<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Shara has requested that the Washington Seminar delegates meet next Tuesday, 1/23 at 8pm.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/99664834709" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://zoom.us/j/99664834709</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Looking forward to seeing you all there. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 9:56 PM Mika Pyyhkala via Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
<br>
Some of you may have tried to join a state specific NFBMA Washington<br>
seminar training meeting today, Tuesday 1/16, and encountered<br>
technical difficulties with the Zoom platform meeting id, etc.<br>
<br>
We will reschedule a virtual meeting of NFBMA deligates from Massachusetts.<br>
<br>
In the mean time, the best material to review is on:<br>
<a href="http://nfb.org/washington-seminar" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfb.org/washington-seminar</a><br>
<br>
There have also been some prior messages sent out with Zoom recordings<br>
of national office legislative training and mock meetings. These prior<br>
recorded meetings also provide excellent audio training and overviews<br>
of how you might think about presenting the issues in person. If your<br>
a person that prefers to listen to material instead of just reading<br>
it, these are excellent resources!<br>
<br>
Again, as we get closer to the event, we will be sending out state<br>
specific updates and information that you may need before leaving to<br>
travel to Washington DC.<br>
<br>
We also thank Debbie Malone who is working with me as a legislative<br>
director this year and who will be with us for the full duration of<br>
the Washington seminar event in DC. Debbie also has prior experience<br>
with the state specific training programs that some of our members<br>
have requested.<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Mika Pyyhkala<br>
Legislative Director<br>
<a href="mailto:pyyhkala@gmail.com" target="_blank">pyyhkala@gmail.com</a><br>
<br>
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