[Travelandtourism] Retirement of Dr. Maurer

Sun Dec 1 18:54:16 UTC 2013

Dr. Maurer is retiring at National Convention, Mark Riccobono is running for President, I knew he would run for President one day. Wow!
Let's make this year, a special one with Travel & Tourism at National Convention.
Maybe I can ask him to come and speak at our meeting, if he doesn't have that many things going on, but I have also asked Mark Riccobono as well.
So we will happen.
Any idea of what kind of present Travel & Tourism can give as a retirement present to him. We will speak of that at our meeting on Tuesday and upcoming meetings.
Cheryl

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> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 12:44:17 -0600
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> From: dandrews at visi.com
> Subject: [Nfb-announce] Fwd: [Nfbv-announce] Retirement of Dr. Maurer
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> >From: "Fredric Schroeder" <fschroeder at sks.com>
> >To: "NFBV Announce" <nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org>
> >Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 11:12:29 -0500
> >Subject: [Nfbv-announce] Retirement of Dr. Maurer
> >
> >Friends:
> >
> >
> >
> >Over the weekend, I participated in a meeting of the board of directors of
> >the National Federation of the Blind. The meeting was held at our national
> >headquarters in Baltimore.
> >
> >
> >
> >As you know, Dr. Marc Maurer has been our national president since 1986. He
> >has served as president longer than any of our previous presidents and has
> >guided us through a period of unprecedented growth and change. It was under
> >Dr. Maurer's leadership that we established the Jernigan Institute and all
> >of the programs that have been so successful in demonstrating the truth of
> >our assertion that given proper opportunity and training, blind people can
> >live and work as others.
> >
> >
> >
> >In particular we have developed many programs designed to provide blind
> >children and youth with the skills and confidence they need to compete fully
> >in their education and to develop their life ambitions. We have conducted
> >the Youth Slam, Science Academy, and more recently the BELL programs.
> >
> >
> >
> >In the area of technology under Dr. Maurer's leadership we developed the
> >KNFB Reader Mobile allowing blind people to have immediate access to print
> >with nothing more than a cell phone and special software. And then there was
> >the Blind Driver Challenge. There is no question that lack of access to
> >reliable transportation remains a major barrier for blind people. Yet, the
> >Blind Driver Challenge showed that we could develop the technology to enable
> >a blind person to drive a car, not simply sit passively in a car that drives
> >itself.
> >
> >
> >
> >These are the expressions of Dr. Maurer's leadership. Yet at the heart of
> >his leadership is his spirit and his belief in every blind person. He has
> >inspired and encouraged us, faced the most difficult challenges with
> >resolution and strength, and he has kept us together, and never let us
> >waiver in our belief in our own right to live normal, productive lives.
> >
> >
> >
> >On Saturday afternoon Dr. Maurer told the board that it is his intention to
> >not seek reelection to the presidency next summer at our national
> >convention. He feels the time is right to transition to the next president,
> >the next individual who can lead us for a quarter century or more. Dr.
> >Maurer is in good health and believes that it is important that he step down
> >from the presidency while he is able to assist with the transition. Dr.
> >Maurer told the board that he, Dr. Maurer, plans to support Mr. Mark
> >Riccobono as the next president of the National Federation of the Blind.
> >
> >
> >
> >Mr. Riccobono presently serves as the Executive Director of the Jernigan
> >Institute. He is an accomplished individual with the strength and wisdom to
> >assume the serious responsibility of leading our movement. He has brought to
> >his work the imagination and competency we demand from our president.
> >
> >
> >
> >We are truly fortunate that within the Federation we have individuals who
> >are able and willing to give all they have to furthering our move toward
> >true equality. The demands of the NFB presidency are unimaginable. We
> >require our leader to give all of his time, all of his imagination, and all
> >of his personal reserve of judgment to leading our organization. This is
> >what Dr. Maurer has done for the past 27 and a half years, and it is what
> >Mark Riccobono will do for the time of his presidency.
> >
> >
> >
> >The transition brings to an end one chapter in our history and what a
> >glorious chapter it has been. We cannot face the loss of Dr. Maurer's
> >leadership without a sense of sadness; but the transition to a new president
> >is not just the absence of what we had before. The transition heralds a new
> >chapter in our history and with it, new opportunities-the chance to take all
> >that has come before and build something bigger and more powerful than we
> >have ever known.
> >
> >
> >
> >Please join me in thanking Dr. Maurer for his leadership, his friendship and
> >his faithful devotion to our cause; and please join me in wishing Mark
> >Riccobono the very best as he seeks to take the foundation that is all that
> >has come before and build upon it the next great chapter in our history.
> >
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