<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426926537671_25427" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426926537671_25426">Darian,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426926537671_21068" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426926537671_21069">I would love to be part of the planning committee, but.... As the Wisconsin state Co-Legislative Director I have had to cut back my activities with your division to concentrate on the assault by the Wisconsin Governor and Legislature on our community. This Governor and his legislative friends are trying to cut out and/ or combine different state departments to streamline and cut expenses. In the process, students, seniors and the disabled are paying a terrible cost in lost programs and state funds that used to go into these programs and state departments. I think, in his quest for the Presidency, Governor has "screwed the pooch" on this one. He has woken three sleeping communities (giants) that he should not have. Those being the University of Wisconsin establishment and students, seniors and the disabled and handicapped community and it's supporters. We expected him to fight the unions, but this... So now we are pooling are resources to try and stop all these budget cuts. We are visiting every legislator and forming alliances with as many groups as we can. We can not stop the budget from being passed or the Governor signing it. We can put a lot of pressure on each representative and state senator, by letting them know, if they back this budget, that they will have opposition to their re-elect that they have never seen before and wished they had not. So, forgive me if I get a little distracted from what I have been doing in the committees of your division I have been involved in.. I will try to keep up in the activities that I am active in now, be it fund-raising, membership out-reach or assigned topics to be written on. I just can't see me having the time or energy to work on planning also.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Warmest Regards,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Tom Peralta</span></div> <br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, March 20, 2015 7:20 PM, Darian Smith via Community-service <community-service@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv0306835011"><div>All:<div class="yiv0306835011"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011"> The Convention Planning Committee of the Community Service Division will meet this Sunday, March 22 at 8PM Eastern Time.</div><div class="yiv0306835011"> On this call we will start to think about the type of presence we wish to have at convention.</div><div class="yiv0306835011"> Here is what we have thus far(keep in mind that this only includes activities that we plan to have in the hotel ):</div><div class="yiv0306835011">1. Community Service Division Seminar</div><div class="yiv0306835011">2. trivia night </div><div class="yiv0306835011">3. exhibit all presence. </div><div class="yiv0306835011"> </div><div class="yiv0306835011"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011"> We’ll primarily focus on what we’ll want to have take place during the seminar, the format of the trivia night and the feasibility of a exhibit hall table vs alternatives to having it.</div><div class="yiv0306835011"> As this is a planning call, all those who wish to take part in the planning are most welcome to this call, where discussion and decisions will start.</div><div class="yiv0306835011"> call in- information is as follows: (712)432-0140 code: 808277 </div><div class="yiv0306835011"> Many Thanks,</div><div class="yiv0306835011"> Darian </div><br class="yiv0306835011"><br class="yiv0306835011"><div class="yiv0306835011">
<div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="text-indent: 0px; -ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="text-indent: 0px; -ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="-ms-word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Darian Smith</div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">President, <span class="yiv0306835011">National Federation of the Blind</span><span class="yiv0306835011"> Community</span><span class="yiv0306835011"> Service Division</span></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0306835011"><a class="yiv0306835011" href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a></span><span class="yiv0306835011"> </span></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">(415)215-9809</div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"> twitter: @goldengateace</div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Connect with the Community Service Division </div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Facebook: search for “NFB Community Service Division”.</div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;">Twitter:@NFBCSDivision</div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><div class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">blindness is not what holds you back.</span><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011"><br class="yiv0306835011"></span></div><div class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">La National Federation of the Blind sabe que la ceguera no es la</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">característica que define tu futuro o a ti. Todos los días elevamos las</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">expectativas de los ciegos, porque las bajas expectativas crean obstáculos</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">entre los ciegos y su futuro. Puedes vivir la vida que queres, la ceguera</span><br class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011">no te lo impide.</span><br class="yiv0306835011"></div><div class="yiv0306835011"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="yiv0306835011" size="3"><font class="yiv0306835011" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> “”...The challenges we face will not be solved with one meeting in one night. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.</font></font></div><div class="yiv0306835011"><span class="yiv0306835011" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font class="yiv0306835011" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek...” -Barack Obama </font></span><span class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 26px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"> </span></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span class="yiv0306835011" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> Your unwanted vehicle can be just what the blind need to make possibilities reality. </span></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><blockquote class="yiv0306835011" type="cite">Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br class="yiv0306835011">For more information, please visit: <a class="yiv0306835011" href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call 1-855-659-9314<br class="yiv0306835011"></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv0306835011" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal;"><br class="yiv0306835011"></div></div></div><br class="yiv0306835011Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="yiv0306835011Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="yiv0306835011Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="yiv0306835011Apple-interchange-newline">
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