[Nfbmo] Jefferson City Seminar results

[Gary Wunder]

Dan, way to go! I remember once that Tom Stevens made a big growl in the
affiliate by proclaiming that the Columbia chapter was the flagship chapter
of the affiliate. I was recently reminded that the Columbia chapter is no
longer the flagship chapter. Just what flagship means I'm not sure, but I
hope there is at least a contest out there for whatever it means. If it
encourages us all to do better, that's fantastic.

Thanks so much for taking our request to go to the Jefferson City seminar
seriously. I echo your congratulations to Brian Wekamp and to all of the
people who worked to make this happen. Thanks so very much.

Gary 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:09 PM
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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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