[Nfbf-l] Intro

Sun Feb 22 20:17:57 UTC 2009

Hi Kathy and everyone and thanks.  We will consider goinig and will see what 
is happening at that time.  no promises, though.
Have a blessed day,

Nicki

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kathy Davis" <kdavisnfbf at cfl.rr.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Intro

> Dear Nicki,
>
> I want to officially welcome you to the NFB and more specifically to the 
> NFB
> of Florida. You have joined a terrific chapter comprised of some hard
> workers and some dear friends of mine. In fact I need to call Dave Anspach
> back but have to be out of town for the week while I am running the NFBF
> from Louisiana while participating in the Louisiana Center for the Blind.
> This particular center is based on NFB philosophy and I am learning so 
> much.
>
>
> I certainly hope you and your husband will be able to attend the state
> convention over the Memorial Day Weekend. It will be so good to be home 
> not
> only to run the convention but to see so many terrific friends whom I have
> greatly missed since I relocated temporarily to Ruston.
>
> Please do not hesitate to call me if I can ever be of assistance.
>
> With warm regards,
>
> Kathy Davis, President
> NFBF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Nicki Keck
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:57 PM
> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Intro
>
> HI everyone,
>
> I just wanted to say hi to everyone.  My husband and I just recently moved
> to FL in August.  We live in Pinellas Park and were just voted into the
> Pinellas Chapter today.  I wanted to wait to send this until I was 
> official.
>
> I work at Freedom Scientific and know Dave pretty well now as I ride home
> with him every day, and he invited us to a meeting.  Anyway, just wanted 
> to
> say hi and am enjoying finding out everything that is going on in florida
> with the NFB.  it is great to see us so active.  I had been a member of 
> ACB
> in the past, but my husband and I have had some interest in NFB for the 
> last
> couple years, so i am glad we could finally be a part of it.
>
> Have a blessed day,
>
> Nicki
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kirk Harmon" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>
>
>>I haven't experienced any problems with the site, however I was having
>>difficulty with my  Lap Top yesterday and perhaps that was the problem.
>>That is if mine was the only repeats you received! As farr as our past
>>Mark, at least we have the memories of our youth!! LOL! Kirk
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mark" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>
>>
>>> Is anyone noticing some strange things with the sight, or is it just me?
>>> I just received four copies of this email you sent, Kirk, and maybe 
>>> more,
>
>>> I haven't checked yet.  Anyway, it's also true that I used to party like
>>> a fool as a young adult and why I'm not in worse shape than I am is
>>> anybody's guess.
>>> Mark Tardif
>>> You can't hug your loved ones with nuclear arms
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Kirk Harmon" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
>>> To: "NFB of Florida Listserv" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:20 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>
>>>
>>>> David, Your sttory sounds like a clone of mine! I, too, lost my sight
>>>> and went on dialysis for 4 years right at the same year that I lost my
>>>> sight as well and was as wreckless with my health in my early years as
>>>> well and not realizing all the damage I was creating by not taking
>>>> better care of myself. I don't know about yourself my good man, but I 
>>>> am
>
>>>> sure paying for it now! If we only realized how fallible we truly were
>>>> in our younger years! LOL! I wish you the very best and take care,
>>>> Kirk
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
>>>> To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:06 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Kirk,
>>>>> Yes sir. Diabetes gave me a helluva birthday present when I turned 24.
>>>>> I was
>>>>> having some vision problems leading up to the month of March back in
>>>>> 1991,
>>>>> but chose to contribute it to some sinus problems I had been having. I
>>>>> still
>>>>> lived in Indiana then, and I had plenty of issues with my sinuses, so,
>>>>> was
>>>>> taking a lot f sinus medication. For whatever reason, I chose not to 
>>>>> go
>
>>>>> to
>>>>> the eye doctor to have it checked out. Instead, I just kept going like
>>>>> a
>>>>> foolish 20-something year old thinking I was indestructible. I ended 
>>>>> up
>>>>> going to the hospital because my blood pressure was at a stroke level
>>>>> and
>>>>> they were concerned at the Immediate Care center that I went to for a
>>>>> sprained ankle. They told me to go to an ER immediately because of the
>>>>> high
>>>>> blood pressure.  Well, I ended up being in the hospital until sometime
>>>>> in
>>>>> late April. When I got out, I was blind and my kidneys were barely
>>>>> functioning. I guess all of the partying etc. that I did as a late
>>>>> teens,
>>>>> early twenty-something year old caught up with me. I ended up also
>>>>> going on
>>>>> dialysis for 2 years before I received a kidney transplant. If I had
>>>>> only
>>>>> realized that I could have avoided all of it by taking better care of
>>>>> myself. But at that time, I felt like I was indestructible and knew
>>>>> that
>>>>> nothing like this would happen to me...right?? <lol>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of Kirk Harmon
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:44 PM
>>>>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>
>>>>> David, Is this how you lost your sight? I, too, have had type one
>>>>> diabetes
>>>>> for the same amount of time. It and hypertension caused mine. Just
>>>>> curious
>>>>> my good Man! Kirk Harmon
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
>>>>> To: "'NFB of Florida Listserv'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 8:16 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Sherrill. Believe me, I will not be in the hospital again 
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> long as I can help it <smile>. But I must say that this was the first
>>>>>> time I've been in the hospital for anything like this since early
>>>>>> 1991, not too bad for a guy who has been a diabetic for nearly 34
>>>>>> years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Sherrill O'Brien
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:11 AM
>>>>>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh my!  Being in the hospital is not the place to be!  I'm so glad 
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> are much better.  Just take it easy so you'll stay out of there.
>>>>>> Thanks for all your hard work with Newsline, and your dedication to
>>>>>> the Pinellas chapter!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sherrill
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
>>>>>> Behalf Of David Anspach
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 8:28 PM
>>>>>> To: 'NFB of Florida Listserv'
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Carolyn. I am now doing great and only battling a problem
>>>>>> with my right ear. It has fluid built up inside the inner ear and I 
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> using an inhaled steroid to get it to go away. I'm confident it will
>>>>>> and soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Lappland
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 4:45 AM
>>>>>> To: NFB of Florida Listserv
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>>
>>>>>> david,
>>>>>> thanks for the wonderful work you do on newsline. God bles and keep
>>>>>> you well.
>>>>>> carolyn & family
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "David Anspach" <danspach at tampabay.rr.com>
>>>>>> To: "'NFBFL'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> Cc: "Ginger Stokes" <ginger at 20-200fellowship.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 8:43 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] News Line Addition
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>> I have finally added the January through February 2009 20-200
>>>>>>> Fellowship newsletter to news line.Computer problems coupled with my
>>>>>>> 5-day stay in the hospital kept me from getting it posted on news
>>>>>>> line sooner. Please let me know if you have any problems accessing
>>>>>>> the newsletter or any other content on the Florida news line 
>>>>>>> channel.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> also, if you have anything you would like placed on news line, 
>>>>>>> please
>>>>>>> submit that to me. It is easiest if you send it to me in plain text,
>>>>>>> but I can also work with items submitted in Microsoft Word format.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> News line is a great way to get information out to your chapter
>>>>>>> members or the entire affiliate across the state. for example, the
>>>>>>> Pinellas chapter posts our chapter meeting minutes to news line each
>>>>>>> month. this way, everyone has an opportunity to review the meeting
>>>>>>> minutes for the previous meeting. It then allows us to skip reading
>>>>>>> the meeting minutes at the next meeting and lets us go immediately 
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> comments or changes before we vote on the acceptance of the minutes.
>>>>>>> give it a try and see if it works for your chapter!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have a great week,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>>
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