<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Hi everyone, although not everyone in our chapter will be going to Washington seminar, it's important all of us keep up on these legislative issues. We will use these at a future chapter meeting, so please take the time to read the attached files.</DIV>
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<DIV>Beth<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 1/16/11, Dr. <SPAN>JW</SPAN> Smith <I><jwsmithnfb@frontier.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Dr. <SPAN>JW</SPAN> Smith <jwsmithnfb@frontier.com><BR>Subject: [Ohio-talk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Fwd: RE: Important Information Regarding the 2011 Washington Seminar<BR>To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org>, "Seifarth, Mark" <Mark.Seifarth@dodd.ohio.gov>, "Sandy Sommers" <snappydog@ameritech.net><BR>Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 11:47 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>fyi<BR><BR>jw<BR><BR>Dr. J. Webster Smith<BR>President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<BR>P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458<BR>Phone Number - 740-592-6326<BR>"Changing What it Means to be Blind"<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "David Andrews" <<A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dandrews@visi.com" ymailto="mailto:dandrews@visi.com">dandrews@visi.com</A>><BR>To: <<A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=nfbaffiliatepresidents@nfbnet.org" ymailto="mailto:nfbaffiliatepresidents@nfbnet.org">nfbaffiliatepresidents@nfbnet.org</A>><BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:07 PM<BR>Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Fwd: RE: Important Information Regarding <BR>the 2011 Washington Seminar<BR><BR><BR>><BR>>><BR>>>The following message is from Jesse Hartle (<A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jhartle@nfb.org"
ymailto="mailto:jhartle@nfb.org">jhartle@nfb.org</A>):<BR>>><BR>>>Fellow Federationists:<BR>>><BR>>>I am writing to you to let you know that the fact sheets for the<BR>>>2011 Washington Seminar are now on the NFB Web site. They can be<BR>>>found on the "NFB 2011 Washington Seminar" page at<BR>>><<A href="http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp" target=_blank>http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp</A>><A href="http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp" target=_blank>http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp</A>.<BR>>>For your convenience, the fact sheets are also attached to this<BR>>>e-mail. The hot issues for the 2011 seminar are:<BR>>><BR>>>1. Advocating for the Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind;<BR>>>2. Advocating for legislation to establish an independent<BR>>>commission to set standards for the education of all
blind children<BR>>>in America; and<BR>>>3. Advocating for the Americans with Disabilities Business Opportunity <BR>>>Act.<BR>>><BR>>>Please review these fact sheets in preparation for your appointments<BR>>>during Washington Seminar. Lauren McLarney and I would like to<BR>>>conduct a series of conference calls in two weeks to discuss these issues.<BR>>><BR>>>We are scheduling three nights for conference calls and would like<BR>>>one expert from each state, D.C., and Puerto Rico to attend. As the<BR>>>affiliate president, you should designate who will represent your<BR>>>affiliate--either you or someone else, as you wish. If you are not<BR>>>attending Washington Seminar this year, we strongly urge your<BR>>>participation in these calls so that you can make sure to bring<BR>>>vital information back to your affiliate about our
legislative<BR>>>priorities. The days and times of the conference calls are:<BR>>><BR>>>Monday evening: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time);<BR>>>Tuesday evening: 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time); and<BR>>>Wednesday evening: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).<BR>>><BR>>>We are assigning particular days to each affiliate, but you should<BR>>>feel free to choose a different day if the day assigned does not fit<BR>>>your schedule. We want a distribution of affiliates that is<BR>>>manageable on a conference call so that everyone can easily<BR>>>participate, but we are absolutely not rigorous about the<BR>>>assignments. If the time assigned does not work, we only ask that<BR>>>you e-mail Lauren or me, telling us which time you will choose.<BR>>><BR>>>For Monday, January 24, 2011: Alabama, Connecticut, District of<BR>>>Columbia, Georgia,
Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New<BR>>>York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South<BR>>>Carolina, and Virginia.<BR>>><BR>>>For Tuesday, January 25, 2011: Alaska, Arizona, California,<BR>>>Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,<BR>>>Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,<BR>>>Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.<BR>>><BR>>>For Wednesday, January 26, 2011: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,<BR>>>Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey,<BR>>>North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wyoming.<BR>>><BR>>>The conference call dial-in number is (888) 205-5513, and the<BR>>>participant code is 413146. Again, if the assigned day will not<BR>>>work for you, feel free to pick among the other two and let us
know<BR>>>that you have chosen a different day.<BR>>><BR>>>Finally, as you confirm Congressional appointments, you are<BR>>>encouraged to e-mail the date, the time, and whether the member of<BR>>>Congress is expected to attend the meeting, so the exceptional<BR>>>Mercury Room team can provide it to our governmental affairs<BR>>>staff. The e-mail address is<BR>>><mailto:<A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hillappointments@nfb.org" ymailto="mailto:hillappointments@nfb.org">hillappointments@nfb.org</A>><A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hillappointments@nfb.org" ymailto="mailto:hillappointments@nfb.org">hillappointments@nfb.org</A>.<BR>>><BR>>>If you have questions, I have included my contact information at the<BR>>>bottom of this message. I look forward to seeing all of you at<BR>>>Washington Seminar as we work toward passage of
these crucial<BR>>>issues. Once again, thank you in advance for all of your hard work.<BR>>><BR>>>Jesse M. Hartle<BR>>>Government Programs Specialist<BR>>>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<BR>>>Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2233<BR>>>E-mail: <A href="http://us.mc1140.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jhartle@nfb.org" ymailto="mailto:jhartle@nfb.org">jhartle@nfb.org</A><BR>>><BR>>>JMH/kk<BR>>><BR>>>Attachments<BR>>><BR>>>Content-Type: application/msword; name="2011-03 Americans with <BR>>>Disabilities"<BR>>> Business Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc"<BR>>>Content-Description: 2011-03 Americans with Disabilities Business<BR>>> Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc<BR>>>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="2011-03 Americans with"<BR>>> Disabilities Business Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc";
size=162304;<BR>>> creation-date="Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:06:33 GMT";<BR>>> modification-date="Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:23:30 GMT"<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Content-Type: application/msword;<BR>>> name="2011-02 Ensuring Equal Education for Blind Children<BR>>> Fact Sheet.doc"<BR>>>Content-Description: 2011-02 Ensuring Equal Education for Blind Children<BR>>> Fact Sheet.doc<BR>>>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="2011-02 Ensuring Equal <BR>>>Education"<BR>>> for Blind Children Fact Sheet.doc"; size=163840;<BR>>> creation-date="Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:57:17 GMT";<BR>>> modification-date="Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:20:27
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