[Nfbf-l] Christmas Party

Mon Dec 15 19:21:10 UTC 2008

Mark will you please send me a new message as a test.
I got your message on the list but nothing else.
Joanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party


> 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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