[sopvid] Re: SOPVID Membership
- From: karim sidi <karimsidi4@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: sopvid <sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:21:01 +0300
On 2/21/14, kamau victor <citrov.amuka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi: if we propose a constitutional amendment to include all who may want to
>
> join, then we may wish to re-look at our objectives and see if we want to
> generalize them. If we resolve to change the constitution---because it would
>
> be nothing short of an amendment, then we must call a meeting specially for
>
> that purpose in compliance with the society's constitution and rules, at
> which we may then effect the amendment. However, my humble advice is that we
>
> must keep the substratum of the society always before our
> eyes?----hands?----minds.
>
> V.M. Kamau Esq. Advocate
> P.O. Box 242-00202 KNH
> Nairobi.
> Tel: +254-715819722
> Email: citrov.amuka@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Fiat Justitia Ruat Coelum
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Reginald Oduor" <rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:39 AM
> Subject: [sopvid] Re: SOPVID Membership
>
>
>> Hello Mr. Juma
>>
>> Your inquiry is timely, and I want to make the following preliminary
>> response:
>> 1. SOPVID was founded primarily to promote professional excellence
>> among professionals with visual disabilities.
>> 2. At the moment, the constitution of the society provides for two
>> types of membership:
>> (a) Full membership, for full professionals with visual disabilities.
>> (b) Associate membership, for students with visual disabilities and
>> for friends and relatives of members.
>>
>> 3. In our most recent AGM held in July 2013, some members felt we
>> should debate this issue anew, with a view to exploring the
>> possibility of allowing full membership to anyone who desires it.
>>
>> I guess we can start this discussion here, and conclude it during our
>> next AGM. What do people think?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Reginald M.J. Oduor, Ph.D.
>> Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nairobi
>> (http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/oduor_reginald)
>> Editor-in-Chief, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical
>> Association of Kenya (http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index)
>> Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
>> Vice-Chairman, Kenya Society for the Blind
>> P.O. Box 41693-00100
>> Nairobi, Kenya
>> Email: rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx OR rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Tel.: 254 20 2160951
>> Mob.: 254 722 625555
>> Skype: reginald.oduor
>>
>> On 2/20/14, Antony Mwakha Juma <antonyjumah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi Reginald Oduor and my dear colleagues who were present when we formed
>>> our
>>> society, i think Reginald has said it all, regarding the question of the
>>> name and the use of "disability" and "visual impairment". for I remember
>>> very well that we had a hot debate on this issue before we unanimously,
>>> for
>>> those who were there settle for the current name. however, something else
>>>
>>> i
>>> am noticing is the admission of members.
>>> I need to be reminded here Reginald, Celestina, Jimmy and Mute and those
>>> who
>>> were there during the formation of SOPVID. I thought we had put a
>>> category
>>> of our membership for both persons with disability and those who were
>>> joining us as "friends" of the society, who were sighted persons.
>>> if my memory has not elapsed, unless this was change in one of those
>>> meetings i did not attend, the SOPVID society was for professionals
>>> mostly
>>> those with a minimum of the first degree and above.
>>> forgive me if i am offending anyone, but I think we need to put things
>>> straight here. what are the qualifications of our membership so that its
>>> clear when one wants to join. if it is for everyone with visual
>>> disability,
>>> then, the word "professional" should be deleted from the name of the
>>> society
>>> to read say: "SOCIETY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY".
>>> Please don't mistake me and think that i am againest anyone joining our
>>> society, but I am sure that our law professionals as Victor and Mute may
>>> advice accordingly, this issue of membership in an organization or
>>> society
>>> if not carefully handled may bring friction at a future date.
>>>
>>> JAM.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sopvid-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Reginald Oduor
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:44 PM
>>> To: sopvid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [sopvid] SOPVID's name
>>>
>>> Hello Joseph Epuu
>>>
>>> Many thanks for your suggestion.
>>>
>>> However, as we were forming the society over ten years ago, we
>>> thoroughly debated the issue and arrived at the present name. Indeed,
>>> both "impairment" and "disability" denote a limitation. I actually
>>> think that each of us must come to terms with our limitation
>>> (disability/impairment/blindness/partial blindness), for then we shall
>>> be more confident as we interact with the world.
>>>
>>>
>>> Warm regards
>>> --
>>> Reginald M.J. Oduor, Ph.D.
>>> Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Nairobi
>>> (http://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/oduor_reginald)
>>> Editor-in-Chief, Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical
>>> Association of Kenya (http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index)
>>> Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
>>> Vice-Chairman, Kenya Society for the Blind
>>> P.O. Box 41693-00100
>>> Nairobi, Kenya
>>> Email: rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx OR rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Tel.: 254 20 2160951
>>> Mob.: 254 722 625555
>>> Skype: reginald.oduor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/19/14, Epuu Elim <elimpuu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Dear members of the society,
>>>>
>>>> indeed, I'm quite exuberated for da cordial hospitality demonstrated
>>>> by sopvid to me. I know i will be on top on technological issues
>>>> related to visual imparement. Colleagues! i wish to propose amendment
>>>> to our name only if it is workable.Suppose we call ourselves a society
>>>> of professionals with visual imparement.Disability denote incapability
>>>> and incapacitation,yet we are equally capable professionals equal to
>>>> the task.
>>>> Technologically, i am still disabled. It is my humble request to the
>>>> society to fully empower me technologically to be able to read with
>>>> others on the same script.
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Epuu Joseph Elim.
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mebar his name is sumson waero is gmail address is
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