[Ohio-talk] Akron is back on track

[Suzanne Turner]

Dave,

As the Ohio Publicity Chair, I was happy to be in the presence of such an
inspiring group. Everyone's story was as compelling as anyone in the
Federation.

I am sure that Dr. Peters who is the Ohio membership Chair and Barbara
Pierce who is the Ohio Senior Chair will be reaching out to you in order to
provide leadership for those who are newly blind. As I explained, the
monthly conference call on "Losing Vision" is headed by Barbara who is also,
our Ohio President Emerita, who  can provide you with more information about
the conference call. 

I also encourage you to read the history of the NFB. There are two books
called, Walking alone and marching together and Building the lives we want,
read them respectively. These books will give you the background on the
mission, purpose and about the federation's forefathers who laid the
framework for the organization. In addition, I have attached a document on
the NFB philosophy for the Chapter's review.

Again, welcome to the Ohio Affiliate and it is with love, hope and
determination, the members of the National Federation of the Blind helps to
transform dreams into reality. When one stand, we all stand as one!

Suzanne      

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Subject: [Ohio-talk] Akron is back on track

Hi everyone, and yes we have a great start to our chapter thanks to much
support. I'm very honored to be President of our new (or re-booted) Greater
Akron Chapter, and very privileged to be part of the awesome team we have in
Ohio!

I'd like to thank Richard Payne, our state president and NFB rock star.
We've had some terrific conversations since the first meeting on June 9, and
Richard you give us all a great example of living to help others.

Thanks also Suzanne Turner who, with Richard, ran the meeting Saturday,
getting our team established and this part of Ohio back on track. Suzanne's
story is as inspiring as any I've heard.

A big thanks to Scott Reisberg from the Akron Blind Center. Scott spoke
yesterday and at our June 9 informational meeting, sharing an uplifting
message of survivors and overcomers.

Thanks also to Tom Sawyer at the Cleveland Sight Center, and Dr. Cheryl Reed
at UDS Akron, for many years of serving the blind community and adding to
our chapter kickoff.

And of course thanks to our state leaders and board members! For weeks I've
been absorbing lots of material on NFB.org, and I've become very impressed
with our national leadership, but no more than with the inspired and
dedicated leaders we are fortunate to have here in Ohio.

I'm also blessed and thankful for our new board of Kiana, Mary, Eric, and my
wife Stephanie who will serve as Secretary. Finally, I get to tell her what
to do! Wait, she might see this--just kidding honey!

While still new to the NFB, I'm having a blast listening to Kernel books and
Presidential Releases, and continuing to learn from Richard, Suzanne and
others who have already been showing support for our new team. Thank you all
for the welcome and example.

See you in November at the state convention. Until then drop me a line
anytime!

Dave Bertsch
dwbertsch at gmail.com
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From: Richard Payne <rchpay7 at gmail.com>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Subject: Akron is back on track

Greetings NFBO, I am overjoyed to tell you that new leadership has been
established in Akron Ohio. The leaders are strong and will serve us well it
will take all of us to educate them and they are willing to learn. You will
find the list of officers in the body of this message but understand that
the meeting yesterday was well attended, and the affiliate had a lot of
support. The team that worked on this prodject done a great job and it was
my pleasure working with all of you. This was building the federation at its
best. We now have 11 new members. Thanks for all your support and I think
Dave has joined this list so welcome him to the family.
President Dave Bertsch
Vice President: Kiana Hill
Secretary: Stephanie Bertsch
Treasurer: Eric Smith
Board Member: Mary Weldon

Richard Payne,  President
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio




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