[NFBK] NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky State Convention Visa Lottery

[slery]

I thought we weren't allowed to have lotteries? Maybe this doesn't fall 
under gaming? Really curious.

Cindy

On 4/22/2021 9:39 AM, NFBK First Vice President via NFBK wrote:
>
>         Good Morning:
>
>         This is an introduction to the NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky Visa
>         Lottery. There are two crucial benchmarks that must be met in
>         our outreach regarding the NFB-NEWSLINE service across the
>         country. The first is promoting regular usage among current
>         subscribers, and the second is adding new subscribers to the
>         service. The ratio of print impaired individuals not
>         subscribed, but yet eligible  remains very low at a little
>         over four percent in this state.
>
>         We need everyone in this state to be actively involved in
>         promoting this service. There is no guarantee that it will
>         always be available; we cannot take this world class reading
>         service for granted. NFB-NEWSLINE is a treasured resource for
>         the  print impaired in this state and around the country.
>         Therefore, I would like to introduce a promotional campaign
>         known as the NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky Visa Lottery. The name of
>         any individual  who refers a subscriber, or subscribers to the
>         NFB-NEWSLINE® audio reading service will receive one lottery
>         ticket per referral to be placed into a lottery hopper for a
>         special drawing. Please note that subscribers to the
>         NFB-NEWSLINE® service are only eligible if they have a
>         qualifying print impairment. For reference those impairments
>         are in the following categories: vision, fine motor skills and
>         cognition. Any person working on the NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky
>         project will not be eligible for this drawing. Self-referrals
>         are not eligible either. Feel free to refer a spouse, sibling,
>         parent(s) or children. Please be sure that you discuss and
>         clear with the perspective referral, though. If the referral
>         that you submit is not willing to participate in this audio
>         reading service known as NFB-NEWSLINE®, you will not get
>         credit for a referral. Lastly, the referral must reside in
>         Kentucky.
>
>         We will conclude this campaign during the NFB Kentucky State
>         Convention. the name of the winner from this lottery will be
>         drawn during our banquet along with all of the other drawings
>         that we have. The winner will receive  a $100 Visa gift card
>         in recognition for their contribution to the NFB-NEWSLINE®
>         project here in Kentucky.
>
>         Please email your referrals to: Todd Stephens at
>         todd.stephens at nfbofky.org <mailto:todd.stephens at nfbofky.org>.
>         I will need the following information from you about the
>         referral: Full Name, Address, City, Zip, Phone, Email (if
>         available), and nature of disability.
>
>         For more information on the  NFB-NEWSLINE(® service in
>         Kentucky, please visit us at: www.nfbnewsline-ky.org
>         <http://www.nfbnewsline-ky.org>.
>
>         Thank you,
>
>         Todd
>
>         Todd E. Stephens, State Coordinator
>
>         NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky
>
>         Jayne, I’m asking for board approval for this campaign.
>
>         Respectfully,
>
>         Todd
>
>         Todd E. Stephens, State Coordinator
>
>         NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky
>
>         www.nfbnewsline-ky.org <http://www.nfbnewsline-ky.org>
>
>
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