[Iabs-talk] Fwd: CALL TO ACTION - Your help is needed

[Denise Avant]

Fellow federationists,
please see below. Action is needed to assist blind vendors.
Thanks.


Denise R. Avant
President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
Live the life you want



> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Kathy Ungaro <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: CALL TO ACTION - Your help is needed
> Date: July 9, 2016 at 10:18:18 AM CDT
> To: Kathy Ungaro <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
> Reply-To: Kathy Ungaro <icbv at sbcglobal.net>
> 
> To all Randolph Sheppard Blind Vendors, Staff, Business Associates, Friends, and Family 
> 
> Please share this information with others to help make a difference and preserve the Randolph Sheppard priority. 
> 
> From the NFBEI
> Call to Action: Your help is desperately needed and it will only take a few seconds of your time. The Department of Defense is promulgating rules that will effectively eliminate the Randolph-Sheppard priority for troop dining contracts on military bases. 40+ blind vendors will lose their jobs and future opportunities will be lost forever. Vendors in states that depend on set aside from these contracts will face significant increases in set aside fees and/or the elimination or reduction in fringe benefits. We cannot let this happen.  Let your voice be heard. Submit a comment today.
> Simply click on the link below, click the red box that applies to you, enter your name and state, and hit Submit. It couldn't be easier. Your friends and family can submit comments as well by clicking on Other Stakeholder. We cannot allow this to happen. Act now. We only have 1 month to submit comments and convince DOD to pull the proposed rule.  https://nfb.constituentvoice.net/nfbreg/ <https://nfb.constituentvoice.net/nfbreg/>
> 
> Thank you for your prompt attention to this very important matter.
> Terry Smith
> NFBEI
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> NOTE - Please e-mail me back once you have completed this so that we can track our responses. 
> 
> Thank you,
> Kathy Ungaro
> ICBV, Business Manager
> (630)234-4444
> 
> Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors
> 53 W. Jackson Blvd. Suite 502
> Chicago, IL 60604
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