[Nfbf-l] [Nfbf-l) Newsline funding
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Sat Mar 24 18:38:20 UTC 2012
Yes and I as Newsline chair am grateful for the funding, but we do need to
get out there and pursue other avenues. Any suggestion? And Kirk, your idea
of approaching corporate donors is a good one.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [Nfbf-l) Newsline funding
> Sherri, Craig, and all,
>
> I have spoken recently and at length with Joyce Hildreth, Director of DBS,
> and have been assured that DBS plans to continue funding NFB-NewslineR.
> Now,
> we all know that the program is expensive, and if other funding streams
> could be found to reduce the amount of money DBS needs to contribute to
> supporting NFB-NewslineR, that would leave just much more money available
> for other DBS projects. However, we can all be assured that DBS will fund
> the program for as long as the funding is needed and as long as DBS has
> the
> budget to do so.
>
> Dan Hicks, President
> NFB of Florida
>
>
> "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."
>
> -Garrison Keillor
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of craig kiser
> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 1:27 AM
> To: NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [Nfbf-l) Newsline funding
>
> At the Blind Services Foundation's last 2 meetings-December 15
> and March 15 and I wrote to you about it and you asked about
> seeking funds from the DBS Gifts and Donations Fund. She has
> also said it to the Rehab Council on which an NFBF member should
> be a participant. It used to be Dwight Sayer, but his term
> expired in July. Craig
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:29:48 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] [Nfbf-l) Newsline funding
>
> Craig, When did you hear this from the DBS director? I am really
> at a loss
> as far as funding Newsline any other way. Until people who are
> actually
> signed up are actually using the service, we cannot go to
> legislators or
> anyone else to ask for funding. Many are signed up, but few are
> using. If
> you have questions or would like to try using Newsline, please
> email me at
> flmom2006 at gmail.com and I will help you and try to answer all
> your
> questions. If you have any ideas on funding or on encouraging
> DBs to
> continue its most generously appreciated grant, please let me
> know. There
> are many for whom Newsline is their only way they find out what's
> going on
> in the world. We need to keep it going.
>
> Sherri
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "craig kiser" <sckiser55 at earthlink.net
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] do we really want hate and anger on our
> list?
>
>
> An excellent observation. We have serious issues here in
> Florida
> regarding the blind which we need to address. For example, the
> Director
> of Blind Services has stated she does not intend to continue
> funding NFB
> Newsline. Hundreds of us use it daily and they belong to both
> NFBF and
> FCB as well as Blinded Veterans. We need to present a united
> front to
> preserve it. And that is only one of the pressing issues.
> Craig
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:47:07 -0400
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] do we really want hate and anger on our list?
>
> Hello all,
>
> Since Dan didn't change the subject line of his plea for
> civility on this
> list, writing under the subject line "forgive the Student Loan
> Act of
> 2012,
> perhaps some of you have not read his original post. Here it is
> under my
> signature. I'm not on the Board, but I'm a member of this list,
> and I
> would
> ask, on behalf of most on this list, that everyone respect this
> public
> forum, the good name of the National Federation of the "Blind,
> and, as Dan
> says, immediately stop this thread. This is an embarrassment to
> this list
> and the N
> fB. Please realize everyone can see these posts, for years to
> come. We
> ask
> people to support us with their time and money, and then those
> same people
> read such hateful posts here? I know we're all passionate about
> so many
> issues, but hate filled posts only hurt us. Can't we put this
> passion and
> energy toward issues that matter to blind children, seniors,
> veterans,
> well
> you get my point. Certainly we all pray that justice is done in
> the
> Trayvon
> Martin case. But let's take a deep breath and get back to the
> serious
> task
> of improving quality of life for the blind of Florida.
>
> In the Federation spirit,
> Sherrill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Dan Hicks
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:20 PM
> To: 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'; 'Bob Wayne';
> 'William
> Maguire'; 'Stephen Brown'; 'Denise Bryant'; 'Charlie Stratmann';
> 'Ron
> Radford'; 'Maury Keiser'; 'john_mountcastle'; 'Mark Goldman';
> 'William
> Proctor'; rik.erkelens at gmail.com; 'H. Manford';
> leoladyjane at gmail.com;
> 'Dwight Sayer'; 'James Conomea'; 'Heather Andrews'; 'Michael P
> Fleming';
> 'Howard McGillin'; 'Harry Metz'; 'Greg Moore'; 'Joe McDermott';
> 'AJ
> Sartin'; 'Owl Goingback'; 'Michael Rothfeld';
> seawolfetackle at comcast.net; 'Chris Macmillan'; 'George April';
> 'Jim
> Miller'; 'Rick A Rees'; renegade1 at bellsouth.net;
> 2papajack at bellsouth.net; gstocking at bellsouth.net; 'Bill Dudley';
> 'John
> Wolf'; ckastle at staugustinelighthouse.org; 'George Gardner'; 'Ron
> Birchall'; 'Ron Berry'; 'Leigh Hoover'; 'Liz Carter'; 'Peg
> Palmer';
> 'Dancing Lady'; 'Meredith Beckhardt'; 'Mike Gunde - BB'; 'James
> Burts';
> 'Susan Voss'; 'Kathleen Mayo'; 'Debbie Federlein'; 'Margaret
> Bidelman';
> 'Esta'; 'Sanjeet Shahi'; 'Pam Davenport'; 'Arlene Griffin';
> 'Donald
> Bowen'; 'Rhonda Cox'; 'Ma & Dad'; 'Phil Cell'; 'Doug Hall'; 'Pat
> Lipovsky'; 'DOREEN CONWELL'; 'Robert Irons'; 'Clayton Copeland';
> 'Marcel
> Carroll'; Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness
> Act of
> 2012
>
>
> Okay, Kirk, Tara, and everyone else--
>
> This discussion and all political discussions -- liberal,
> conservative,
> tea
> party, etc. -- are not for the NFBF-L list, or, for that
> matter, any
> other
> NFB list that I know of. . Also, we have a strict rule against
> personal
> attacks, and recent comments have crossed this line. so no
> more.
>
> Nobody loves a good political argument more than I, but noT on
> the NFB
> lists. If you want to argue online and in public, take it to
> Facebook or
> to
> some other non-NFB e-mail list where such discussions are
> allowed or,
> maybe
> even encouraged.
>
> This thread ends now.
>
> Dan Hicks, Moderator
> NFBF-L
>
>
> "It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars."
>
> -Garrison
> Keillor
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Jane Karp
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:06 PM
> To: Bob Wayne; William Maguire; Stephen Brown; Denise Bryant;
> Charlie
> Stratmann; Ron Radford; Maury Keiser; john_mountcastle; Mark
> Goldman;
> William Proctor; rik.erkelens at gmail.com; H. Manford;
> leoladyjane at gmail.com;
> Dwight Sayer; James Conomea; Heather Andrews; Michael P Fleming;
> Howard
> McGillin; John Mountcastle; Harry Metz; Greg Moore; Joe
> McDermott; AJ
> Sartin; Owl Goingback; Michael Rothfeld;
> seawolfetackle at comcast.net; Chris
> Macmillan; George April; Jim Miller; Rick A Rees;
> renegade1 at bellsouth.net;
> 2papajack at bellsouth.net; gstocking at bellsouth.net; Bill Dudley;
> John Wolf;
> ckastle at staugustinelighthouse.org; George Gardner; Ron Birchall;
> Ron
> Berry;
> Leigh Hoover; Liz Carter; William Maguire; Stephen Brown; Peg
> Palmer;
> Dancing Lady; Meredith Beckhardt; Mike Gunde - BB; James Burts;
> Susan
> Voss;
> Kathleen Mayo; Charlie Stratmann; Debbie Federlein; Margaret
> Bidelman;
> Esta;
> Sanjeet Shahi; Pam Davenport; Arlene Griffin; Donald Bowen;
> Rhonda Cox; Ma
> &
> Dad; Phil Cell; Doug Hall; nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; Pat Lipovsky;
> Dwight Sayer;
> Joe McDermott; DOREEN CONWELL; Robert Irons; Jim Miller; Clayton
> Copeland;
> gstocking at bellsouth.net; Bill Dudley; Marcel Carroll;
> Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Fw: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act
> of 2012
>
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: DOREEN CONWELL <llewnoc at hotmail.com
> To: Jennifer Conwell <jenabun at gmail.com>; Joyce Jones
> <mumpsy54 at yahoo.com>;
> WILLIE & JOYCE JONES <chewchew1942 at yahoo.com>; Jane Karp
> <leolady at bellsouth.net>; GLO <rf-gf at clearwire.net
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:21 PM
> Subject: Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I signed a petition to Rep. John Kline $MN-2$, The United
> States House of
> Representatives, and 2 others which says:
>
> "Total outstanding student loan debt in America is expected to
> exceed $1
> TRILLION this year. Millions of hardworking, taxpaying,
> educated
> Americans
> are being crushed under the weight of their educational debts,
> while the
> economy continues to sputter. Support a REAL economic stimulus
> and jobs
> plan. Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 $H.R.
> 4170$."
>
> Will you sign this petition? Click here:
>
>
> http://signon.org/sign/support-the-student-loan?source=s.em.mt&r_
> by=3822474
>
> Thanks!
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