<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Good morning Kansas Federation family, I hope everyone has had an enjoyable holiday season and are well refreshed and ready to get back to the work of the Federation. for starters, I am forwarding a message from our national policy team, announcing the first legislative training tomorrow evening at 7:00 PM CST. The message contains the zoom link which will enable you to join to the training.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">In addition, we will be conducting a first ever combined state and national national legislative training session on our state zoom platform on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM. We especially encourage members of our state legislative team and those who will be attending the 2024 Washington seminar to join our state legislative training, although both the national and state trainings are open to all. The zoom link for the state level training will be coming at a later time.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Rob Tabor | first vice president/legislative Director national Federation of the blind of Kansas</div><div dir="ltr">(785) 865-9959</div><div dir="ltr">Rob.tabor@sbcglobal.net</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Walls, Kyle via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> December 22, 2023 at 2:48:58 PM CST<br><b>To:</b> State Presidents <StatePresidents@nfb.org>, nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> "Walls, Kyle" <KWalls@nfb.org>, "President, National Federation of the Blind" <OfficeOfThePresident@nfb.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFB-Legislative-Directors] Washington Seminar Hotel Update and Training Schedule</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">With just 38 days left until the 2024 Great Gathering-in and the official start of the Washington Seminar, we are working feverishly to make sure everything goes smoothly. Unfortunately, we’ve hit a few bumps in the road regarding the hotel
room block. At the moment, our block is once again full. We have asked the hotel if there is the possibility of one more expansion to get us through the December 31 reservation deadline, but have not yet heard back. As always, we will keep you updated with
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<p class="MsoNormal">In more positive news, the 2024 fact sheets have been added to our
<a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar">Washington Seminar page</a>. At the moment they are available in HTML and Word formats, but we plan to have BRF and audio files for each of the three fact sheets available in the coming
weeks. We recommend you review all of the sheets in detail to fully prepare yourselves for the 2024 Washington Seminar.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, I wanted to reiterate the training schedule in the weeks leading up to the 2024 Washington Seminar. Our first training will be Wednesday, January 3, and it is our in-depth legislative priorities training where we will discuss the
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act, the Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act, and the Blind Americans Return to Work Act in great detail. It would be a perfect opportunity for you to ask that really insightful question about one, or
more, of the bills that has been nagging at you since you reviewed all three of the fact sheets *<b>hint, hint</b>*. The Zoom information for the January 3 training is:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The schedule for the remaining three training sessions is below. All trainings, including the one above, will take place at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, January 9 – Mock Meeting Training #1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, January 11 – Washington Seminar Portal Training<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, January 16 – Mock Meeting Training #2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As always, thank you all for everything that you do to move the Federation forward. 2023 has been a great year, and we look forward to an even better 2024. Wishing all of you a happy holidays, and a wonderful new year.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle Walls<o:p></o:p></p>
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