[Ct-nfb] We Will Get What We Want

Fri May 22 13:25:07 UTC 2015

Thank you Rich.  Rockets tickets would make a great Father's Day gift.

On Friday, May 22, 2015, Richard McGaffin via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Good morning friends;
>
> I hope I'm not too late to make this phone call. Justin I must admit
> although I did make a phone call before, and sent an e-mail at your
> request, I was a bit unsure of this issue. However, now that I now that you
> say a guide dog school has joined the fight, I now know that it's not at
> the request of the schools, and I'm with this 100% I would like to make one
> suggestion though. There are a lot of dog guide users & members of the
> Federation that are not on the list serve, perhaps you are, a designated
> caller, can call each chapter president and ask them to make calls to their
> members, and ask for them to call as well. I would volentier but I don't
> have all distance, and I am saving my calling card for legislative or
> committee calls. Just an idea, and I will make my phone call this moring.
>
> Ss you know I have stepped down as hapter president, and our new president
> lives in Bridgeport which is out of my calling range.
> Rich
>
>
>
>
>   On Thursday, May 21, 2015 8:03 PM, stanley torow via Ct-nfb <
> ct-nfb at nfbnet.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ct-nfb at nfbnet.org');>>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>  I left a phone message for  Sue Driscoll last week. keep us updated on
> the results of the bill.
> Eileen torow
>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 09:50 AM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb wrote:
>
>
>
> Hey everybody,
>
>  Sorry about that! The copying and pasting of email addresses was
> completely unintentional. From an iPhone, it may be that it doesn't show up
> as it recognize the email address because, quite frankly, it isn't a
> complete email address!
>
> If you all want to send things to the address that he posted, go for it.
> Please make sure that you do something!
>
>  Only if you want to see guide dogs taken out of this bill, that is…
>
>  Have a good one!
>
>  Justin
>
> Sent from the iPhone of
>
> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
> Graduate Student
> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
> Louisiana Tech University
> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','President at Alumni.ECU.edu');>
> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
>
>
>   *First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—*
> *Because I was not a Socialist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—*
> *Because I was not a Trade Unionist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— *
> *Because I was not a Jew. *
>
> *Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.*
>
> Martin Niemöller
>
>
> On May 20, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Nathanael T. Wales <ntwales at omsoft.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ntwales at omsoft.com');>> wrote:
>
>   Justin,
>
> In the original message you sent, asking us to call the committee,
> immediately below the phone number appeared the following e-mail address:
> apptestimony at cga.ct <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','apptestimony at cga.ct');>
> which, depending on your e-mail client, could be clicked on to begin
> drafting a message.  Because of some formatting weirdness thanks to
> Microsoft, I had trouble copying and pasting it here and in the process
> realized that this is only part of a proper e-mail address (no e-mail
> address I know of could end in “.ct” as opposed to “.com”, “.org”, or “.
> ct.us” or “ca.us”).
>
> Thank you, though, for clarifying for us that you’d rather us call.  In
> fact I saw your message just as I was sitting down to draft an e-mail
> copying my senator and assemblywoman.
>
> I’ll call tomorrow, and I hope everyone on this list who didn’t call today
> does so tomorrow.
>
> Thanks for your hard work on this!  Your drive and principle and
> willingness to help others shows well here especially since this issue may
> seem to have less an effect on you as it may for many other colleagues and
> friends.
>
> Nathanael
>
>  *From:* Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org');>] *On Behalf
> Of *Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 10:26 PM
> *To:* NFB of Connecticut Mailing List
> *Cc:* Justin Salisbury
> *Subject:* Re: [Ct-nfb] We Will Get What We Want
>
>  Hey Joyce,
>
>  I really appreciate having you active in this fight. I went back and
> reread my email, and I can't see where I did put an email address that
> people were supposed to use. Your screen access software may be focusing in
> on the physical address or the phone number. I do not have an email address
> to use it this time, but I think that's a good thing. I like phone calls
> because they are quick, and you can't sit there overanalyzing them while
> you're doing them.
>
>
>   If you find an email address, please go ahead and share it, but I'm all
> for the phone calls right now.
>
>
>   Have a great night!
>
>
>   By the way, while you all are sleeping tonight, I am going to be
> polishing up a research proposal for an experiment to measure the adults
> capacity to improve braille literacy. As a movement, we are doing great
> things!
>
>  Sent from the iPhone of
>
> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
> Graduate Student
> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
> Louisiana Tech University
> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','President at Alumni.ECU.edu');>
> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
>
>
>  *First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—*
> *Because I was not a Socialist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—*
> *Because I was not a Trade Unionist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— *
> *Because I was not a Jew. *
>
> *Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.*
>
> Martin Niemöller
>
>
> On May 20, 2015, at 6:32 PM, blindhands--- via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ct-nfb at nfbnet.org');>> wrote:
>
>  Can you please give me the entire email address to send this to?
>   When I press enter on the email address nothing happens and when I try
> copy & pasting it, nothing happens.
>
> Thank  you,
>
> Joyce
>  *From:* Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ct-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org');>] *On Behalf
> Of *Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:41 PM
> *To:* 'ct-nfb at nfbnet.org
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ct-nfb at nfbnet.org');>'
> *Cc:* Justin Salisbury
> *Subject:* [Ct-nfb] We Will Get What We Want
>
> Fellow Federationists:
>
> Do you want to see guide dogs taken out of SB 234?
>
> If enough of us do actually want it, we will get it done.
>
> The bill was referred six days ago to the Committee on Appropriations,
> which means we have another round of calls to make. If we call the office
> of:
>
> Appropriations Committee
> ·         Legislative Office Building, Room 2700
> ·         Hartford, CT 06106
> ·            (860) 240‑0390
>    <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','apptestimony at cga.ct.gov');>
>
> …and if we tell them that we want guide dogs taken out of this bill, we
> stand a good chance.
>
> Here’s the secret, though:
>
> If we want to get this done, we can’t sit back and hope that other people
> will do it. We have to do it as individuals. I used to put things like this
> on the back burner with the hope that I’d get to it sooner or later, and
> then I’d stumble across my reminder note to do it when it was too late.
> Please take just a minute to call the Appropriations Committee. It will pay
> off!
>
> Many of us have been working diligently so far, and we need to keep that
> up. If more of our members join in the fight, we might actually win.
>
> We’ve got a guide dog school coming out against the bill, and it’s great
> to have them on our side.
>
> Let’s keep at it!
>
> Yours always,
>
> Justin
>
> Justin Salisbury - Running Thunder Phoenix
> Graduate Student
> Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness
> Louisiana Tech University
> Email: President at Alumni.ECU.edu
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','President at Alumni.ECU.edu');>
> Twitter: @SalisburyJustin
>
> *First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—*
> *Because I was not a Socialist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— *
> *Because I was not a Trade Unionist. *
>
> *Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— *
> *Because I was not a Jew. *
>
> *Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. *
>
> Martin Niemöller
>
>
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