[Nfbf-l] Christmas Party

Tue Dec 16 00:48:49 UTC 2008

Have you been getting some traffic on the NFBF list?  I am getting very 
little.
Joanne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party


> Got it.
> Mark Tardif
> You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joanne" <jdking09 at earthlink.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party
>
>
>> 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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