[Nfbf-l] Christmas Party

Mon Dec 15 00:55:29 UTC 2008

No problem.  Let's hope and pray Betty gets well really soon.  Thank you.
Mark Tardif
You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Davis" <kdavisnfbf at cfl.rr.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party


>
> Dear Mark,
>
> The meeting of the Legislative Committee will not take place this evening. 
> I
> just got off of the phone from Betty McNally and she is very ill with
> walking pneumonia. We are having a NFBF board teleconference this evening
> and I am sure Betty will be in touch with you very soon.
>
> So sorry for the confusion.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Mark
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:13 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>
> Alright, let's talk more about this.  Yes, I am interested in hearing more
> about this.  Also, to the list in general, correct me if I'm wrong, but I
> seem to recall that we were supposed to have a legislative conference
> meeting this evening.  Someone please let me know.  If so, we need the
> conference number.  Thank you.
> Mark Tardif
> You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 12:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>
>
>> Dear Mark,
>>
>> I understand your transportation issue in Martin County.
>> I have a suggestion for you.
>> A chapter grant to cover providing transportation, for your chapter,
>> to meetings, special events, like State Convention and other things
>> the chapter feels are important to attend.
>> There is a source that serves Martin and most of Palm Beach County.
>> It is called the Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation.
>> They can provide up to $50,000.00 per grant, even buying a vehicle if
>> needed.
>> You could contract with a local transportation provider company to
>> give you the service your chapter needed.
>> I have even done this for my chapter in the past.
>> At one time, our chapter got a grant that provided a van and driver,
>> each month, to pick up and bring in, our members and do most anything
>> else we needed for that day that involved transportation.
>> It paid for the driver, with a nice tip, the gas, the insurance, the
>> van and even let us rent other vans when we needed more than one, such
>> as when we took 21 members to a state convention in Orlando for 3 days.
>> If you would like to hear more and work on a grant to do this, just
>> write me back.
>> I Think that the next due date for submitting a grant to Lost Tree is
>> coming up soon and now would be the right time to do it.
>> The Florida State Convention is going to be held at the Embassy Suites
>> Hotel in Boca Raton in May.
>> This could give you a way to bring everyone of your members to the
>> convention and even get them to and from your chapter meetings for a 
>> year.
>> It could let you and your members attend Public Hearings to press your
>> County  Commissioners for more funding for better Public
>> Transportation, so you guys have a better way to get to work and just
>> get around in general.
>> Let me know.We need to get on it right away as the due date is soon
>> and I am going away for my first guide dog on Feb. 8,2009.
>>
>> David Evans, NFBF
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 4:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>>
>>
>>> It was quite fun.  Also, I have ordered a medium package from the
>>> National Office for the Louis Braille events.  I am not sure quite
>>> when this will happen for us, but I am making calls and will
>>> certainly call Barnes and Noble at the Treasure Coast Mall this
>>> coming week.
>>> Mark Tardif
>>> You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net>
>>> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mark,
>>>> Sounds as if your chapter did themselves proud in the party department!
>>>> Thanks for sharing your good cheer with the rest of us!
>>>>
>>>> Sherrill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
>>>> Behalf Of Mark
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 8:54 PM
>>>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
>>>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, fellow Federationists, we just had our Martin County Chapter
>>>> Christmas party, the first of many, I hope.  It was nice.  Our
>>>> secretary just took the bull by the horns and made calls to make
>>>> sure everyone was bringing something.  It was a pot luck with ham,
>>>> turkey, garlic mashed potatoes, yams, raw vegies, and dessert and
>>>> coffee and soda.  We had a grab bag at the end and a split the pot
>>>> raffle as we do at all our meetings.  Our vice president brought out
>>>> an instrument called an omniboard and played and sang carols we sang
>>>> along to.  It was nice too because we had a new potential member and
>>>> someone who just joined last month, and we invited our reader,
>>>> Sharon, and her two children, one of whom is blind.  I'd say it went
>>>> rather well.  It was great, too, that considering what our
>>>> transportation situation is like here, people who are sighted, even
>>>> one who is not yet a member but whom we invited, pitched in and
>>>> drove people.
>>>> Mark Tardif
>>>> You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
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