[nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB

Sun Aug 6 22:37:52 CDT 2006

what A LOVELY AND MOST GOOFY RESPONSE.

thanks I'm SURE IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MINDSET OF  BOTH ORGANIZATIONS 
OF THE BLIND. I'm MORE CERTAIN THAT nfb IN PARTICULAR PLACES ITS PHILOSOPHY 
OVER ESTABLISHED FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS INCLUDING section 504 OF THE 
rehabilitation act OF 1973. iT IS APPLICABLE IF YOU ALL RECEIVE FEDERAL 
FUNDS AND YOU ALL DO VIS A VIS nEWSLINE, kfb rEADER AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

in OTHER WORDS ALL IF YOU ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS YOU ALL MUST A BIDE BY 
FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS RULES OR FOREGOES THOSE FUNDS AND YOU IN nfb HAVE NOT 
DONE SO.

but I'm WASTING MY WORDS UPON THOSE WHO JUST DON'T FOLLOW THOSE RULES AND 
THOSE WHO THINK ONLY IN PLATITUDES.

mind YOU TO BE FAIR THE BULK OF acb ARE ALSO BRAINWASHED FOLKS WHO WOULDN'T 
KNOW CIVIL RIGHTS IF THEY BIT THEM ON THEIR SORRY BEHINDS!

aND NO, THE TERM "BEHIND" IS NOT PORNOGRAPHIC. iT MEANS THAT YOU AND OTHERS 
ARE BEHIND THE TIMES.

bUT i PRE-EMPT...

sIGH...

jOE
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Wheeler" <awheeler at neb.rr.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB

> They can if you become a nuisance, or spew obscenities and hate speech.
> Now, mind you, I didn't say you *HAVE* done that, but if you ever did, 
> then
> they would have every right to keep you off the list serve at their
> discretion.
>
> Why I say this, so I am clear that I am not singling you out is, for
> example, if a person got on here and wrote sexually explicit messages, or
> talked about killing federationists in gas chambers, or some such thing, 
> the
> list owners would have every right to block that person from the list 
> serve.
> That said, however, who they block is at their discretion, so if you're 
> not
> as bad as the examples I cited above, and yet, disrupt the function of the
> list, then they *STILL* have the right.
>
> It isn't all about legalities.  To me it's about keeping an even keel...a
> smoothly flowing community and not a divisive one going on the list.
>
> Granted, I've seen divisiveness get cut a bit too much slack on this list
> (and I'm not aiming at specific targets here, either), but again, list 
> owner
> discretion. *SMILE*
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "joe harcz" <michiganadapt at peoplepc.com>
> To: <lras at sprynet.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB
>
>
>> iS nfb WILLING TO FOREGOE FEDERAL FUNDING? hARDLY, AND THUS THEY MUST
>> COMPLY
>> WITH DUEL MEMBERSHIP.
>>
>> aND THEY CANNOT BUMP ME FROM THESE LIST SERVES EITHER LEGALLY!
>>
>> jOE
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras at sprynet.com>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 11:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB
>>
>>
>>>I would take this question up with your state president in Arizona.  It
>>> would depend on what this person did or continues to do in support of 
>>> the
>>> ACB, particularly regarding areas where the NFB and ACB don't agree on
>>> the
>>> national or local level.  We have our policy against dual memberships,
>>> and
>>> I
>>> believe it is a sound policy.  On the other hand, we need to be a
>>> welcoming
>>> organization, not treating everybody with suspicion.  The important 
>>> thing
>>> is
>>> that we have a huge amount of work in front of us to change what it 
>>> means
>>> to
>>> be blind.
>>>
>>> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
>>> Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>>> Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of S Farwaneh
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:51 PM
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] ACB members in NFB
>>>>
>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have a question about how to best accommodate active ACB members who
>>>> try
>>>> to join the NFB. My understanding is that NFB policies prohibit ACB/NFB
>>>> dual membership. We have an ACB member in our midst who was informed
>>>> about
>>>> the policy, whereupon she denied her affiliation with ACB. We have
>>>> philosophical differences concerning this issue: Some members believe
>>>> that
>>>> we should take her word for it and allow her to participate fully in 
>>>> NFB
>>>> activities in the hopes that she will ultimately become a functional
>>>> member; others request that her terminated affiliation with ACB be
>>>> verified
>>>> to  ensure that our chapters are not infiltrated by ACB members who
>>>> believe
>>>> that their mission is to 'reform' the NFB.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder if you have a similar experience to report, and what the best
>>>> strategy is to expand our membership without jeopardizing our 
>>>> philosophy
>>>> and policies.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Samira Farwaneh
>>>> Tucson Chapter, NFBA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Samira Farwaneh
>>>> Assistant Professor, Arabic Language and Linguistics
>>>> Department of Near Eastern Studies
>>>> Department of Linguistics
>>>> Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program
>>>> Louise Foucar Marshall Building
>>>> 845 N Park Avenue, Room 440
>>>> PO BOX 210158B
>>>> University of Arizona
>>>> Tucson, Arizona  85721-0158B
>>>> Phone: (520) 621-8629 Or 621-8012
>>>> Fax: (520) 621-2333
>>>
>>>
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