[Mn-abs] Jordan

al4peace al4peace at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 23 02:31:33 UTC 2012


Hi Jordan,

Great effort that needs all the support.
Meanwhile I thought to suggest Blind Inc. for the venue for all MABS student activities instead of engaging unfamiliar venues that usually have inadequate seating provision. My thought is that this would get more students aware of MABS and motivate them to participate.
May be wrong but look into this if you can Chief.

"The heart is what that really sees". Al thought.

Alvin Jask
Apple Inc.
Specialist, Touch and Text to Speech, Cloud and Market Computing 

On Jan 22, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Jordan Richardson <lilrichie411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi fellow students!
> 
> The NFB of MN Day at the Capitol is an awesome opportunity to let our state legislators know about issues eelating to blind students.
> 
> Use this day as an excellent opportunity to educate yourself on the issues.  Please make sure that you are educated on the issues so that you can speak intelligently about them.
> 
> Hope to see you on Wednesday, 1 February!
> 
> Jordan Richardson
> President, Minnesota Association of Blind Students
> 
> Sent from my iPod
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: "Jennifer Dunnam" <jennifer.dunnam1829 at gmail.com>
>> Date: 22 January 2012 12:13:46 CST
>> To: <nfbmn-news at googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: [NFBMN-News] 2012 Day at the Capitol
>> Reply-To: nfbmn-news at googlegroups.com
>> 
>> 
>> To All Minnesota Federationists:
>> 
>> Our annual Day at the Capitol will take place on February 1, 2012.  This is
>> the day when Federationists from all over the state make our presence and
>> our issues known at the Minnesota Legislature, and we need you to come and
>> be a part of it.   Below is the information you'll need in order to be ready
>> for the day.
>> 
>> Before February 1, please do three things:
>> 
>> 1) Know who your senator and representative are.  If you do not yet know,
>> you can find out by either calling House information at 651-296-2146 and
>> telling them your address, or by going to
>> http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html 
>> and entering your address.
>> 
>> 2) Make an appointment to meet on February 1 with your representative and
>> senator.  You can find their contact information at the website or phone
>> number above.  Please make the appointments no earlier than 8:45 a.m.
>> 
>> 3) Call Judy Sanders at 612-375-1625, to tell her with whom and what times
>> your appointments have been scheduled.  She will be coordinating the
>> schedule for the day and organizing teams so that no one has to go to a
>> legislator's office alone.  Those of you who live in districts where there
>> are many other Federationists living as well will want to coordinate with
>> one another and/or check with Judy ahead of time to see if an appointment
>> has already been made with your legislator.
>> 
>> On February 1:
>> 
>> Our headquarters for the day will be in room 300 North in the State Office
>> building, located at 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd in St. Paul.
>> Someone will be in the room all day to watch our belongings and to perform
>> other coordinating tasks.
>> 
>> The day begins at 8:00 A.M.  with discussion of the fact sheet and issues we
>> will be bringing to our legislators, as well as other logistics and
>> questions you may have about the day.  Please arrive promptly so we can get
>> started right at 8:00. After going over the issues together, we will divide
>> up into teams.  Each team will be given a stack of index cards with location
>> information for the offices of the legislators and appointment times.  Teams
>> will go around the state office building and the Capitol to meet with as
>> many legislators as we can.  We will also be distributing our fact sheet to
>> legislators who are not available to meet with us.
>> 
>> Please make plans to attend our Day at the Capitol--our legislators need to
>> see us in full force and to be informed about the issues important to blind
>> Minnesotans.  Even if you cannot be with us for the entire day, your help is
>> needed for whenever you can be there.
>> 
>> I look forward to seeing you all onFebruary 1, 2012 at 8:00 AM!  If you have
>> any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail!
>> 
>> -- 
>> This is the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota's News and information Listserve.
>> Our Web site is http://www.nfbmn.org
>> 
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