[Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division

[Cheryl]

The only original member of the division is our treasurer Milton Taylor 

Margo and Arrow <margo.downey at verizon.net> wrote:

>Not a bad idea.  Are there still folks on the list who can go way back or we 
>can find folks who can give us that stuff.
>
>margo andArrow
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
>To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:19 PM
>Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division
>
>
>> Good evening everyone,
>>
>>    Perhaps one thing we should do is to include a history of this division
>> on our Web site. If someone can take on writing it I'll be glad to see 
>> that
>> it gets on the site. Having a division history should also help clear up
>> these misconceptions too
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Reese" <atlanticstar1 at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division
>>
>>
>> Margo:
>>
>> Great question!  Anyone who wishes to get into the travel industry will
>> still be able to come to this list and enquire about that.  And we will 
>> help
>> them achieve this goal if that's their desire.
>>
>> The division name as it currently is gives the general blind community the
>> impression that this list is for travel agents only when in fact its for 
>> all
>> of us because all blind people do travel and could use some assistants or
>> advice on travel.  Hope this answers your question.
>>
>> Reese
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- question, please.
>>
>> So, the focus will travel away--partdon the pun--from anything to do with
>> the travel and tourism industry in the context of folks become agents, 
>> tour
>> operators, etc.?  If the focus will travel away from that, where can those
>> folks go to get help with a business possibility or a career possibility 
>> in
>> the industry?  In other words, if someone wishes to find out how to start 
>> a
>> career as an agent or tour operator or some similar occupation, if this 
>> new
>> name is voted in, where would that person go for that type of assistance 
>> or
>> consultation?
>>
>>
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