From: Pete Donahue 
Subject: Re: MR. MAGOO CONCERNS
Hello Matt and listers,
I for one am getting a little sick and tired of people making such charges
about this organization; especially when they don't have all the facts.
The truth is that at this year's convention we had a number of seminars
and workshops dealing with both employment and technology.  There were
also were a number of presenters that spoke on these items during the
general sessions.  If you were at the convention you would have seen this
for yourself.  The truth is that you have a money making opportunity in
your hands that if you got off of it and started making it happen for
yourself you could join us in Dallas nest year and learn what the NFB is,
doing to help blind persons across the board right from the horses mouth,
and not from his rear end.  
For one thing I was elected sEcretary of the newly formed National
Association of Blind Entrumprenures; an organization that seeks to help
those bolind persons who want to do so to start and grow their own
businesses.  Now if that isn't helping blind persons whare employment is
concerned I don't know what is.  My advice once again is to get your
business up and running and youwill have the money tocome to National
Events and to visit your friends all around the country whenever you want,
and you willnot be religated to just having to see them at NFb
gatherings.  If you want to know that the FEderationis doing whare all
aspects of blindness are concerned get your information from your local
chapter, and/or state affiliate and let's not forget our National Center
for the blind.  You know that in your business you are taught that if you
want to be successfull you must take help from those wyho have done what
you want to do, and not from someone who is still in the rut.  Apply that
same phillosophy toward this organization.  If you want to know that is
being done in the Federation on any and all matters of concern to the
blind consult your state and national leaders, and not those who have
nother better to do than to sit on the side lines and throw stones.
Well on that note Mary and I are going dream building tonight.  Take care
and have a good weekend.
Peter Donahue
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