<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Point of clarification on my last message. I was speaking in generalities. I was not discussing one person\u2018s needs in particular. I also want to say I have had several good conversations with Aniko and we were able to communicate very well without any difficulty. I believe our chapter has many caring and thoughtful people who would do their best to accommodate those who need help. We are a very compassionate and caring group. Go Tampa Bay. <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Sherri</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br></div><div>slbrun4@gmail.com</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 20, 2025, at 2:02\u202fPM, Paul Lewis via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<span>Dear Barbara,</span><br><span> Wonderful thoughts and sentiments! As a group, we should certainly=</span><br><span> be inclusive to all of our members justice we asked for inclusiveness and e=</span><br><span>very day life and activities by the general population and society. Due to t=</span><br><span>he fact that I do not live in the Tampa area, I am unaware of the resources t=</span><br><span>hat may be available in the Community.. however, in the Fort/Cape Coral Mark=</span><br><span>et there is at least one and probably more organisations for the death famil=</span><br><span>y heart of hearing. Since I know the director of one of the organisations in=</span><br><span> the Fort Myers Lions Club Resources might be available in the Tampa market.=</span><br><span>. also, I was wondering if the local CIL might have some options for you. If=</span><br><span> he wears hearing aids, possibly where he may sit from the main speakers mig=</span><br><span>ht be important. It might be possible that he might need his hearing reevalu=</span><br><span>ated, unless of course he has none. and/or you may need some adjust. If that=</span><br><span> might be the case and funds are an issue, Lions might be able to offer some=</span><br><span> assistance. While I do not know everybody in the NFB.-Fl who may be deaf fi=</span><br><span>ne, I am aware of a couple and you might want to contact one of them. There i=</span><br><span>s someone in the local area, that could be ideal..</span><br><span> However, for a person to receive assistance with an issue and especi=</span><br><span>ally a health issue, they must first be willing to accept sex assistance and=</span><br><span> even more important and a better scenario as if they ask for assistance wit=</span><br><span>h the issues that they have. I am not sure what an individual who is staff l=</span><br><span>ine and hearing aids do not work for them would need to do.. also, had a rec=</span><br><span>ent event I attended the Florida deafen blind school at Saint Augustine was t=</span><br><span>here and maybe they may be worth a consultation. In the past, I know they ha=</span><br><span>ve attended the NFB.-Fl convention, the school has been there and probably w=</span><br><span>ill be at the next one so that contact information should definitely be avai=</span><br><span>lable. Whatever the case,Ineligible my Swann and be going to accept whatever=</span><br><span> assistance can or would be offered. Of course, there is the possibility tha=</span><br><span>t whatever issues or concerns he may have going on in his life, they have no=</span><br><span>thing to do with being deaf line.. my apologies if I may have overstep, even=</span><br><span> though I am a member I am not resigning in the Tampa area at this time and d=</span><br><span>on=E2=80=99t have the knowledge of the community like everybody else in the c=</span><br><span>hapter may have.</span><br><span>Thanks, Paul</span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On May 20, 2025, at 12:44=E2=80=AFPM, Barbara Gaw via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tam=</span><br></blockquote><span>pa@nfbnet.org> wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=EF=BB=BF Good afternoon,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I=E2=80=99m sending this email to everyone because I think we should all b=</span><br></blockquote><span>e part of this conversation.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Ineko, I apologize for not ever, bothering to ask why you had quit coming t=</span><br></blockquote><span>o the meetings. Maybe you told others, or maybe you kept it to yourself. Sti=</span><br><span>ll, I should have reached out to you. I had wondered why we didn=E2=80=99t s=</span><br><span>ee you at the meetings, but I=E2=80=99m sorry I never asked.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Now I would like to ask the leaders of our NFB chapter if what Ineko=E2=80=</span><br></blockquote><span>=99s friend has told her is true. I am aware that there is a deaf, blind div=</span><br><span>ision as a part of the NFB, but that doesn=E2=80=99t solve the problem of ho=</span><br><span>w we can have people who are deaf, blind attend our meeting and be able to p=</span><br><span>articipate in person. Is it true that we can=E2=80=99t afford an interpreter=</span><br><span> for the two hours that we meet once a month? How can we feel comfortable ha=</span><br><span>ving social outings if we exclude people due to accessibility issues? Has an=</span><br><span>ybody ever bothered to find out how much that would cost?</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The bottom line to be is, if we say the pledge every week about how we wan=</span><br></blockquote><span>t to advance and raise up our lives to be what we want them to be. How can w=</span><br><span>e exclude other members of our group for lack of accessibility?</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> If we are truly to be stronger together, then that means everybody.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Barbara Gaw</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>=20</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Sent from AOL Mobile Mail</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NFBF-Tampa mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>NFBF-Tampa@nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-=</span><br></blockquote><span>Tampa:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org/lewpil1952%40gmail=</span><br></blockquote><span>.com</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBF-Tampa mailing list</span><br><span>NFBF-Tampa@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBF-Tampa:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbf-tampa_nfbnet.org/slbrun4%40gmail.com just for point of clarification to my las</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>