[Ohio-talk] Do you remember your first convention?

[Barbara Shaidnagle]

The first National Convention Joe and I went to was Baltimore 1978.  We
drove in our white Aspen station wagon.  We were involved in the cb craze.
I was Tenderfoot, Joe was Candlepacker.

We made it fine through state after state.  When we got on the tollway, I
took to asking them if they took credit cards.  They did not then, do  not
know about now.

All went really well until we got to Baltimore itself.  Even with
directions from cb people, we wound up in the red light district.  Imagine
the stuff I described to Joe, boys fighting over boys, girls fighting over
girls, and a boy and girl fightiing and the object of their affection just
walking away, whistling....

We finally made it to the hotel in Baltimore, 2 a.m.  Of course, our room
was not ready.  We slept on the floor of a friend's room until our room was
ready.

We and the food provided in a few rooms and Joe found those with liquid
refreshments.

Convention as such was marvelous and such a learning experience.  If I
remember correctly, that was the convention where Dr. Jernigan put the
question of whether the National Federation of the Blind should begin to
have its own centers to teach blind people mobility?  I remember saying
yes.  You would not believe the speeches against.

On our free day of that convention, several busloads went off to picket the
FAA over the airline issue.  "Make sure you are bathroomed and watered
before boarding your bus" Dr. Jerniagan advised.  Joe went.  I stayed in
Baltimore and took local interest pictures.



On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 5:47 AM Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I thought this also applies to all of you.
> Hi Affiliate Presidents,
>
> Do you remember your first convention? You and your affiliate members know
> the amazing impact our national convention has on people, especially at a
> first convention.
>
> The Jernigan Convention Scholarship committee has received applications
> from
> across the country to enable first time attendees to obtain assistance in
> coming to this year's convention. We are reviewing applications and will
> communicate to the winners by May 15.
>
> We are conscious that this program only works because of your efforts to
> help us raise the funds needed to pay for this program. Our largest source
> of funds comes from selling the Jernigan Fund $10 raffle tickets.
>
> For 2019, we are providing further incentive to encourage you to sell
> Jernigan Fund tickets.
>
> When selling tickets, please ask your affiliate members to put the chapter
> name and state abbreviation on the back of the ticket.
>
> Of course, the winner of the $10 raffle will receive the standard prize of
> travel, hotel and cash for our 2020 convention.
>
> Additionally, when we pull the winning ticket, the chapter that sold the
> winning ticket will receive $500. In addition, this year we will be
> counting
> which affiliate sold the most tickets. The affiliate that sells the most
> tickets will receive $500.
>
> We know you value sharing our convention with members through the Jernigan
> Convention Scholarship program. We hope these further incentives encourage
> you and your affiliate members to sell the tickets that were mailed to you.
> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Allen Harris
> or
> myself.
>
> Thank you and we look forward to being with you in Las Vegas.
>
> Tracy Soforenko
> President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
> 202 285-4595
> Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com <mailto:Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>
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>
>
> Richard Payne,  President
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
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