[nabs-l] Washington Seminar Question

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello Vejas,

I have never heard of any national or state conventions where you could
participate by phone before. I know the national convention along with some
state affiliates will stream the convention online so other people can
listen. But I have never seen people who are not at a convention be able to
participate and interact with specific events and activities at a
convention. However, I do know some state affiliates as well as state
student divisions hold meetings via conference call, so perhaps this might
be what you are talking about when talking about people being able to
participate via phone.

I think the only way a person can participate in meetings with members of
Congress during Washington Seminar is by attending Washington Seminar.
However, there are still ways you can have an impact on the legislative
efforts that go on at Washington Seminar despite the fact you are not able
to attend Washington Seminar. 

In years past when I have not been able to attend Washington Seminar, I
would write an email to my members of Congress shortly before other members
of the NFB would be meeting with them during Washington Seminar. In general,
there is usually a coordinator in each state affiliate who is in charge of
contacting members of Congress to set up the appointments for Washington
Seminar. I am sure if you contact the coordinator for Washington Seminar in
your state they should be able to provide you with the names and contact
information for the people they will be meeting with during Washington
Seminar. 

Contacting members of Congress before and after Washington Seminar is just
as important as meeting with members of Congress during Washington Seminar.
Sometimes it can take a lot of follow up to get a member of Congress on
board with our legislative efforts. Following up with members of Congress
after Washington Seminar can be a rather tedious but rewarding job if it is
something you are interested in doing.

Anyway, I hope this helps answer your questions about Washington Seminar.
Attending Washington Seminar can sometimes be challenging for students.
Hopefully you will be able to attend Washington Seminar next year since you
are not able to attend this year.

Warm regards,
Elizabeth



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Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2015 12:26 PM
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Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
Subject: [nabs-l] Washington Seminar Question

Hi All,
I was very interested in going to the Washington Seminar in January, but I
now can't, due to reasons I do not wish to disclose on a public forum.
My question is this: I know that for the NFB conventions, if you couldn't
make it to meetings, you could still do it by phone.  
Does anyone know if you could still have state appointments and meetings
with your affiliate by phone and still participate?
Thanks,
Vejas

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