[Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division

[cheryl echevarria]

Mary Donahue was around as well when the division started she was one of the original board members.
Mary do you have your ears on.
I have also reached out to Stephanie Scott Nelson, she was the original V.P. she is on my facebook list of contacts, I have also reached out to her as well.
She is from Georgia.

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> From: margo.downey at verizon.net
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:56:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division
> 
> Okay, but others could be tracked down for oral histories.
> 
> Margo andArrow
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cheryl" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division
> 
> 
> > 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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