[NFBF-L] Anouncing the 2022 washington Seminar - We're going hybrid and we'll need your help!

[Lea Schiefele]

Is the seminar itself virtual? Because if it is then I can attend.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 12:39 PM Sherri Brun via NFBF-L <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Congats to all those who are attending in person.  You have a great team!
> I am glad to help in whatever way I can virtually.  Looking forward to
> updates.  Thanks Russ and all!
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> Sherri Brun
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> *From:* NFBF-L <nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Russell Davis
> via NFBF-L
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 12, 2021 7:14 AM
> *To:* nfbf-l at nfbnet.org; nfbf-leaders at nfbnet.org
> *Cc:* Russell Davis <russell at radiorusty.com>
> *Subject:* [NFBF-L] Anouncing the 2022 washington Seminar - We're going
> hybrid and we'll need your help!
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> Attention Chapter and Division Presidents, please forward this email to
> your members, as some of them may not be part of our email lists. Thanks you
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> Good morning Florida Federation Family!
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> I am very pleased to tell you that details about our 2022 Washington
> Seminar have been announced and plans are moving forward to carry out one
> of the most exciting Seminars ever.
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> Every year members of the National Federation of the Blind gather together
> in order to place before our members of Congress critically important
> legislative priorities which,  if passed into law), would advance the lives
> of blind Americans. For decades Floridians and other Federationist would
> travel to Washington DC to meet with House and Senate members, but in 2021
> due to the COVID-19 outbreak we took a dramatically different approach and
> conducted our business from our homes. I am so proud that  65 different
> Floridians were involved in the 29 different meetings held early in the
> year. For 2022, it has been announced that our Washington Seminar will take
> another new approach. The Seminar will use a hybrid format in order to
> successfully complete our goal of meeting with our 27 House members and 2
> Senators.
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> During the 2022 Washington Seminar, which will take place February 7th
> through the 9th, a small delegation from Florida will travel to Washington DC
> for a select group of in person meetings, while many of us will meet
> virtually with other Representatives. Both of these teams are truly
> important  to our mission and neither one is more important than the other.
> The reason for the much smaller than normal delegation traveling north to
> chilly Washington is due to, as you might suspect, social distancing
> constraints and continued concerns about the ongoing COVID situation. We
> believe that there will be some offices in DC still not allowing in person
> meetings.
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> Your Affiliate Board has selected the following individuals to be part of
> the in-person delegation for 2022. Please join me in congratulating:
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> Karolyn Campbell, (Central Florida Chapter)
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> Z’leah Liburd, Tampa Chapter and Florida Association of Blind Students
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> Adriann Keve, Jacksonville Chapter
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> Doug Ingram, Tallahassee Chapter.
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> These members will be accompanied by Florida Legislative Directors, Russ
> Davis and Camille Tate.
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> We will be meeting frequently with the in-person delegation and with the
> entire Affiliate over the next several months to prepare for the 2022
> Washington Seminar and in fact our first meeting with all interested in
> being part of the big event will take place on Monday, December 20th at
> 8:00 PM. Look for a Zoom meeting invitation and link soon.
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> One final important piece of information that I am happy to share with you
> all is that, the list of Legislative priorities has been announced by our
> national office. We will be presenting the following four initiatives to
> our elected members of Congress:
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> Access Technology Affordability Act (H.R. 431/S. 212)
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> Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853)
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> Twenty-First Century Website and Application Accessibility Act
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> Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238)
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> For those who have been attending our regular Legislative Committee
> meetings throughout 2021, you already will be familiar with all of these
> priorities. We will continue to review them in detail though as we move
> closer to Seminar, so stay tuned.
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> Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this information packed
> email and I very much look forward to working with each of you as we get
> ready for February and beyond. Hope to see everyone on Monday, December 20
> th at 8:00 PM.
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> Respectfully,
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> Russ Davis,
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> Legislative Director, National Federation of the Blind of Florida
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> Ph. 904-993-8433
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> Email: Russell at radiorusty.com
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