[Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History

[Dan Burke]

very cool!

On 8/9/17, ann--- via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> nicely told Chip, I can really imagine that first event! Thanks, Ann
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Colorado-talk] A bit of NFBCO History
>> From: Chip Johnson via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Date: Wed, August 09, 2017 9:38 am
>> To: "'NFB of Colorado Discussion List (colorado-talk at nfbnet.org)'"
>> <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Chip Johnson <cjohnson at cocenter.org>
>>
>>
>> While looking for something else on www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org>, I ran
>> across this article from the Braille Monitor of Janurary, 1973 in a
>> section called Roundup of State Conventions. As you can see, we were alive
>> and well back then.
>>
>> COLORADO CONVENTION
>> by
>> John W. Bear
>> The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, formerly Colorado
>> Federation of the Blind, held its annual convention at the Holiday Inn in
>> Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday and Sunday November 11-12, 1972. Two
>> busy days began when President Lyle Neff called the convention to order
>> shortly before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. President Lyle Neff is to be
>> commended for an excellent job of chairing the convention, in spite of
>> innumerable changes in his original program and what he felt was his own
>> lack of experience.
>> Mr. Manuel Urena, formerly of the Iowa Commission for the Blind, had been
>> scheduled as the main speaker but became ill. Although not asked until
>> about 9:00 p.m. the previous Thursday, Perry Sundquist, editor of The
>> Braille Monitor, came to Colorado from California and gave two excellent
>> talks as well as assisting in other activities. Other speakers included
>> Dr. H. A. Fonkin, ophthalmologist; Mr. James Shubert, administrator of the
>> Colorado Library Services of the Blind and Physically Handicapped; Mrs.
>> Marie Stauter, chairman of our legislative committee; and Mr. Ray
>> McGeorge, chairman of the NFB of Denver overseas book committee. Mr.
>> McGeorge pointed out that the cost of mailing these books, for example,
>> between July 1 and November 1, 1972, over three thousand books at a cost
>> of nearly one thousand dollars was becoming a heavy burden for the NFB of
>> Denver. Mrs. Ruth Ashby, president of the NFB of Denver, has suggested an
>> appeal to all affiliates of the NFB for help, especially since the already
>> high cost makes it nearly impossible to send much-needed Braille books and
>> writing supplies and materials for teaching arithmetic.
>> Most of the delegates recovered sufficiently from an excellent banquet
>> dinner and dance Saturday night and attended Sunday morning's session. The
>> resolutions committee presented four resolutions concerning the resistance
>> of Denver Public Schools to the employment of blind teachers; that the NFB
>> of Colorado would donate $200 for the overseas Braille book program; the
>> plans of the Colorado Library for the Blind to move Braille books to Salt
>> Lake City, Utah; and the National Accreditation Council, all of which were
>> approved by the delegates.
>> Miss Judy Miller was elected as correspondence secretary to fill a vacancy
>> created by a resignation.
>> Some of the highlights of the affiliate presidents' reports were: Denver,
>> completion of the Red Cross First Aid Classes, the Braille Book Bank, part
>> of the college student materials of the National Braille Association to be
>> located in the NFB of Denver's building at 901 East 17th Avenue, Denver,
>> and shipment of Braille books to underdeveloped countries; Colorado
>> Springs, one of its members who is black and who is one of the top
>> students at her university has raised her family and is competing with
>> some four thousand younger students; Grand Junction, some of its members
>> being certified as lay counselors and in related professions in work with
>> drug and alcohol abuse and mental health; Fort Collins, extensive outdoor
>> activities and musical projects; and Greeley, its efforts to enroll as
>> members students in the special education classes at Northern Colorado
>> University.
>> The delegates voted unanimously to change the name to National Federation
>> of the Blind of Colorado. The convention ended shortly after noon, but the
>> rest of the day was taken up with our efforts to get home through a
>> typical Rocky Mountain Eastern Slope snowstorm which started suddenly
>> about 10 o'clock but by afternoon had made a slushy, slick mess out of
>> most highways and streets.
>> Chip Johnson
>> Technology Instructor
>>
>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
>> Fax: 303.778.1598
>> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
>> Littleton, CO 80120
>>
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>> Chip Johnson
>> Technology Instructor
>>
>> Colorado Center for the Blind
>> Phone: 303.778.1130 Ext: 227
>> Fax: 303.778.1598
>> 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
>> Littleton, CO 80120
>>
>> Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance
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