[Nfbmo] Action Needed - Help Us Make A Difference

[Stan Magoon]

Erin and I are on board, as well!

Joy!

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 2:54 PM, Melissa Smith via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I agree. This was a very easy and painless process when I did it on Friday.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Melissa Smith
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 7, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Shelia Wright via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you Gene for sharing this message to the list. I just used the tools provided here and it was simple and quick.
>> 
>> I would encourage all of our members to send letters. 
>> 
>> Shelia 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gene Fleeman via Nfbmo
>> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 8:47 AM
>> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Gene Fleeman <gfleeman55 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Nfbmo] Rest Area Commercialization- Write Your Member of Congress
>> 
>>       F.Y.I.
>> 
>> Dear friends of blind entrepreneurs.
>> 
>> 
>> Over the last few weeks, momentum is growing for commercialization of our
>> interstate rest areas. A bill has been introduced in the House of
>> Representatives. The President’s proposed budget for FY 2018 communicated
>> support for the idea. The infrastructure bill that will presumably be
>> introduced next year is expected to include the option of commercialization
>> of the rest areas through public private partnerships. Almost 400 blind
>> entrepreneurs could lose their businesses.
>> 
>> 
>> The threat is real.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We need your help in preventing this from happening. We need for you to
>> contact your members of Congress today to tell them you oppose
>> commercialization of the interstate rest areas. We’ve made it easy for you.
>> Go to the link below:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://nfb.constituentvoice.net/nfbaction
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> and send a letter to your two U.S. Senators and House member. The website
>> will automatically find your members for you. It is as simple as 1-2-3-4.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 1.  Review the letter on the website that has been drafted for you to send;
>> 
>> 2.  Fill in all of the blanks with your contact information;
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>> 3.  Click on “Preview Letters”;
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>> 4.  Click on “Send All Letters”
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It couldn’t be any easier.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> But don’t stop there:
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>> 
>> 
>> 1.  Get all of your friends and family members to send letters;
>> 
>> 2.  Poste the link on your Facebook Page or Twitter account and encourage
>> followers to help out the cause;
>> 
>> 3.  Contact your member of Congress’ local office and ask for a meeting
>> when they are home in a few weeks for the summer recess. We will be sharing
>> talking points for such meetings or you can go to our website at
>> www.blindmerchants.org to review them.Talking points will be up soon.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> We need every U.S. Senator and member of Congress to receive as many
>> letters as possible and we need them from as many different addresses as
>> possible. If every blind entrepreneur sends a letter and gets 4 other
>> people to do the same, we will generate over 10,000 letters. We can beat
>> that.
>> 
>> 
>> Nicky Gacos, President
>> 
>> NABM
>> 
>> 
>> *Don’t sit on the sidelines. Get involved*
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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