<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div id="yiv0334835310"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469189548467_2820"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469189548467_2819" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><div id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_27061">Good morning Adriana,</div><div id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26532"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26369">Welcome to our family, I wish to add my congratulations along with Justin's, allow me to introduce myself my name is Rich McGaffin, although I've taken a sort of step back from the NFB of CT, I still am a strong believer in the dream. I will always be a Federationist in spirit if not in a physically.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_27060"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26622">I am some what different than your average member, I dance to my own beat and some times I maybe a bit of a renegade. But the NFB has taught me a lot.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26651"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26944">I grew up in a large family and there fore I wasn't sheltered. Constant tests by siblings and friends to push myself beyond most limits that we're supposed to live by. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26945"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_27031">However I've learned from my Federation family that unity and the willingness to stand together, for a cause, has made me a better man, or at least I hope it has.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469189548467_2933" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469189548467_2934" dir="ltr">be cool & good luck if you should need my help in anyway, please feel free to e-mail me, or you can find me on face book. <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Congrats & welcome</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_27032">Rich <br clear="none"> </div><div id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26175"><span></span></div> <div class="yiv0334835310qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26341"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class=".yiv0334835310yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26201" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> <div id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26200" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26339"><font id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26340" face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 11:53 AM, Justin Salisbury via Ct-nfb <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv0334835310y_msg_container" id="yiv0334835310yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1469185713453_26199">Dear Adriana,<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv0334835310yqt7100576343" id="yiv0334835310yqtfd22344"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Congratulations on becoming a member of the National Federation of the Blind. With 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is working to raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations create barriers between blind people and our dreams. The wealth of this organization is not in any bank account; it is in the talent and heart of our membership. It is impossible to give the Federation more than I gain from my work here because it always comes back to me exponentially. Together with love, hope, and determination, we are transforming dreams into reality. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Again, congratulations on becoming a member of the national Federation of the Blind.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Yours,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Justin Salisbury<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<br clear="none">Committee on Automobile and Pedestrian Safety<br clear="none">National Federation of the Blind<br clear="none">Email: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</a><br clear="none">LinkedIn: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury </a> <br clear="none">Twitter: @SalisburyJustin<br clear="none"> <br clear="none">"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." <br clear="none"><br clear="none">William Butler Yeats<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Ct-nfb [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] On Behalf Of adrijana prokopenko via Ct-nfb<br clear="none">Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 7:36 AM<br clear="none">Cc: adrijana prokopenko <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com">adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">Subject: [Ct-nfb] Just became an NFB member<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hi all,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> I guess some of you know me from previous emails, but wanted to let you know that I just became an NFB member at large. Even though I live far away, the feeling is awesome and I hope to be doing some great things for the organization. For those that do not know much about me, my name is Adrijana and I am a blind lady of 37 and a teacher of English from Macedonia. I would be glad to connect to NFB members from other parts of the world and exchange ideas and make friends at the same time, so if you or others you know would like to email me, my email address is:<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com">adrijana.prokopenko@gmail.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Ct-nfb mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ct-nfb:<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/president%40alumni.ecu.edu">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/president%40alumni.ecu.edu</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Ct-nfb mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">Ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br clear="none">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ct-nfb:<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/rmcgaffin%40snet.net">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/rmcgaffin%40snet.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv0334835310yqt7100576343" id="yiv0334835310yqtfd37357"> </div></div><div class="yiv0334835310yqt7100576343" id="yiv0334835310yqtfd93015"> </div></div><div class="yiv0334835310yqt7100576343" id="yiv0334835310yqtfd36671"> </div></div></div></body></html>