what it is all about. I will put the link on Ohio-Talk soon.
>>> Pleas do what you can to support our Malley's candy sale. The link 
>>> is on our Web Site, so I am not going to include it here. Melina is 
>>> doing a great job of reminding all of us about the need to sell, but 
>>> we all have to do what we can to reach beyond our membership. If we 
>>> are going to make a thousand dollars or more from this sale, we all 
>>> have to work to make it happen. Reach out to your family, friends, 
>>> neighbors, your schools, and your places of worship.
>>> I have gotten several responses to my request for information about 
>>> which committees people want to serve on and or chair. Keep those 
>>> Emails coming. I will begin to put together the committee assignment 
>>> list on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and we will have a meeting 
>>> of the Board of Directors in early December to discuss the committee 
>>> appointments. I will announce the date and time of that meeting as 
>>> soon as I know when a majority of the Board is available.
>>> I remind you that December 1 is the last day to let me know of your 
>>> interest in attending the Washington Seminar. Before you tell me 
>>> that you want to be a part of our 2015 Washington Seminar 
>>> delegation, formulate a plan for how you will raising the money 
>>> needed to go. It could be that you will pay your own way as Barbara 
>>> Pierce has done for many years. It could be that you will get help 
>>> from your chapter or division, or that you are working on other fund 
>>> raising possibilities. In any case, I promise you that we will have 
>>> a funding discussion in you tell me that you want to go to Washington.
>>> I am once again challenging chapters and divisions to find new 
>>> people to participate in our Scrip Program. Any chapter or division 
>>> that can get five new people to sign up for Scrip and make at least 
>>> one order using Presto Pay between now and  the release of our 
>>> October order will have state convention registration fees waived. I 
>>> made this offer last year, and none of our chapters or division met 
>>> the challenge. Tonight Richard Payne told me he knows his chapter 
>>> can do more to support this program, and he's right. But that is true
for all of us.
>>> 
>>> If you have materials for our next newsletter, please get them to 
>>> Barbara Pierce by Friday November 21. I need to get some things to 
>>> her, and I am imposing that same deadline on myself.
>>> Let's go build the Federation. The Holiday season is a great time to 
>>> let people know about our organization and to invite them to join 
>>> our Federation family.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Eric Duffy, President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio The 
>>> National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>>> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
>>> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
>>> obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
>>> you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> --
>> Kaiti Shelton
>> University of Dayton 2016.
>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy President, Ohio Association of 
>> Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
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