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<DIV>There seems to be a lot of questions about who created this list and why. Also, why our members' email addresses were included. On Monday, I sent out a general email to everyone stating that the office had decided to create this list serve as a way to keep us all connected (I have pasted a copy of it below this email). I would use this list to disseminate emails that would usually come from the office...such as "The Federationist", legislative alerts, messages from our National Office, etc. By implementing this list, we have also given chapters an opportunity to keep people in the affiliate informed as to their activities. And, individuals now have a forum to network with other members about issues concerning blindness and their daily lives.</DIV>
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<DIV>Over the years, I have accumulated a list of members and interested people who have indicated that they would like to receive emails from our office. Any of these emails were included in Monday's email from my office email, and they were also included in our list serve. While I understand the initial frustration with all the activity this list has generated over the past couple of days, I'd urge you all to be patient and remain on the list. If you remove yourself, you will not be receiving emails from us at all. I will no longer be sending general emails to all of you from the office email address, and each chapter contact person will no longer be forwarding emails either. We will work to remove emails of those who requested it as soon as possible.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you have further questions, please consider asking our moderator Justin Salisbury at <A href="mailto:salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu" target=_blank>salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu</A> or myself at <A href="mailto:llee@nfbct.org" target=_blank>llee@nfbct.org</A> rather than addressing the whole list. Please remember that when you hit 'reply' to any emails that you receive from our list, you are responding to the whole list, not just one person.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,<BR>Lucia Lee</DIV>
<DIV>NFB of CT</DIV>
<DIV>860-289-1971</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:llee@nfbct.org" target=_blank>llee@nfbct.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dear all,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut is developing an listserv to provide better communication between our members and friends, and our chapters and divisions. This list will be used to provide information about issues of importance to the blind, news from our Affiliate and the National Office, job openings in the State of Connecticut, as well as announcements of the activities of our chapters, the affiliate and the NFB. Our moderator will be Justin Salisbury; he can be reached at <A href="mailto:salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu" target=_blank _onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=salisburyj08%40students.ecu.edu');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=salisburyj08%40students.ecu.edu');}; return false;">salisburyj08@students.ecu.edu</A>. You have, in the past, received forwarded electronic information from our office email addresses or a chapter contact email address. Such information will now be coming from <A href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target=_blank _onclick="if(window.location==top.location){Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=ct-nfb%40nfbnet.org');}else{top.Popup.composeWindow('pcompose.php?sendto=ct-nfb%40nfbnet.org');}; return false;"><FONT color=#0000ff>ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV>
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