[Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division

[Cheryl]

I am already in talks with her and former president Don Gilmore 

Mary Donahue <braille at satx.rr.com> wrote:

>Hello Cheryl and everyone,
>
>	I have thought of someone else who was involved back in 2004.
>Stephanie Scott was the original first vice president of the division from
>Georgia. Maurice, you might know who I'm talking about.
>
>Mary Donahue
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>Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] upcoming changes to the division
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>There really isn't much  else, unless we can get past people involved with
>this. I have posted everything that I could find in the Braille Monitor,
>maybe some people who were involved back then that are still on this list,
>that do not post, can possibly help us with this endeavor.
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>> From: pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
>> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:19:00 -0600
>> 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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