[NFBV-Winchester] Important information regarding Washington seminar 2022

[Chris Walker]

Chapter members and friends,
If you plan to attend Washington seminar as I briefly mentioned at our holiday cookie exchange. Everyone will be able to participate if you would like.
Be sure to read the information for important deadlines. If you have any questions, I'm also available.
Thank you.

Chris Vinson Walker
President, Winchester Chapter
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
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> From: jackibruce6--- via NFBV-Announce <nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org>
> Date: December 20, 2021 at 9:09:30 PM EST
> To: nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [NFBV-Announce] IMPORTANT INFORMATIONabout Washington Seminar
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> From Deepa Goraya
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> Hello everyone,
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> I wanted to provide some important information for the 2022 Washington Seminar. This upcoming Washington Seminar will be once again virtual, with a limited number of in-person participation. The Great Gathering In will be a hybrid, so over zoom and a limited number of in-person participants who will be selected by each affiliate. But all of our Virginia appointments will be virtual over zoom.
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> This year’s Washington Seminar will be from February 7 to the 10th, with the Great Gathering In on the 7th at 5 PM, and most of our appointments on the 8th and 9th. There will be trainings provided as usual before appointments to inform you of the issues we’ll be presenting on, but they will just be hybrid trainings in person and on zoom. There will be a Monday issue training and mock meeting session from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., EST, and an evening meeting on both Tuesday and Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., EST. Additional info about the trainings are forthcoming.
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> This year’s legislative issues are the following:
> Access Technology Affordability Act (H.R. 431/S. 212)
> Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act (H.R. 4853)
> Twenty-First Century Website and Application Accessibility Act
> Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (H.R. 2373/S. 3238)
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> Fact sheets and additional info on these issues are forthcoming.
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> I will be scheduling most of our zoom appointments with our representatives. But we will again need some info from you to determine which appointments and teams you’ll be a part of. Congressional members still want to ensure they are scheduling appointments with their constituents, so it will be important that you are present at the appointment with your representative.
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> If you could please email the following info to Arielle Silverman this month at arielle at disabilitywisdom.com (like you did last year) so that we can begin scheduling these appointments and creating the teams:
> Your name
> What days you will be able to attend Washington Seminar (8th, 9th, 10th, or all three days)
> What times you’ll be available on each of those days between 8 AM and 6 PM
> Your address, and
> A phone number and email address where you can be quickly reached
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> Please let Arielle know all this by January 3rd. The sooner you email her this info, the easier I can place you in a team for an appointment. For any questions, you can email me at deepa.goraya at gmail.com.
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> Thank you.
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> Deepa Goraya
> National Federation of the Blind of Virginia, Co-Legislative Director
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> Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq
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