[Nfbc-info] Nfbc-info Digest, Vol 60, Issue 11

Wed May 12 17:50:53 UTC 2010

I wish Ray McGeorge full healthy recover from the infection. I send my best 
wishes to the McGeorges and hope that Ray live long and healthy.
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>   1. Re: An idea from Beach Cities  Chapter (Juliett Cody)
>   2. NFB President Marc Maurer to Receive Honorary Doctorate from
>      University of Notre Dame (Freeh, Jessica)
>   3. Attend the CABS Call to Action Seminar! (Angela Fowler)
>   4. Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Update on Ray McGeorge (Mary Willows)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 15:47:32 -0700
> From: "Juliett Cody" <julietcody at cox.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] An idea from Beach Cities  Chapter
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> Great! Now that we know we have NFBC board approval and enthusiasm  lets 
> get
> to work. Beach Cities will concentrate next week on setting a conference
> meeting soon, and we can brainstorm and make it a state project. I believe
> we can recruit many new members. I e-mailed Kathleen Church the president 
> of
> the parent with blind children's  chapter   to keep her in the loop.  It
> would be great if President Willows could chime in, and tell us what went 
> on
> in the national level and tell more about the literature.
> Juliet Cody
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mary Willows" <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] An idea from Beach Cities Chapter
>
>
>> Hi Beach Cities:
>> We really want involvement of blind parents with children right now.  The
>> national office is putting together a brochure on this very topic.
>>
>> I was the committee chairperson of the Concerned Parents Committee when 
>> my
>> children were young.  Debby Kent Stein, I believe, is the current
>> Chairperson.  Fred, let's get them connected.  Call the national center
>> and find out who is collecting names of blind parents for short
>> documentary.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Juliett Cody" <julietcody at cox.net>
>> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:13 AM
>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] An idea from Beach Cities Chapter
>>
>>
>>> Good Morning Federationists,
>>>
>>> Fred Chambers was contacted this morning by someone looking for blind
>>> baby raising advice. The mother and baby are in Oceanside. She is
>>> frustrated at the lack of information available for her. Obviously, the
>>> doctors know nothing about our chapter, blindness organizations, the
>>> truths of blindness, or that we are working on a Parents of Blind
>>> Children chapter  in conjunction with Beach Cities Chapter right here in
>>> North County.
>>>
>>> I know this is an awareness slap, on the face  telling  all of us to 
>>> work
>>> harder. Apparently, we are not getting the word out. This mother had
>>> never heard of the NFBC or our  state wide Parents with Blind Children's
>>> Chapter.
>>> There is not a doubt that the Beach Cities Chapter immediately started
>>> working on this issue today. We are going to have a conference meeting
>>> before our next chapter meeting (time and date is to be announce). I'm
>>> taking the initiative to invite everyone to join us, in fact I think it
>>> would be wonderful if we could interest every chapter president to call
>>> in. The Beach Cities Chapter believes we should take  this one step
>>> further ( with the NFBC board approval of course), and we could suggest
>>> this as a state-wide effort.
>>> Each chapter should cover some doctors in their area, and get literature
>>> from the state office to distribute to them. We probably don't need to
>>> contact every doctor.  but we can brainstorm  at the meeting, and decide
>>> which types of doctors should get which info.
>>>
>>> What do y'all think?What does the board think?
>>> Thanks Juliet Cody and Fred Chambers
>>> President and Vice President Beach Cities
>>>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 19:20:44 -0500
> From: "Freeh, Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
> <dandrews at visi.com>)
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] NFB President Marc Maurer to Receive Honorary
> Doctorate from University of Notre Dame
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris Danielsen
>
> Director of Public Relations
>
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>
> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>
> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
>
>
>
> NFB President Marc Maurer to Receive Honorary Doctorate
> from University of Notre Dame
>
>
>
> Baltimore, Maryland (May 11, 2010): The National Federation of the
> Blind (NFB), the largest organization of blind people in the United
> States, today announced that its president, Dr. Marc Maurer, will
> receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of
> Notre Dame at the 2010 commencement ceremony on May 16, 2010.  Maurer
> is a 1974 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> said: "I am pleased and privileged to receive an honorary degree from
> my alma mater.  As president of the largest organization of blind
> people in the United States, I have been fortunate to play a role in
> many exciting and life-changing developments for blind people in
> America.  While we have made much progress, there is still more to be
> done.  Only 10 percent of blind children are learning Braille in this
> country, and this directly contributes to a 70 percent unemployment
> rate among blind people in the United States.  I humbly accept this
> honor on behalf of blind Americans and pledge to work harder than
> ever to ensure that the blind are not left behind in today's society."
>
>
>
> Maurer earned his law degree from Indiana University in 1977 and
> began focusing on representing blind individuals in the courts.  A
> member of the Bar in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Maryland, and the Bar of
> the Supreme Court, Maurer is one of the most experienced lawyers in
> the field of civil rights and discrimination against the blind.
>
> Maurer has been president of the National Federation of the Blind
> since 1986.  In that capacity, he has joined President George W. Bush
> in the Oval Office in 2001 to celebrate the organization's Everest
> Expedition, and was present for Bush's signing into law the Help
> America Vote Act of 2002.  He has promoted new technology for the
> blind, including the knfbReader Mobile (a revolutionary cell phone
> application that scans and reads aloud most printed material) and the
> prototype vehicle for the Blind Driver Challenge.  He has overseen
> the visionary expansion of the NFB Jernigan Institute, the first
> training and research institute for the blind, led by the blind.  He
> has also previously served as president of the North
> America/Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union.  In November 2009,
> Dr. Maurer was awarded the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award for
> outstanding contributions in the field of public service from the
> University of Notre Dame Alumni Association.
>
>
>
> For more information about the National Federation of the Blind,
> please visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
> people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives
> through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs
> encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading
> force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in
> the United States for the blind led by the blind.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 19:29:30 -0700
> From: "Angela Fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
> To: "'California Association of Blind Students Mailing List'"
> <cabs-talk at nfbnet.org>, "'NFB of California List'"
> <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>, <transition-council at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Attend the CABS Call to Action Seminar!
> Message-ID: <43E648353FBA4B4CAAF817587E326AEE at AngelaPC>
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>
> Hello all,
>    Please distribute to all who may benefit.
>
>
> Also, please see attached flyer.
>
> California Association of Blind Students
>
> Invites you to the 2010 Call to Action Seminar
>
>
>
> Register for $15.00 to win $75.00 Best Buy card
>
>
>
> .       Motivational Speakers: Learn ways of empowerment through being
> pro-active when developing your Individualized Plan for Employment.
>
> .       Assistive Technology: Brows the exhibit area and talk to all the
> different venders. Hear presentations and get all your questions answered 
> by
> experts in the field.
>
> .       Career Development: Take the free questionnaires, and receive
> guidance and direction from a career development specialist.
>
> .       Campus Resources: Utilizing your college or universities resources
> to the fullest, Can distance education work for a blind person?
>
>
>
> Where:   California Baptist University
>
> Address: 8432 Magnolia Avenue
>
>                Riverside, CA 92504
>
> When:     September 18, 2010
>
> Time:      9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
>
> Register: www.nfbcal.org/cabs  or at the seminar
>
>
>
> Please register by August 15, 2010 for more information contact: Angela
> Fowler, President California Association of Blind Students
>
> Phone: (530) 902098
>
> Email:  <mailto:fowlers at syix.com> fowlers at syix.com
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 21:28:01 -0700
> From: "Mary Willows" <mwillows at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Update on Ray
> McGeorge
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> To All Californians.  I thought you would want to know the following
> information.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christine Hall" <c.crick at msn.com>
> To: "'NFB Affiliate Presidents List'" <nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Update on Ray McGeorge
>
>
>
>
> Scott,
>
> Thanks so much for the up-date.  Please tell Diane, I send my love and
> positive thoughts and prayers for Ray's recovery.
>
> Christine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbaffiliatepresidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Scott C.
> LaBarre
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:21 PM
> To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List; NFB Affiliate Presidents List; 
> National
> Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Update on Ray McGeorge
>
> Greetings Friends:
>
> I just returned from Rose Hospital here in Denver where I was able  to 
> visit
> with Diane McGeorge and also able to see Ray very briefly.  He is still in
> the ICU and on the respirator but he has been very stable today. 
> Yesterday
> afternoon after I had last written, Ray hit a rough patch where many of 
> his
> vital signs went out of wack including his temperature which exceeded 105
> for a couple of hours.  They instituted all kinds of treatment yesterday 
> and
> brought everything under control in the night.
>
> Today, he has been showing definite signs of improvement in that he fusses
> when they try to move him around too much and he has been gripping Diane's
> hand and not wanting to let it go.  He is still very heavily sedated but
> they are going to reduce those medicines slowly through the day with the
> hope that they will be able to revive him fully tomorrow.  There is great
> hope that he has passed through the worst of the infection and has rounded
> the corner.
>
> Diane expressed great grattitude for everyone's thoughts and prayers.  She
> wants all of us to keep them coming.  From what the doctors have told 
> Diane,
> it is now the beginning of the time period when they expect the 
> antibiotics
> to start taking full effect and pushing back the infection.  I am very
> confident and hopeful  that Ray will fight through this, but we need to 
> keep
> sending our prayers and positive thoughts Ray and Diane's way.  I will
> update the lists further when I know more.  Please feel free to circulate
> this broadly so that all of the McGeorge's friends know what is going on.
> Thanks,
> Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.
>
> LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
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