[Ohio-talk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Fwd: RE: Important Information Regarding the 2011 Washington Seminar

Sun Jan 16 16:47:09 UTC 2011

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Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 9:07 PM
Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Fwd: RE: Important Information Regarding 
the 2011 Washington Seminar


>
>>
>>The following message is from Jesse Hartle (jhartle at nfb.org):
>>
>>Fellow Federationists:
>>
>>I am writing to you to let you know that the fact sheets for the
>>2011 Washington Seminar are now on the NFB Web site.  They can be
>>found on the "NFB 2011 Washington Seminar" page at
>><http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp>http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Washington_Seminar.asp.
>>For your convenience, the fact sheets are also attached to this
>>e-mail.  The hot issues for the 2011 seminar are:
>>
>>1.  Advocating for the Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind;
>>2.  Advocating for legislation to establish an independent
>>commission to set standards for the education of all blind children
>>in America; and
>>3.  Advocating for the Americans with Disabilities Business Opportunity 
>>Act.
>>
>>Please review these fact sheets in preparation for your appointments
>>during Washington Seminar.  Lauren McLarney and I would like to
>>conduct a series of conference calls in two weeks to discuss these issues.
>>
>>We are scheduling three nights for conference calls and would like
>>one expert from each state, D.C., and Puerto Rico to attend.  As the
>>affiliate president, you should designate who will represent your
>>affiliate--either you or someone else, as you wish.  If you are not
>>attending Washington Seminar this year, we strongly urge your
>>participation in these calls so that you can make sure to bring
>>vital information back to your affiliate about our legislative
>>priorities.  The days and times of the conference calls are:
>>
>>Monday evening: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time);
>>Tuesday evening: 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time); and
>>Wednesday evening: 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).
>>
>>We are assigning particular days to each affiliate, but you should
>>feel free to choose a different day if the day assigned does not fit
>>your schedule.  We want a distribution of affiliates that is
>>manageable on a conference call so that everyone can easily
>>participate, but we are absolutely not rigorous about the
>>assignments.  If the time assigned does not work, we only ask that
>>you e-mail Lauren or me, telling us which time you will choose.
>>
>>For Monday, January 24, 2011:  Alabama, Connecticut, District of
>>Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New
>>York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,  Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South
>>Carolina, and Virginia.
>>
>>For Tuesday, January 25, 2011:  Alaska, Arizona, California,
>>Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
>>Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
>>Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
>>
>>For Wednesday, January 26, 2011:  Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois,
>>Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
>>North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wyoming.
>>
>>The conference call dial-in number is (888) 205-5513, and the
>>participant code is 413146.  Again, if the assigned day will not
>>work for you, feel free to pick among the other two and let us know
>>that you have chosen a different day.
>>
>>Finally, as you confirm Congressional appointments, you are
>>encouraged to e-mail the date, the time, and whether the member of
>>Congress is expected to attend the meeting, so the exceptional
>>Mercury Room team can provide it to our governmental affairs
>>staff.  The e-mail address is
>><mailto:hillappointments at nfb.org>hillappointments at nfb.org.
>>
>>If you have questions, I have included my contact information at the
>>bottom of this message.  I look forward to seeing all of you at
>>Washington Seminar as we work toward passage of these crucial
>>issues.  Once again, thank you in advance for all of your hard work.
>>
>>Jesse M. Hartle
>>Government Programs Specialist
>>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>>Phone:  (410) 659-9314, extension 2233
>>E-mail:  jhartle at nfb.org
>>
>>JMH/kk
>>
>>Attachments
>>
>>Content-Type: application/msword; name="2011-03 Americans with 
>>Disabilities"
>>  Business Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc"
>>Content-Description: 2011-03 Americans with Disabilities Business
>>  Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc
>>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="2011-03 Americans with"
>>  Disabilities Business Opportunity Act Fact Sheet.doc"; size=162304;
>>         creation-date="Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:06:33 GMT";
>>         modification-date="Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:23:30 GMT"
>>
>>
>>
>>Content-Type: application/msword;
>>         name="2011-02 Ensuring Equal Education for Blind Children
>> Fact Sheet.doc"
>>Content-Description: 2011-02 Ensuring Equal Education for Blind Children
>>  Fact Sheet.doc
>>Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="2011-02 Ensuring Equal 
>>Education"
>>  for Blind Children Fact Sheet.doc"; size=163840;
>>         creation-date="Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:57:17 GMT";
>>         modification-date="Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:20:27 GMT"
>


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