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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If we want to send in written participation, we probably ought to have some kind of direction on what to write about. I guess I feel like I would have more purpose in writing
a letter rather than just a meandering letter that broadly talked about ADA accessibility, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I know that there is currently a process of developing mobile apps for tracking buses in Connecticut; I wonder if this can be relevant to such a testimony if we talk about
making sure that those apps are accessible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Are there any other pressing issues that we ought to be talking about if we put in our testimony?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Aloha,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Justin M. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pre-Authorized Contribution Plan Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:President@Alumni.ECU.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">President@Alumni.ECU.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LinkedIn: </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury">https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-salisbury</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">William Butler Yeats</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim McCollum via CT-NFB<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 02, 2017 3:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of CT List <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Jim McCollum <j.mccollum64@comcast.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] Fwd: GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT ADA PARTICIPATION GROUP FORUM - Wednesday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jim Y. McCollum<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">President <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shoreline Chapter <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Connecticut <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Legislative Co-ordinator, NFB of CT <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:j.mccollum64@comcast.net">j.mccollum64@comcast.net</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">860-581-0430 (mobile) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">203-535-1620 (home) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>From:</b> "Sigman, Brian" <<a href="mailto:Brian.Sigman@ct.gov">Brian.Sigman@ct.gov</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 2, 2017 at 4:48:00 PM EST<br>
<b>To:</b> DORS-DL BESB <<a href="mailto:DORS-DLBESB@ct.gov">DORS-DLBESB@ct.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT ADA PARTICIPATION GROUP FORUM - Wednesday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NOTICE</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ADA PARTICIPATION GROUP FORUM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Greater Hartford Transit District will hold a public forum on Wednesday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m. in the Transit District’s Multipurpose Room in
the Union Station Transportation Center, One Union Place, Hartford, Connecticut. Enter the Transportation Center from the north end of the Great Hall or from the outdoor north end entrance of Union Place.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> The forum will include:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">General ADA Update provided to the group by the Director of Paratransit.</span></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none">
<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Public participation related to the ADA Paratransit service. **</span></b><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">** UP TO 48-HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE FORUM, WRITTEN PARTICIPATION RELATED TO THE ADA PARATRANSIT SERVICE MAY BE:
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MAILED TO THE GHTD, ATTN: P. WILLIAMS, ONE UNION PLACE, HARTFORD, CT 06103
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EMAILED TO: <a href="mailto:pwilliams@hartfordtransit.org">
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