<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 afternoon Kansas Federation family, I am forwarding this message with links to the first Washington seminar issues training as well as to the next training coming up this Tuesday evening at 7:00 PM local time. on a related matter, I need to advise you that the statewide combined legislative and national legislative training originally scheduled for this coming Wednesday has been moved to the following Wednesday, January 17. This scheduling change was made to avoid the conflict that would’ve occurred with the south Central chapter meeting. your your zoom invitation will be coming soon.</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> January 4, 2024 at 8:31:20 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> State Presidents <StatePresidents@nfb.org>, NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> "Walls, Kyle" <KWalls@nfb.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFB-Legislative-Directors] Washington Seminar Training Recording and Zoom Link for Tuesday, January 9</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">Good morning Affiliate Presidents and Legislative Directors:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for participating in last night’s call. For those of you who were unable to join the call, or if you simply want to review the information, please listen to the
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Washington Seminar Training #1 – Issues Review Recording (January 3, 2024)</a>. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a reminder, if you would like to do your own in depth review of the issues, the fact sheets for all three of our 2024 Washington Seminar Legislative Priorities can be found on the
<a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar">Washington Seminar Page</a> of our website.
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the topics we covered during the meeting last night was the committees of jurisdiction for our three bills. It was also requested that this information be sent via email. The committees for each of our bills are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act – House Committee on Education and the Workforce; Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act – House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blind Americans Return to Work Act – House Committee on Ways and Means; Senate Committee on Finance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Finally, we look forward to Tuesday, January 9, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, which will be our first of two Zoom trainings next week. We will conduct mock meetings to show you how an interaction with your senator or representative (or their staffers)
may go, as well as some effective ways to present our legislative priorities. We might even have a little bit of fun in the process. The Zoom information for Tuesday’s call is below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you again for everything that you do,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle Walls<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research and Regulatory Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
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