[Travelandtourism] Some history on the travel and tourism

[Mary Donahue]

Hello again Cheryl and everyone,

	Disregard what I said about finding Stephanie Scott. It sounds like you already have. No, I was not on the division board until 2004.

Mary Donahue


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Peter since you are the webmaster for our division.
I have found the original first steps of the division in the Braille Monitor of August/September 2001 Edition This comes directly from it.
"Proposed Travel and Tourism Division:Stephanie Scott of Georgia writes to say: "During the convention President Maurer spoke with me about an idea to start a new division titled the Travel and Tourism Division. I suggested this division to Dr. Maurer because I enjoy traveling and discovered that many other blind people enjoy it as well. If you are blind and enjoy traveling, become a member of the Travel and Tourism Division."
So Stephanie Scott was the first to bring to the attention on NFB the possibility of the Division.
In the Braille Monitor Dated, April 2002, this was also an agenda for the Convention.
"Travel and Tourism Groupby Stephanie ScottDo you have dreams of traveling to exotic places? Well the Travel and Tourism Group wants to make your dreams a reality. Come meet with like-minded people at the NFB National Convention in Louisville at the Galt House Hotel, Wednesday, July 3, 2002, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. We will discuss the development of a constitution for a division, election of the Board of Directors, and travel destinations."
November 2001 Braille Monitor
"Attention Those Interested in Joining the Travel and Tourism Division:The Travel and Tourism Division is for blind people interested in traveling and touring educational and recreational places. We are now planning tours for 2002. If you have wondered what it is like to cruise the ocean, walk on the shores of exotic places, tactilely examine beautiful art, this is the division for you."
August/September 2002 Braille Monitor
"Travel and Tourism Group, Soon to Be a Division:The results of the election at this organizing meeting were as follows: president, Douglas Johnson (Washington); first vice president, Stephanie Scott (Georgia); second vice president, Junerose Killian (Connecticut); secretary, Antoinette Archie (Maryland); treasurer, Sheila Chastain‑Latham (Michigan); and board members Nola Baker‑Jones (Arizona), Debi Black (Arizona), Wayne High (Georgia), and Vickie Saucier (Louisiana)."
Sorry Mary, I thought you were there from the beginning. So from the start this division was for those interested in travel, every part of it.



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