[Mt-blind] NFB of Montana

[Joe & Flo]

Hey Jim, thanks again for enlightening us on these items. I never understood 
why any blind person sould be anti-nfb. I'm beginning to get the picture. 
Wish more people would open their eyes  and forget such picky attitudes.
    Having observed Lelia Proctor's work and attitude toward her work here 
in the Flathead long before I lost my eyesight. I don't see any evidence 
that she would approve of such negative thoughts and actions.
    There usually two sides to every story; but a positive attitude is 
always more productive than the negative. But closed ears, and negative 
attitudes have never been productive.  That old argument of the uses of the 
words "of and for" can be argued until Kingdom comes, with no production 
whatever.  As the kids say today, "Know what I mean?"
Remember when Flathead hkad two chapters? I do.
Regards, Flo
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Marks" <blind.grizzly at gmail.com>
To: "'Montana Association for the Blind List'" <mt-blind at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: [Mt-blind] NFB of Montana


> The MAB/NFB of Montana is a democratic organization that is governed by
> majority votes at convention, and, when not in convention, by majority 
> votes
> on the board.  It's important to respect the majority will, but it's also
> important to influence it as best we can.
>
> If you are reading between the lines in these exchanges, you will see that
> some of us get pretty defensive about the status quo.  Anyone with half a
> brain can see that this name debate is a threat to some, and there will be 
> a
> huge fight should the issue ever come before the organization.
>
> Oddly enough, the name issue is just one of many issues.  Another one, 
> which
> is much larger in my mind, is the conflict between the Summer Orientation
> Program and the national convention.  For those of you who don't know, 
> much
> toxic attention is directed towards the NFB out of the SOP.  That's 
> because
> NFB oriented members are at national and cannot lend a hand with the SOP.
> The schedule conflict creates an imbalance of opinion, and people become
> convinced of one way without the benefit of hearing other ideas.  We 
> should
> mix it up better than we do so that people could hear all sides of the
> story.  I would love to spend time at the SOP talking about philosophy and
> showing people how to use the alternative techniques of the blind.  I 
> would
> love the chance to confront the silliness and meanness that sometimes 
> comes
> out of the SOP when there are no checks and balances within its 
> operations.
> The SOP is very important, and I hope it continues providing services, so
> please don't turn my words into an attack on the SOP.  I am, however,
> attacking the schedule.  And please don't counter with the idea that
> national should change its schedule.  About 3,000 people go to national, 
> and
> the SOP involves approximately 35 folks.  The schedule hurts the MAB/NFB 
> of
> Montana, and it hurts us badly.
>
> Now I'm going to go out in the field and try killing an elk.  Guess I 
> really
> am a Montanan, eh?
> Thanks for listening!
>
> Jim Marks
> blind.grizzly at GMail.com
>
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