From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Sun Mar  4 02:39:25 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 21:39:25 -0500
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Research Study Anouncement
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Please see the below announcement from Evelyn Valdez? 

 

 

From: Valdez, Evelyn [mailto:Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 4:00 PM
To: John Halverson (jwh100 at outlook.com); brianrmiller88 at gmail.com; john_bailey17 at hotmail.com; tracy.soforenko at gmail.com; Callaway, Shawn (ACL/AIDD) (Shawn.Callaway at aoa.hhs.gov); shafekah at gmail.com; Tajuan Farmer (tajfarmer at icloud.com); Mel Demissay (demissay at gmail.com); vagarwal at beankinney.com; philip.ashley at gsa.gov; amirhossein1 at gmail.com; alexandera.castillo at gmail.com
Subject: Research Study Anouncement

 

If you could please distribute this research study announcement far and wide to your networks to assist my friend, Ali. 

Much appreciated

 

Sent from Evelyn's iPhone ?


Begin forwarded message:

From: Ali Abdolrahmani <aliab1 at umbc.edu>
Date: February 28, 2018 at 9:45:00 AM EST
To: "evelyn.valdez212" <evelyn.valdez212 at gmail.com>
Subject: Research Study Anouncement

Dear Evelyn,

Thanks for your participation in my pilot study. Please kindly share the following study recruitment announcement with whoever contact you think is eligible to take part. Participants should be identified as legally blind and use screen readers to interact with their computers or mobile devices. We also prefer recruiting participants who have experience interacting with home smart speakers (e.g., Google Home, Amazon Echo) or if not, at least be familiar with these devices.

Here is the study announcement:

HELLO--I am a researcher in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We are conducting research to investigate interaction with voice activated agents including home smart speakers like Google Home or Amazon Echo and mobile voice assistants like Apple Siri or Google Assistant. Participants should be identified as legally blind and use screen readers to interact with their computers or mobile devices. We also prefer recruiting participants who have experience interacting with home smart speakers (e.g., Google Home, Amazon Echo) or if not, at least be familiar with these devices. During the interview, Volunteers will be asked to discuss their experience with privacy, security and trust using these technologies. The study may take about one hour to complete. The interview can either be conducted in person in ITE building at UMBC or remotely using Facetime/Skype/Phone. Participants will be compensated with $20 through Amazon gift card or Paypal. Please contact me at aliab1 at umbc.edu if you are interested in participating.

Regards

 

-- 

--Best

Ali Abdolrahmani

PhD Student

Human-Centered Computing

Information Systems department

University of Maryland Baltimore County

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Mon Mar  5 22:33:13 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 17:33:13 -0500
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Presidential release, March 1, 2018
Message-ID: <01c101d3b4d1$f3817af0$da8470d0$@gmail.com>

Dear chapter members,

 

The most recent presidential release from Mark Riccobono is a very important
one, and we've been asked to be sure that all chapter members listen to it,
and have the opportunity to ask questions of our chapter, affiliate, and
national leadership. 

 

I wanted to be sure everyone had immediate access to this latest release, so
I've attached it to this email, and provided a link to it below as well. You
may also subscribe to the presidential release as a podcast, and it is
available through the NFB newsline for the blind service. 

 

Here is the link to the release:

 

 

https://nfb.org/presidential-releases

 

The topics of the release include:

*Pre-registration for the NFB national convention information

*Delta policy on traveling with guide dogs updates;

*Aira  exclusive prices for NFB members for new and current subscribers -
this includes 60 free minutes for home and work, NFB conventions, and
work-related activities; and

*The NFB code of conduct. 

 

Of these above topics, I want to draw particular attention to the code of
conduct developed by our national leadership, and expected to be implemented
by all our affiliates. Chapter presidents have been asked to be sure that we
review this code of conduct at our meetings and make sure everyone
understands it, and has the chance to ask any questions. 

 

We will listen to president Riccobono' s presentation of the code of conduct
the next time the board meets, as well as at our next chapter meeting. 

 

Please take the time to listen to it in advance so that we can be best
prepared to discuss it when we meet. Meanwhile, please let me know if you
have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding the code of conduct,
or any other aspect of the presidential release. 

 

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

 

Sincerely,

 

Brian R. Miller, Ph.D.

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia

 

 

 

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Tue Mar  6 16:08:46 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 11:08:46 -0500
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Disability History News
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Good morning,

 

In case you don?t already receive this newsletter I thought I?d share it with the chapter as it contains some interesting information about a new documentary on Helen Keller and audio description? Full disclosure: I served as a consultant to this documentary, and depending on how the final edits go, may be one of the talking heads appearing in the film. 

 

Thanks,

 

Brian Miller

President

GAC/NFBV

 

 

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*	AUDIO DESCRIPTION COMES TO  AMERICAN MASTERS 
*	3500 REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS, PLUS, Now @  Yale Medical Library
*	MENDICANT PAMPHLETS 
*	REVEREND CECIL A. IVORY: OUR BEST Social Media REACH YET, 16,600!
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In making  <https://straightaheadpictures.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=49a96f7df054655f976a850e2&id=fe6030fc78&e=f31ecac76c> Becoming Helen Keller, a two-hour documentary (work-in-progress) for the PBS series American Masters, it has always been clear that the  program will need to be broadcast with audio description (AD) and closed captioning available.  Although closed captioning has long been established universally, AD is not as common.

What is it? Dr. Cathy Kudlick, Director of the Paul Longmore Institute at San Francisco State, described the advantages of this unique audio track in a film or television program: ?Until AD came along ? my visually-impaired comrades and I sat clueless during that key turning point in a film when a hand-written letter makes the audience gasp or the dog eating off the wedding banquet table had everyone around us in stitches.?  AD, audio description, is a distinct audio track that provides such information fluidly within a television or film program.  It can also be employed in the theater and at many types of exhibitions and performances.

In a feedback screening of  <https://straightaheadpictures.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=49a96f7df054655f976a850e2&id=e2a881043a&e=f31ecac76c> Becoming Helen Keller's first-hour rough cut at the Perkins School For The Blind last fall, AD was included. Michael Kantor, Executive Producer for the award-winning American Masters series attended the screening and said, "As public media, our mission is to create diverse, trusted media content that educates, informs, and entertains our audiences. Going forward, Audio Description will be part of our effort to make the content we produce accessible to as wide an audience as possible."  

Becoming Helen Keller will have its exclusive U.S. broadcast premiere on American Masters. We are proud to be the prompt for this important step to increase access to content for all.  But this film is still a work-in-progress. Join us when we launch our Kickstarter campaign, later this spring.

 



	

 


	

 




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?I'm feeling separation anxiety," Dr. Robert Bogdan told us, when we asked him about the big move he undertook recently. "It has been a life's work. and now it is elsewhere. I am used to thinking and looking at them much of the time."

DHM fans know that we regularly use elements from the ?Robert Bogdan Collection? in our work.  Bob's disability history image collection has greatly enhanced the ability of all disability studies scholars to establish the full range of the representation of people with disabilities in 20th century photography. And, scholars of the future will greatly appreciateo this indefatigable collector's treasure-hunting efforts.  Recently, all 3500 images in the collection were acquired by Yale University?s Medical Library Special Collections, which has already posted a preliminary inventory of the archives online. 

Bogdan is one of disability history?s foundational scholars.  His work is especially attentive to the visual rhetoric of disability, including the material production and distribution context of these ephemeral artifacts?photo postcards, pamphlets, carte de visites. He has written about the images and pamphlets distributed by P. T. Barnum as part of the  American Museum and later in circus sideshows and by disabled beggars selling a variety of services and objects. He coined the phrase "citizen portraits" to describe photo postcards with families and individual photo portraits. His books include Freak Show: Presenting Human Odditites for Amusement and Profit, Picturing Disability, and more.

What many in the disability scholarship community may not know is that Bogdan also has a spectacular collection of panoramic photographs that includes images of mutual aid society members, institutions, union and other laboring groups, atheletic teams, musicians, school faculty and student groups, veterans, and more  He also collects and writese about photographers and postcards associated with the Adirondacks. Bogdan is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Science and Education at Syracuse University. After teaching for 35 years at Syracuse he and his wife retired to rural Vermont.
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The image to the left is the cover of a 30 page pamphlet. Its colors are faded, and the printing quality is fair at best, but we found this recently at an ephemera show (where collectors go to buy and sell their finds). We go to these events as a form of research, but this post WWI era item was unusual. It includes nearly 25 WWI era cartoons, a dozen jokes and poems as well. Very few of either genre are top quality wit or humor.  The back cover identifies the seller as an "unemployed disabled veteran".

In addition to a few mendicant pamphlets in Bob Bogdan's collection at Yale, we know of three other mendicant "pamphlet" or "broadside" collections.  You can find them at Harvard's Countway Library of Medicine (mostly 19th c.). There are more from a broader period in the "Americana" American History Collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and a few are at the Library of Congress.
 

 


	

 




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WELCOME ABOARD: SHOP TALK

Nicole Inhof, an undergraduate from the University of Massachusetts-Ameherst, and participant in that school's Women & Leadership Program has joined us for the spring semester as an intern working on our Kickstarter campaign preparations. 
Nicole is a finance and sports management major. We would also like to welcome Janna Zwerner, a long time disability advocate from Massachusetts and now Atlanta, Georgia, who is working on our Social Media efforts.  

 



	



	

 









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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Sun Mar 11 19:42:08 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:42:08 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Board meeting take 2, Sunday March 11
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Chapter members,

 

My apologies as I intended to send thisw announcement sooner. Please know
that all are welcometo join our call! 

 

Thanks, and talk to you later tonight!

 

Brian Miller

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia

 

 

From: BrianMiller [mailto:brianrmiller88 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 9:12 PM
To: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov; Jeremy Grandstaff; Terri Nettles; 'Wanda Taylor';
andre.tynes at aol.com; Renee Valdez
Subject: Board meeting take 2, Sunday March 11

 

Fellow board members,

 

Ok, let's try this again. I'd like to meet as a board this Sunday, March 11,
at 8pm. 

 

Let me know if you have items for the agenda, but here are a few things that
we need to discuss: 

 

*A March activity - a couple of ideas are in the works, including a MMA
class, and a private tactile tour of Alexandria's Freedom House; 

*April's chapter meeting - including the idea of possibly holding it a week
earlier than normal on April 19;

*Fund-raising updates; 

*Appointment of a nominating committee for our next elections; 

*Brief discussion of a technology/audio description seminar; and

*The NFB code of conduct - see my earlier email from this week that included
the presidential release where this was discussed;

 

The dialing instructions are as follows: 

 

605-475-4120

Participants access code: 298 6338#

 

Please let me know if for sure you will not be able to make it, but I ask
that everyone make every effort to be there if at all possible. Thank you!

 

See you Sunday!

 

Brian R. Miller, Ph.D.

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia

 

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Wed Mar 14 22:00:27 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:00:27 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Are you interested in serving on the NFB of
 Greater Alexandria Board of Directors? Let us know by March 23rd
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Good evening,
Please see the important message below from Bonnie O'Day. 
Thank you,
Brian Miller
President
GAC/NFBV


-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie O'Day [mailto:bonnoday at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:12 AM
To: BrianMiller
Subject: Are you interested in serving on the NFB of Greater Alexandria
Board of Directors? Let us know by March 23rd

Brian. Please send the note below out to the chapter list. Feel free to add
or modify as you see fit.
Thanks.

Are you interested in helping to lead the NFB of Greater Alexandria by
serving on its board of directors? Would you like to lead the chapter on to
even greater accomplishments?  If so, please read on.
I have appointed Bonnie O'Day as nominating committee chair. Her committee
members include Aaron Simoneau, Joanne Wilson and Frank Riley. 
Our current chapter board members are listed below. All are up for election.
Terms last for one year.
President, Brian Miller
1st VP, Evelyn Valdez
2nd VP, Jeremy Grandstaff
Secretary, Terri Nettles
Treasurer, Andre Tynes
Board members, Rene Valdez, and Wanda Taylor

If you currently serve on the board and are interested in continuing to
serve, or if you don't currently serve on the board but would like the
opportunity,  please contact one of the committee members by March 23rd at
the emails below.

Bonnie O'Day: bonnoday at gmail.com, 703 845-3436 Joanne Wilson: Joanne Wilson
wilsonjm05 at gmail.com Frank Riley: friley914 at gmail.com Aaron Simoneau:
Aaron_Simoneau at hotmail.com 

Thank you.

Bonnie O'Day
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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 16 14:14:15 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:14:15 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: DASH Community Meetings: 3/21 & 4/5
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Good morning,

 

Please see the below important announcement about DASH bus service in Alexandria, and be sure to take the opportunity to let your voice be heard!

 

Thanks,

 

Brian Miller, PH.D.

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia

 

 

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DASH Community Meetings
March 21 and April 5, 2018 

 


As part of its annual budget development process, DASH is gathering community input on several proposed fare and service changes.  The proposed changes include a fare increase from $1.60 to $1.75, an increase in the cost of the monthly DASH Pass from $40 to $45, a new discounted Senior SmarTrip fare during off-peak periods, and a minor reduction in weekday morning King Street Trolley service.  
 
The proposed changes are part of a larger DASH budget proposal that seeks to improve the agency?s financial stability amidst declining ridership trends at both the regional and national levels. ?DASH takes great pride in its low fares and exceptional customer service,? said DASH Marketing & Communications Manager, Allyson Teevan. ?Our proposed FY 2019 budget is designed to increase revenues, avoid major service cuts, and maintain fares that are still well below all other bus agencies in the D.C region.? 
 
One of the highlights of the proposed fare changes is a new $1.00 senior fare for all Senior SmarTrip users traveling during off-peak weekday hours (before 6:00 AM, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, and after 6:00 PM) and on weekends.  The new discount is aimed at making public transit more affordable for Alexandria?s senior community members and encouraging increased ridership during off-peak periods when buses are less crowded. 
 
The proposed fare increase would raise the cost of a single, one-way trip from $1.60 to $1.75 to help offset the cost of the new senior program.  The change represents the first fare DASH fare increase in nearly five years, and only the third fare increase since 1999.
 
DASH is collecting feedback on the proposed changes outlined above.  Community members may provide input online at www.dashbus.com, via e-mail, via telephone (703-746-DASH), or in person at one of several community meetings that are being held throughout the city, that will also stream Live on DASH?s Facebook @DASHBus:
  

*	Wednesday, March 21, 2018: 6:00 - 7:00 PM
William Ramsay Elementary School, 5700 Sanger Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22311
 
*	Thursday, April 5, 2018: 6:30 ? 7:30 PM
Mt. Vernon Recreation Center, 2701 Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305


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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 16 15:51:06 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:51:06 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Elderly/Disabled ARHA waitlist Opening March
 15-March 19
Message-ID: <01c101d3bd3e$998700e0$cc9502a0$@gmail.com>

Chapter members,

 

Please share the attached application and the below email with anyone you think might benefit from this affordable housing program. The window to apply to have one?s name added to the list is very narrow, so please do not wait if you, or someone you know, is interested in taking advantage of this rare opportunity. I believe the chance to put one?s name on the list only happens once a year or so, and there are just a few days in which one may do so. 

 

Thank you for your attention to this timely matter.

 

Brian Miller, Ph.D.

Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia


________________________________________
From: Caridad Palerm
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:31:25 PM
To: Housing Staff; Caren Johnson
Subject: Elderly/Disabled ARHA waitlist Opening March 15-March 19

Elderly/Disabled Waiting List Opening March 15 -19, 2018 The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority is officially opening the Public Housing waiting list for Elderly/Disabled applicants The elderly/disabled program houses only one bedroom and efficiency units. The average wait time once on the waiting list varies from 6 months - 4 year.
See flyer.

Thank you!

Caridad (Cari) Palerm
Housing Analyst
Landlord Tenant Division
Office of Housing
City of Alexandria
421 King Street, Suite 215
Alexandria VA 22314
P. 703-746-3079
C. 571-289-0019
Text: 571-289-0019
Caridad.palerm at alexandriava.gov

For more information about housing resources in Alexandria: https://www.alexandriava.gov/Housing

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 23 17:44:54 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:44:54 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Suggestion to read Alexandria local paper
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Chapter members,

Please see the below exciting news from Bonnie about access to our local paper thorugh the Washington Ear. 

Thanks to Bonnie and Bob for making this happen.

Brian Miller

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter

NFBV

 

 

From: Bonnie [mailto:bonnoday at gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 1:40 PM
To: Brian Miller
Subject: Fwd: Suggestion to read Alexandria local paper

 

Good news from the Washington ear. Please share with the chapter. Thanks

Sent from my iPhone


Begin forwarded message:

From: "Stewart Brown" <stewart at washear.org>
Date: March 23, 2018 at 12:01:07 PM EDT
To: "'Bonnie O'Day'" <bonnoday at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Suggestion to read Alexandria local paper

Hello Bonnie,

 

My apologies for not responding to your email in a more timely manner but I have been on sick leave for a while followed this week by a couple of snow days.

 

We discussed and approved your request to read the Alexandria Gazette Packet on the Dial-In service. The first issue was made available the week of Thursday, February 22nd. and  a Headline Message was read at the beginning of The Washington Post to announce that this new publication was now available.

You can access the Alexandria Gazette Packet in Publication #7, Category 19.

Please be aware however that because I have not been in the office, the latest issue is for the week of Thursday, March 8. We will resume normal weekly readings next week, Thursday, March 29th.

 

I truly enjoy my work providing the Dial-In service for you, and the rest of the visually impaired community through Maryland, Virginia and The District and The Washington Ear thanks you most sincerely for your annual financial contribution.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Stewart Brown

Dial-In Program Manager

Metropolitan Washington Ear

12061 Tech Road

Silver Spring, MD 20904

301-681-7188

www.washear.org <http://www.washear.org/> 

One of the best: Metropolitan Washington Ear

was chosen by the Catalogue for Philanthropy as

?one of the best small charities in the Washington, DC region.?

 

From: Bonnie O'Day [mailto:bonnoday at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2018 10:42 PM
To: stewart at washear.org
Subject: FW: Suggestion to read Alexandria local paper

 

Hello. Please see the note I sent a few weeks ago, to which I never received a response. We would really appreciate having the Alexandria Gazette available to us, as I know you do read local papers from other jurisdictions.

Thanks so much. We really appreciate and enjoy the Ear.

Bonnie O?Day

From: Bonnie O'Day [mailto:bonnoday at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:05 AM
To: stewart at washear.org
Cc: Bob Hartt; BrianMiller
Subject: Suggestion to read Alexandria local paper

 

My husband Robert Hartt and I regularly read newspapers through the Washington Ear and make annual contributions. We live in Alexandria VA and lack access to the local Alexandria papers. We would like to request that you add the Alexandria Gazette to the local papers you read. You can find it on the link below. Although we receive the newspaper via email, it is very hard to access via our screenreader software. For example, sometimes our software reads across the columns and it is difficult to find the conclusion of articles when they are continued on another page. The paper comes out every Thursday and if you skip the ads it isn?t terribly long.

We would very much appreciate consideration of our request.

We appreciate the Washington Ear. Thank you very much.

 

Bonnie O?Day and Robert Hartt

4005 Ellicott Street

Alexandria VA 22304

 

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 30 00:47:41 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:47:41 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Roster of chapter members
Message-ID: <029f01d3c7c0$b5dcefc0$2196cf40$@gmail.com>

Good evening,

 

Please find attached a copy of our chapter roster which includes contact
information of members who have paid dues and are eligible to vote at
April's meeting.  

 

It's entirely possible we missed someone, so please let me and Terri
Nettles, our chapter secretary, know so we can add your name. We'd hate for
someone to be left out!

 

Also, please let us know if your contact information is incorrect or has
changed. 

 

Please note that April is our first birthday as a chapter, so we will have
much to celebrate. It also means that next year's dues of five dollars each
is owed to the chapter if you want to keep current. 

 

I will send out a save the date notice very shortly for our April meeting. 

 

Also watch for an activity announcement from Evelyn Valdez for early April
very soon.

Thanks so much!

 

Brian R. Miller, PH.D.

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter

NFB of Virginia

 

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From reneerome at yahoo.com  Fri Mar 30 03:33:16 2018
From: reneerome at yahoo.com (Renee Valdez)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 03:33:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Roster of chapter members
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Thanks, Brian!!

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Good evening,

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Please find attached a copy of our chapter roster which includes contact information of members who have paid dues and are eligible to vote at April?s meeting.? 

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It?s entirely possible we missed someone, so please let me and Terri Nettles, our chapter secretary, know so we can add your name. We?d hate for someone to be left out!

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Also, please let us know if your contact information is incorrect or has changed. 

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Please note that April is our first birthday as a chapter, so we will have much to celebrate. It also means that next year?s dues of five dollars each is owed to the chapter if you want to keep current. 

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I will send out a save the date notice very shortly for our April meeting. 

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Also watch for an activity announcement from Evelyn Valdez for early April very soon.

Thanks so much!

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Brian R. Miller, PH.D.

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter

NFB of Virginia

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From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com  Fri Mar 30 12:39:43 2018
From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (BrianMiller)
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 08:39:43 -0400
Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: City of Alexandria shelter exercise
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Good morning chapter members!

Please see the below announcement about an opportunity for us to participate
in an emergency shelter exercise in the city of Alexandria on May 7. Email
Teresa and she will put you in touch with the organizer and get you on the
list. 

Thanks,

Brian Miller
President
Greater Alexandria Chapter 
NFB of Virginia


-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Scott Hoggard [mailto:Teresa.Scott at alexandriava.gov] 
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 8:25 AM
To: BrianMiller
Subject: RE: City of Alexandria shelter exercise

Good morning Brian,

I am glad to hear that you would like to participate. This is wonderful.
Yes, that would be great if you extended the invitation to the members of
the Alexandria Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. We are
looking to test our sheltering capabilities and anyone who wants to
participate are more than welcome.

All I ask is that they send me an email, so that I can get them in contact
with the person to register them for the exercise.

Thank you so much.

Teresa Scott Hoggard, MS, CEM
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator
Regional Planner
Alexandria Fire Department
Office of Emergency Management
900 Second St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.746.5267 office
571.414.7698 cell
teresa.scott at alexandriava.gov
AEM(r) and CEM(r) are registered trademarks  of the International
Association of Emergency Managers


-----Original Message-----
From: BrianMiller [mailto:brianrmiller88 at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 6:32 PM
To: Teresa Scott Hoggard <Teresa.Scott at alexandriava.gov>
Subject: RE: City of Alexandria shelter exercise

Dear Teresa,

One other question... May I extend this invitation to other groups? I also
happen to be the president of the Alexandria chapter of the National
Federation of the Blind, and I thought some of my chapter members may wish
to participate in this event.

Thank you,

Brian Miller


-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Scott Hoggard [mailto:Teresa.Scott at alexandriava.gov]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 9:42 AM
Cc: Brian Miller; Miladis Martinez Gutierrez
Subject: RE: City of Alexandria shelter exercise

Good morning Brian.

I work with the Office of Emergency Management. The City is conducting a
sheltering exercise on May 7, 2018, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, at one of the
City's sheltering facilities. (Location will be determined by April 2).

I would like to extend an invitation to members of your commission to see if
any of them would like to participate in the exercise.

Would you mind forwarding this email to members of the Commission On Persons
With Disabilities to see if anyone would like to participate in the
exercise?

If anyone has any questions or interested in participating, they can send me
an email.

Thank you,

Teresa Scott Hoggard, MS, CEM
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator
Regional Planner
Alexandria Fire Department
Office of Emergency Management
900 Second St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.746.5267 office
571.414.7698 cell
teresa.scott at alexandriava.gov
AEM(r) and CEM(r) are registered trademarks  of the International
Association of Emergency Managers


-----Original Message-----
From: Mollie [mailto:mdanforth2 at comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 9:21 AM
To: Teresa Scott Hoggard <Teresa.Scott at alexandriava.gov>
Cc: Brian Miller <brianrmiller88 at gmail.com>; Miladis Martinez Gutierrez
<Miladis.Martinez at alexandriava.gov>
Subject: Re: City of Alexandria shelter exercise

I am no longer with ACPD.  Brian Miller is the chairman.  I forwarded your
email to him.

Mollie Danforth
703-370-9454

> On Feb 20, 2018, at 6:30 AM, Teresa Scott Hoggard
<Teresa.Scott at alexandriava.gov> wrote:
> 
> Good morning Mollie.
> 
> I wanted to let you know that the City of Alexandria will be 
> conducting a
shelter exercise on May 7, 2018, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. I would like to
invite you or anyone else from the Commission on Persons with Disabilities
that would be interested in participating in this exercise. Right now we are
still in the planning phase, but once details are finalized, I would be more
than happy to share that with you and the members of the Commission on
Persons with Disabilities. Also, if you know of anyone that has a service
animal, we would also like to welcome them to participate in our exercise.
> 
> If you have any questions, let me know.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Teresa Scott Hoggard, MS, CEM
> Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Regional Planner Alexandria 
> Fire Department Office of Emergency Management
> 900 Second St.
> Alexandria, VA 22314
> 703.746.5267 office
> 571.414.7698 cell
> teresa.scott at alexandriava.gov<mailto:teresa.scott at alexandriava.gov>
> AEM(r) and CEM(r) are registered trademarks  of the International 
> Association of Emergency Managers
> 
> 
> <winmail.dat>