[il-talk] [ill-talk] FW: Important Update on U.S. Mint Coin Issue - Please read and click link to make your voice heard!

Tue Apr 22 18:53:37 UTC 2014

Edwin with all due respect (??) your question was a legitimate. 1, I think you are confusing issues in this case. The posting that Ed Birmingham put our here was about a United States make proposal to change some meadow project of courts and how it would be possible here with you to change vending machines over to accommodate the new meadow content of the coins for both vending machine operators and for state licensing agencies that run the Randolph Sheppard Program and this was not an issue of Accessible Currency.

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> Original Message:
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> From: Edwin <conibodyworks at gmail.com> 
> Sent: April 22, 2014 11:30:23 AM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List' <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] [ill-talk] FW: Important Update on U.S. Mint Coin Issue - Please	read and click link to make your voice heard!
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> I find this interesting,
> I need to be corrected please if I am wrong but I have heard that NFB is
> against having paper money altered so blind persons can identify it, is this
> true or not?
> I have been asked this question by someone and I want to give them the
> wright answer.
> Thank you, Edwin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: il-talk [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Edward
> Birmingham
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 6:50 PM
> To: 'NFB of Illinois Mailing List'
> Subject: [il-talk] FW: Important Update on U.S. Mint Coin Issue - Please
> read and click link to make your voice heard!
> 
> The Randolph-Sheppard blind entrepreneurs need your help.  Please read the
> post by National Association  of Blind Merchants Executive Director, Kevan
> Worley.   Scroll down to the NAMA page and send the U.S. Mint your concern.
> This will take you no more than 2 minutes to complete.  Thank you for your
> assistance in this important matter.
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> From: Kevan Worley [mailto:kevanworley at blindmerchants.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 10:26 AM
> To: Undisclosed recipients:
> Subject: Important Update on U.S. Mint Coin Issue - Please read and click
> link to make your voice heard!
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> Dear colleagues and friends:  Below is a very important announcement from
> the NAMA Government Affairs Team.  As you know from previous issues of the
> NFBEI Blitz, the U.S. Mint is considering changes to the metallic content of
> most U.S. coins.  This is of concern to the entire vending industry.  It is
> of special concern to the Randolph-Sheppard community.   If changes under
> consideration are made, it will cost between $200 and $500 per machine to
> adapt the vending machines to accept the new coins.  This would be cost
> prohibitive to virtually every state business enterprises program in the
> country.  We have been working closely with  Eric Dell and NAMA on this
> issue.  Nicky Gacos recently testified at a stakeholders forum at the U.S.
> Mint.  Now, we need your help.  
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> Please read the announcement below.  Please click on the link as indicated
> which will take you to a website where you can register your concern.  You
> only need to type in your name and address, submit it, and your concern will
> be registered.  We need to make sure the U.S. Mint hears from as many blind
> entrepreneurs and state agencies as possible.  Eventually, the debate will
> likely move to Congress but we need to hear from you now.  We are asking you
> to do two things:
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> 1.  Click on the link and register your concern; and,
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> 2.  Share with as many others as possible and ask them to do the same.
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> Additionally, if you have a relationship with an elected official in your
> state who would be willing to write a letter, we'd like for you to
> facilitate that.  Ideally, we would like a letter from governors, chairs of
> legislative appropriations / budget committees, and/ or perhaps
> commissioners of your state finance or budget departments.  These people can
> speak to the financial impact this change could have on your state.  Eric
> Dell with NAMA will be happy to participate on  a phone call with you and
> your elected official to educate them and discuss the logistics of writing a
> letter.  Eric is copied on this email so you can email him or you can call
> him on his cell at 202-669-6139.  Please call or email Eric directly.  If
> possible, please share a copy of any such letter with me.  At this point, we
> don't want any of you writing letters.  We just need for you to register
> your concern.  
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> Thank you for your prompt action to preserve the livelihoods of blind
> entrepreneurs. 
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> At your service,
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> Kevan Worley
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> Executive Director
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> National Association of Blind Merchants
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> kevanworley at blindmerchants.org 
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> 866-543-6808
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> Wondering what to do with your old car or truck? Donating your vehicle to
> the National Federation of the Blind is convenient and may qualify you for a
> tax deduction. Call 1-855-659-9314 or visit www.carshelpingtheblind.org Your
> donation can take the blind further
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>  U.S. Mint Publishes Request for Comments
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> in Federal Register
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> Industry is urged to Act Now by clicking link below
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> Dear Members:
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> Congress has tasked the U.S. Mint with finding ways to produce coins in a
> more cost efficient manner. In this effort, the Mint recently announced that
> it is accepting public comments on the mandate to research alternative
> metallic content of coins. Changes in metallic content, shape, or size could
> call for anything from a simple recalibration in vending machines to the
> installation of new coin-accepting equipment, with a cost that would range
> from $100-$500 per vending machine. With an estimated seven million vending
> machines across the country, the costs of such changes could amount to an
> industry cost of $3.5 billion, negatively impacting the entire vending and
> food service industry and its consumers.
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> It is important that the industry makes its voice heard!
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> We only have 54 days left to submit comments
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> The Mint is assessing all coins for savings in production. NAMA is working
> with other industries who will be negatively impacted by changes in the
> metallic content, shape or size of coins and asking for you to
> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001veqyX4dNtN2yWqIPPr88DX2QWL7-z7IeYi_6_AthoCsu
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> walfA==> act today by clicking here to ensure that our voice is heard loud
> and clear. Changes to circulating coins could have a tremendous, negative
> impact on the industry.
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> If you signed this letter at the recent OneShow please don't send again
> through this electronic alert. We urge you to forward this to your employees
> and friends and emphasize the importance of them taking less than a minute
> of their time to send this electronic message directly to the Mint. Once you
> have input your information, don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the
> alert and click "Send Message."
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> Thank you! As always, please contact your Government Affairs representative
> with any questions. 
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> Thank you, 
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> Eric Dell, J.D., M.B.A.                                        
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> Senior Vice President, Government Affairs
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> (571) 346-1902  edell at vending.org 
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