[Nfbf-l] Christmas Party

Mark markspark at bellsouth.net
Tue Dec 16 02:04:04 UTC 2008 

I've been getting lots of traffic.  Of course I am someone who doesn't 
believe in belonging to too many lists, because I just don't have time to 
sit and read emails all night.  This list isn't bad, really, but when I come 
home, anything above 15 or 20 emails to me seems like a lot.  I don't and 
will never understand how people can constantly have hundreds of emails a 
day and deal with it without telling everyone to "get a life."  Anyway, 
there has been traffic so you might want to see what's going on on your end, 
if anything.
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 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Christmas Party


> 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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