[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] BlindDriverChallengeandWashington Seminar

[Kirk]

Tara, he likes to recruit them (the young ones) himself! LOL! As far as his 
quotes, one only knows! KH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TaraPrakash" <taraprakash at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] 
BlindDriverChallengeandWashington Seminar


Me too. I wonder where you get them from Dan? I mean the messages, not the
young members.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind
DriverChallengeandWashington Seminar


> Dan, It's always good to see the younger members wanting  to get more
> active
> with our efforts! BTW, I like your new Quote at the bottom of your  email!
> It is so true! KH
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>;
> <NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver
> ChallengeandWashington Seminar
>
>
> Thank you, Alicia. We were very happy to have you aboard this year. You
> made
> a great contribution to our team, before and after we landed in
> Washington.
>
> Dan
>
> "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.
> Not to dare is to lose oneself."
>                 - Soren Kierkegaard
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of
>> Alicia Betancourt
>> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:55 PM
>> To: 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'; NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver Challenge
>> andWashington Seminar
>>
>> Hi Dan and everyone else,
>> I am so very sorry to hear that you are sick but I want to say that I am
> so excited to
>> have gotten a chance to talk to the legislators in DC. For once in my
> young life, I
>> feel that I am making a difference. Also, I'd like to be able to make
> appointments
>> like Ms. Sherri and feel confident doing it. Everyone was so great! See
> you all later
>> and thanks for giving me the opportunity to go to DC.
>>
>> Alicia Betancourt
>>
>> --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver Challenge and Washington Seminar
>> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>, NFBF-
>> Leaders at yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 9:29 PM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Fellow Florida Federation members,
>>
>> We are barely into February of the new year and already Florida NFB
> members
>> have been involved in two important NFB events.
>>
>> Our state played host to the Blind Driver Challenge in Daytona Beach .
> President
>> Maurer said that the NFB had 360 people using hotel rooms. Our affiliate
> bought a
>> total of 117 tickets for the event, and a few people bought their own
> ticket. Say
>> about 120 attendees were from the NFBF. But, about 55 of our people did
> not use
>> rooms in the three contracted hotels, so that 360 becomes 415 total
> attendees, and
>> 120 were our people, or about two out of every seven.
>>
>> Florida was also well-represented at the Washington Seminar. We had about
> 15
>> people out of the 500 or so from around the country. We were all
>> fortunate
> we did
>> not get snowed in. Dwight Sayer was unable to go, because he caught some
> bug in
>> Jamaica the week before. I come back from DC with a cold and laryngitis.
>>
>> Because Washington Seminars have to be scheduled months in advance, and
> this
>> turned out to be Constituents Week - when the members of the House of
>> Representatives are not in DC, but visiting their home districts - we saw
> few House
>> members. However, the Legislative Assistants and other staffers in the
> offices of
>> the members seemed, for the most part, attentive and impressed with our
>> presentation of our issues.
>>
>> Thank you to all of you who attended these events. You and your
> participation
>> made them happen. Thanks to those who made the appointments in Washington
> ,
>> DC . Thanks to Denise Valkema, who helped keep track of and coordinate
>> appointments, and to Joe Minichiello, who took over for me when Gloria's
> and my
>> flights were cancelled and we arrived in DC several hours later than we
> had
>> expected. A special thank you to Gloria, our treasurer, who put in many
> hours
>> dealing with hotels and ticket vendors and distributed tickets and paid
> bills.
>>
>> Thanks to all of you for making the Florida affiliate the best in the
>> NFB!
>>
>> Dan Hicks
>>
>>
>> "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.
>> Not to dare is to lose oneself."
>> - Soren Kierkegaard
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