[Cagdu] California state board of guide dogs

[Tina Thomas]

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YOU AND YOUR GUIDE DOG FEATURES A PRESENTATION BY CALIFORNIA'S STATE
BOARD OF GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND, WEDNESDAY NOV. 14, 2012, 8 PM EST, THE
GUIDE DOG ROOM: <http://WWW.ACCESSIBLEWORLD.ORG> WWW.ACCESSIBLEWORLD.ORG

NEWSWIRE:

California is the only State in the Union with a State Guide Dog Board.
This Board is the licensing agency within the Department of Consumer Affairs
which licenses California's three guide dog schools and their instructors.

On or about the year 1948, we had 21 so-called guide dog schools in
California. At that time, blind persons could get guide dogs through the
mail and with Braille manuals for training purposes. Some of our pioneers in
the blindness movement sought legislation to create this much needed Board.

The Board cut the schools down to three which we have today. 

Our presenters today will be Board President Eric Holm and the Executive
Officer, Antonette Sorric.

Please read more about these fine people below.

Board President Eric Holm, after serving as a volunteer, speaker, and
independent consultant with Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., was appointed by
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the State Board of Guide Dogs for the
Blind, on October 29, 2008 and elected Board President on October 25, 2010.
Holm graduated from Saint Mary's College (BA), San Francisco Law School
(JD), and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Holm served as a
Federal Adjudications Officer for the US. Department of Justice and the U.S
Department of Homeland Security. Holm also held the position of Vice
President and Chief Stewart of the American Federation of Government
Employees Local 1616. Holm actively engages as a member of the National
Federation of the Blind and the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors.
Presently, Holm also serves on the City of San Rafael Park & Recreation
Commission and the City's ADA & Accessibility Advisory Committee, educating
and advancing the rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities.
Ford, Holm's beautiful Yellow Labrador, nurtured and trained at Guide Dogs
for the Blind, assists him in living life to the fullest.

Executive Officer, Antonette Sorrick has served as Deputy Director for Board
Relations for the Department of Consumer Affairs since 2005. Prior to that,
she was the Department's Assistant Deputy Director for the Consumer and
Community Relations Division. She has also served as a policy and research
manager for the California Building Industry Association.

For more information, visit us on the web at
<http://www.guidedogboard.ca.gov/> www.guidedogboard.ca.gov 

Hosts: Robert and Ruth ann Acosta

E-Mail: <mailto:boacosta at pacbell.net> boacosta at pacbell.net

Date: Wednesday, November 14 2012 

Time: 5:00 PM PST, 6:00 PM MSt, 7:00 PM CST, 8:00 PM EST 

and elsewhere in the world Thursday 01:00 GMT.

Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to the Accessible
World Guide Dog Users Room at: 

<http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs2ccabdfcfd3a>
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs2ccabdfcfd3a

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Select The Accessible World Guide Dog users Room at:
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