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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:navy'>FYI. Hope this will be useful for some of you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> cccnfbw-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:cccnfbw-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Joanne Laurent<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 03, 2010
6:50 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cccnfbw@nfbnet.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Cccnfbw] Save DSB</span></font><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hello Federationists,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> I have created two web pages on my writing business
website devoted entirely to generating state and national interest in saving
Department of Services for the Blind. </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>(I apologize that I was unable to
design this site to be accessible. It’s the best I could do by myself
without money or technology experience. There are a couple of tiny format
glitches, but it’s better than nothing at all, right)? If you are unable
to read the webpage with a screen reader, PLEASE pass it on to your sighted
friends in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>
and outside of our state too. Also, will someone please forward this email to
the WA state listserve (I’m not on it) and any national listserves? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> As of this morning I
had already received 150 visitors to the web page (that I put up yesterday) and
several emails telling me they had responded to the call and emailed our
governor. Every letter we put in our governor’s inbox substantially
increases the likelihood of retaining DSB as a separate agency. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> The first screen of the
webpage is the sales pitch telling how taxpayers will save money by helping us
save DSB. Two links are provided (one in the left column of the screen and one
on the right) that will direct you to a page containing links to the
“contact the governor” page of her site, links to “finding
your legislator” by typing in your address, “contacting
representatives”, and a link that makes writing to every newspaper in the
state of Washington a snap! For researchers, two additional links include
LouOma’s letter about DSB outcomes and a compare and contrast statement I
wrote comparing DSB outcomes and DVR outcomes that includes a direct link to
the governor’s website backing up my numbers. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> And, to make it
super easy to get active, there are links to cut-and-paste letters you can send
to the governor so no work is required (It would really be nice to add some
original letters with your own perspective but feel free to copy mine as is, or
use pieces. ANY correspondence will help! Please take just a few moments to
lobby for what you believe in! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Below are two links. The first
link is to the SAVE DSB website I created. If you are unable to access this
adequately with a screen reader, this email also contains a direct link to the
governors contact page. Click on it, fill out your name and address, and write
a few words in the space provided. FIVE MINUTES FOLKS to save DSB—Please
participate and pass the word!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://describeit.net/SAVE%20Dept.%20of%20Services%20for%20the%20Blind.htm">http://describeit.net/SAVE%20Dept.%20of%20Services%20for%20the%20Blind.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp">http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color="#1f497d" face="Segoe Script"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Script";color:#1F497D'>Joanne
Laurent </span></font><font size=5 color="#1f497d" face=SimBraille><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:SimBraille;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#262626" face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#262626'>Certified
Orientation and Mobility Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#215868" face="Colonna MT"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Colonna MT";color:#215868;font-weight:
bold'>If you can't learn it, I'm not teaching it right!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.blindcoach.com/"><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:
#1F497D'>www.blindcoach.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Highest Expectations
Travel and Adaptive Skills Instruction for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=2
color=black face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS"'>P.O. Box 586</span></font></st1:Street><font size=2
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>
<st1:City w:st="on">Ariel</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">98603</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:address><font size=2
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bold'>(360) 231-4597</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color="#0f243e"><span
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