[Home-on-the-Range] Request for action on Senate bill 284

[Andrew Crane]

Here is my response. Thank you Tabor for the information. Here is my
document. I will talk to you real soon.

Andrew Crane
Guiding Paws ICT

8923 West 17th St N
Wichita KS 67212
Mobile- 316-993-7861
Email - Mail to:acrane1226 at gmail.com



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On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 1:46 PM Rob Tabor via Home-on-the-Range <
home-on-the-range at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings, colleagues, comrades and cohorts,
>
> As you probably know, the 2024 session of the Kansas legislature is well
> underway. Additionally, you probably recall that last year Senate Ville
> 284, which provides for sponsorship of our Newsline service through the
> state universal service fund with administrative support by the Kansas
> talking book library program, was introduced and assigned to the Senate
> utilities committee. Because the bill was not acted upon in 2023, the bill
> will carry over for action in the same committee during this year‘s
> legislative session.
>
> It is anticipated that the bill will be coming up for hearing in the
> committee very soon, possibly within the coming week. Therefore, we urge
> you to prepare written testimonies and support of the bill. We are advised
> by Senator Mary Ware that no large physical presence in the hearing room
> will be necessary, and instead, we are advised to submit, written
> testimony. If you prepare testimony last year, in anticipation of a
> scheduled hearing that did not materialize and have saved the document,
> your work is already done. You simply need to remember to convert it to PDF
> format for submission
>
> Here are some pointers to remember as you prepar e your testimonies.
>
> • be sure to write “written testimony only” near the top of your document
> so that the committee assistant will not list you as a proponent testifying
> in person.
> • specify that you are a proponent of SB 284.
> • be sure to mention that you are a Kansas resident. You may list your
> full address if you wish, but remember that once your testimony is
> submitted, it becomes a matter of public record. A good solution for
> assuring legislators of your Kansas residency while preserving a measure of
> personal privacy is to state your county of residence.
>
> •  state concisely what Newsline means to you. For example, you may use
> your Newsline subscription to keep abreast of local rnews and  events ,
> check for emergency weather alerts  for job listings.
>
>
> • limit your testimony to one page. Remember, brevity is the salt of Wit.
> You may use the following templatewh meets all of these guidelines.
>
> Before the Kansas Senate Utilities committee
> Re. S.B. 284
> Proponent testimony of (your name), (county name)  County Kansas
>
> Written testimony only
>
> Mr. chairmam and committee members,
>
> I urge you to vote yes on the above referenced bill. I use NFB Newsline
> regularly to (statement of purpose).
>
> Thank you for this opportunity to testify on this very important matter.
>
> Be sure to check this list. Serve for an alert as to the date and time of
> the hearing. At that time you will receive specific instructions as to how
> to submit your testimony. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Tom Page or
> myself if you need help preparing your testimony.
>
> Best regards,
> Rob Tabor, | first vice president/legislative, directlegislative Director
> national Federation of the blind of Kansas.
> (785) 865-9959
> Rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net
>
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