[NFBofSC] Positive Note 1763

[Harold Anderson]

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On Wed, May 27, 2020, 8:45 AM David Houck via NFBofSC <nfbofsc at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> May 27, 2020
>
> Memo To:  Executive Officers, Board Members, Chapter & Division Presidents
> & Others
>
> From:  Frank Coppel, President
>
> Positive Note 1763
>
> Greetings Fellow Federationists:
>
>
>
>               Because of the ongoing pandemic situation, the NFB of SC
> Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, June 1, at 7:00 p.m., for the
> purpose of discussing thoroughly and then making a decision either to hold
> the 2020 state convention virtually or in-person as originally scheduled
> the weekend of August 21-23 at the North Charleston Marriott.
>
>               Join us Thursday evening, June 4, for our next Scheduled NFB
> of SC Connects Zoom meeting, as we will fully discuss the Board’s decision
> and will try to answer any questions regarding this matter.
>
>               We have an announcement from last week’s President’s
> Notebook.  “The House and Senate are both expected to be back in Washington
> the week of June 1. There’s a good chance they will use that week to
> negotiate the provisions of the most recent COVID-19 relief bill, the
> HEROES Act. We need to make sure that all members of Congress know about
> the major priorities we want included in that legislation. One of those key
> priorities, the Access Technology Affordability Act (ATAA), currently has
> eighty-eight cosponsors in the House and twenty-two in the Senate. We
> believe that Congressional leaders will really take notice of this bill if
> we can reach one hundred cosponsors in the House. With that kind of
> support, our Congressional champions would have more leverage to argue for
> the bill’s inclusion in the larger piece of legislation. So please call or
> email your member of Congress and ask them to cosponsor the ATAA (H.R.
> 2086/S. 815). We are so close, but we’re going to need to work harder than
> ever to ensure this bill passes.”
>
>               Unfortunately, we in South Carolina do not have any members
> of our congressional delegation either in the House of Representatives or
> the Senate who have cosponsored the Access Technology Affordability Act
> (ATAA).  Let’s work very hard next week to encourage our congressional
> delegation to cosponsor this very important piece of legislation.
>
>               We have an announcement from the National Federation of the
> Blind.  “Attend the June Presidential Release (#495) of the National
> Federation of the Blind on June 4, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, via the Zoom
> platform. After the remarks and updates from the elected President of the
> National Federation of the Blind, the organization's first vice president,
> Pam Allen, will moderate questions. Members of the Federation are
> encouraged to attend, and non-members are warmly welcomed. Send your
> questions in advance to cdanielsen at nfb.org and put PR495 in the subject
> line or call 410-659-9314, extension 2473.
>
>               The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is
> not the characteristic that defines you or your future.  Every day, we
> raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations create
> obstacles between blind people and our dreams.  You can live the life you
> want:  blindness is not what holds you back.
>
>
>
> Final Thought:  Transforming dreams into reality:  There is an old saying,
> “Don’t let someone get your goat.  People can’t tease you if you don’t let
> them know where your goat is tied.”  On the other hand it is better to be
> the G. O. A. T. or the Greatest Of All Time!
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