[Nfbmo] Jefferson City Seminar results

[Shelia Wright]

A salute to everyone who participated in the 2011 Jeff City Legislative Seminar. The presence of the Lewis and Clark Chapter was awesome. Jeff City had either nine or ten working,  as well. Although their distance to travel is much less than some of us, their commitment warrents a big thank you as well.   Kansas City had 7 this year and  Columbia had 4. I think this was the largest and most enthusiastic turn out in many years.

I know that the chapters who scheduled appointments in advance saw all but a handful of the legislators assigned to their chapters directly. This may have been true for those that took a different approach. It really Seems like overall direct contacts was higher than usual.

If you were not able to participate in person, now is an excellent time for you to contact your representative and senator. Ask them to support:
HB 555 and SB 134 - Parental Rights for Disabled parents
HB 559 - Accessible Instructional Materials (Text Bill
HB 02 Funding for Blind Student Literacy which includes the Blind Skills Specialist Program

It's fresh on their minds right now. Keep the momentum going!
Shelia Wright

 

-----Original Message-----
From: DanFlasar at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:09 PM
To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbmo] Jefferson City Seminar results

Hi all,
      10 members from the Lewis & Clark  chapter in St. Louis attended the 
2011 Jefferson City Seminar held February 21  and 22 to meet our elected 
representatives to advocate for the  Missouri affiliate's legislative 
initiatives.    Our legislative and budgetary solutions to deficits in accessible  
educational resource and rights of disabled parents were overall very  
well-received.   A sizeable proportion of the lawmakers we met with  are very eager 
and willing to support and cosponsor our legislation, and a  gratifyingly 
significant group of them expressed interest in sponsoring - and  crafting - 
legislative solutions with us in the future.   
 
     Thanks to Brian Wekamp and the Governmental  Affairs Committee for 
providing the framework for what we hope will be a  successful session for the 
Missouri NFB legislation.
 
Lewis & Clark members in attendance were:
Susan Ford, Bill Franklin, Jerry Wilson, Brent Ford, Cari Kness, Dan  
Flasar, Jim Moynihan, Randy Carmack, Diana Dawn and Chris Tisdale.   
 
     I would like to add that the Lewis &  Clark chapter beat all others in 
terms of  providing  the largest  delegation for this years Jeff City 
Seminar, proving once and for all that  motley assemblages of political 
malcontents can be quite effective when  encouraged to march in the same direction.
 
Now, let's go get 'em,
 
Dan Flasar
Lewis & Clark Chapter
 
 
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