[NFBNJ] {Spam?} President ruffalo's Notes For Week Of July 20 2020
joe ruffalo
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
Mon Jul 20 21:47:41 UTC 2020
Greetings to all!
I have provided several points of interest to share with all.
For those that attended and participated by joining on zoom calls during the
2020 national convention, Super.
For those that did not attend or participate during the 2020 national
convention, give it a try, zoom or in person.
Please visit the link that highlighs Jane Degenshein???s first timers
experience with her attending and participating in Orlando, Florida in 2015.
This was featured during Thursday???s opening activities.
Jane, outstanding words for all to consider.
https://youtu.be/SGKYK4KCjc8
The dates for the 2021 national convention are Tuesday, July 6 through
Sunday, July 11 in the lively city of new Orleans,Louisiana.
Special notice: In the next few weeks, I will be forwarding information
highlighting the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey???s state
convention scheduled from Thursday, November 5 through Sunday, November 8 in
Woodbridge.
Yes, more details will be forthcoming.
Please review several topics of interest.
Warmly,
Joe Ruffalo, President
973 743 0075
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The below email was forwarded to President Riccobono following his opening
address to the conventioneers.
Subject: [State-Affiliate-Leadership-List] President Riccobono Thank You For
Your Leadership
Greetings President Riccobono and all!
Each year, you and others respark the flame in my heart to live the life I
want by raising expectations to transform my dreams into reality.
Your remarks presented during your presidential opening speech,continue to
provide educational, motivational and inspirational words that I need and
want to put into action.
Again, thank you for your leadership.
I provided a quote that describes your leadership, from John Quincy Adams,
6th President of the United States of America.
???If your action inspires others To dream more,learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader.???
Again, thanks.
Proud to Serve!
Joe
We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference!
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Received from Bernice Davis, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission for
the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Hi Joe,
So happy I could join and contribute. I would like to sincerely acknowledge
the amazing job that you, Linda and your team have done with putting
together an amazing NFB, NFBNJ virtual convention in such a short period of
time. Loved the testimonials as always. Keep up the great works. Talk soon.
Bernice
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Received from Jane Degenshein, NFBNJ, Technology Division President.
Wondered if you would share this with our NFBNJ distribution list ?As you
know the value of newsline and there are so many missing out on the
valuable information and benefits of our free newsline service.
Thanks
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contact Jane Degenshein, our NFB Newsline coordinator.
Phone: 973 736 5785 or
Her email is:
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and include the following info:
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Again, to all, please review and share far and wide.
NFB-NEWSLINE???s Job Listings
To access the job listings, press "9" from the main menu. This will take you
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continue, press ???1.??? To discard this job search and return to the Job
Listings main menu, press ???2.???
Searching for Jobs
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main menu. To search for jobs, select the profile you want to use when
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order of creation. This takes us to the menu for our search profile. To
listen to all jobs for that profile, press ???2.???
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forward, respectively, through the listings. When you???ve heard a listing
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results, press ???5??? and follow the prompts. Pressing ???pound 9??? will send an
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position's application form, and, if desired, a copy to another person. To
add a primary or secondary email to your account, call us at 866-504???7300.
If you have reviewed job listings, and if you have saved and deleted jobs,
the menu for the job search profile you used will include these new options:
To hear your saved jobs, press ???3???
To hear only new jobs, press ???4???
To hear only previously accessed jobs, press ???5???
To view only discarded jobs, press ???6???
Jane Degenshein
NFBNJ co-ordinator
jdegen16 at comcast.net
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Attention Access Link Customers:
New Jersey???s latest Executive Order 165 now allows for increased customer
volume on Access Link vehicles. As a result, you may be riding with more
customers. As the State continues to re-open, face coverings are still
required while riding all public transit including Access Link. Social
distancing must also continue to be practiced whenever possible while
traveling.
If you have any questions, contact the Access Link Customer Service
department at ADAServices at njtransit.com or calling 1-800-955-2321, option 5.
****
Received from David Mostello, NFBNJ, Secretary of the Capital Chapter.
Subject: 3rd Extension for Non-Drivers' Drivers License Renewals - Sept. 30
Greetings Fellow Federationists,
I found the following in an article on NJ.com this evening.
The expirations dates of drivers??? licenses, vehicle registrations,
inspection stickers, non-license IDs and temporary tags will now be extended
for several more months to give people more time and to reduce lines at
agencies. The MVC extended expiration dates in March and again in May due to
closures prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Documents expiring between March 13 and May 31 have been extended to
September 30; those expiring between June 1 to August 31 have been extended
to December 31. Commercial driver licenses expiration dates were previously
extended to September 30.
Republican lawmakers had called on Murphy to extend the expiration dates of
MVC documents by several months on Wednesday. Agencies reopened on July 7
after being closed almost four months since mid-March as a coronavirus
precaution.
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This past Saturday, I forwarded an email to all on this list,highlighting
several possibilities to attend to virtual opportunities to join calls of
interest.
Virtual programs are brought to you by NJ Hope and Healing- CCP program The
Mental Health Association in nOpe and New Jersey in collaboration with the
New Jersey Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health and
Addiction Services, Disaster and Terrorism Branch, are offering a Crisis
Counseling Program
(CCP) through a (FEMA/SAMHSA) grant. For more information visit
www.mhanj.org
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