[Mn-at-large] Puerto Rico Update

[David Andrews]

>
>Here is a note from President Riccobono about Puerto Rico:
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: "President, National Federation of the Blind via
>State-Affiliate-Leadership-List"
><state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
>Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:14:44 +0000
>Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Update on Our Puerto Rico Affiliate
>To: State Affiliate Leadership List 
><state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org>
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Hope you are doing well on this fine Tuesday. I wanted everyone to
>know that we have received a voicemail from Alpidio Rolon, but I have
>not yet connected with him directly. He is apparently doing fine-as
>well as can be expected-but obviously the communication infrastructure
>is very limited. I will continue to work to determine where we might
>best place resources to be helpful to blind people in Puerto Rico.
>However, we know from our experience in Texas and Florida that it
>takes some time for those communication channels to be established,
>and I suspect that will only be further stretched in Puerto Rico based
>on the infrastructure failures.
>
>I appreciate that Federationists continue to be prepared to help. As
>we establish what we might be able to do to assist our brothers and
>sisters in Puerto Rico, we will share that information. Please
>continue to communicate to our members that we are doing our best to
>establish those lines of communication.
>
>I am sure our continued prayers and positive thoughts for our
>Federation family in Puerto Rico are sincerely appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Mark A. Riccobono, President
>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
>(410) 659-9314 | Officeofthepresident at nfb.org
>Twitter: @Riccobono
>
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