[Nfbmo] Jefferson City Seminar results

[Randy Carmack]

Yes in deed, I also beg everyone who did not attend to contact your
legislature in mass..  We need for the whole state to know that it is NOT OK
to take our children simply because we are blind.

Gary, I would like to continue to volunteer in any way to further this
effort.  Please respond if there is anything at all that I can do.

Thanks,
Randy Carmack

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Shelia Wright <sbwright95 at att.net> wrote:

> 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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