[Ohio-Talk] A message from Sheri

Thu Nov 14 23:09:36 UTC 2019

Thank you so much Carolyn, that is what I’m hoping!

Best Regards,
Sheri Albers
513-886-8697
Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com

> On Nov 14, 2019, at 5:19 PM, Carolyn Peters via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Kudos to you Sheri Albers, congratulations and best wishes, you will be fine
> , This sounds like a perfect position for you. Wishing you well Carolyn Peters
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2019, at 2:28 PM, Jessica Stover via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
> 
> Sheri! I’m going to echo what others have been saying! I’m so proud and
> happy for this next chapter in your life! You are going to missed. It will
> indeed take some big shoes to fill all that you have done for the
> affiliate! Thank you for everything and we will talk soon! Much love and
> hugs to you!
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2019 at 2:09 PM Sheri Albers via Ohio-Talk <
>> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you for your kind words Michael. I do what I do for the NFBO
>> because I love it so much.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Sheri Albers
>> 513-886-8697
>> Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com
>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Mike Leiterman via Ohio-Talk <
>> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sherry,
>>> Congratulations on this wonderful opportunity. I know that I am no
>> longer in Ohio, but I can assure you that you will be missed. I can’t think
>> of anybody else that puts so much in to the NFB of Ohio. When I first read
>> your goodbye message I thought who is going to organize Washington seminar,
>> who will put together packets, who will plan training, who will assist the
>> president in running our great affiliate. I am serious though you have done
>> so much and offered so much to our membership. You will definitely be
>> missed. I hope that someone will step up to fill the void you are leaving,
>> I feel sorry for that person who becomes our next vice president because
>> they will have very large shoes to fill. From the bottom of my heart I say
>> thank you for everything that you have done for the affiliate. I have often
>> said that you do the work of three people, so here it is I challenge three
>> of our members of our affiliate to fill the void that you were leaving
>> behind. I hope that they do it with as much if not more talent and
>> integrity and determination as you have demonstrated to the affiliate. It
>> goes without saying that you are leaving the affiliate in a better
>> condition than you found it. We should all hope to be able to leave the
>> organization better then we found it. That’s what growth is. Sherry goodbye
>> and good luckp
>>> 
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>>> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> on behalf of Sheri
>> Albers via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:05:44 AM
>>> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>;
>> 'NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List' <cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87 at gmail.com>; Carolyn Peters <
>> DrCarolyn.Peters at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] A message from Sheri
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello NFB of Ohio,
>>> 
>>> As I have shared with  President Payne, I am writing this morning to let
>> you know that I have accepted a job opportunity which will take me out of
>> the state of Ohio, and therefore, I have had to resign my position as Vice
>> President of the Ohio Affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind.
>>> 
>>> As of December 2, 2019, I will be the Community Outreach Coordinator for
>> the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco. This
>> is a newly created position, and I will be honored to be the ambassador for
>> an organization that fully embodies the philosophy of the NFB. If any of
>> you were able to hear Bryan Bashin’s speech at national convention,  you
>> will know what I mean.
>>> 
>>> As much as I have the excitement of moving into this new career, I have
>> a myriad of emotions that go along with it. What you need to know is, my
>> life would never have been the same, had I never met each and every one of
>> you. For the last sixteen years of being a member of NFBO, I feel that all
>> my experiences with you have made it possible for me to secure this job,
>> and even more than that, to turn my dream into a reality!
>>> 
>>> I do not like saying goodbye, so I will just say, “We will talk!” I do
>> want to thank you for the support you have given me, for the lessons you
>> have taught me and for the love that you have shown me. I look forward to
>> hearing about all the great things that the NFBO is doing, and I gently
>> pass the torch to the new Vice President, whomever that may be. You have a
>> great president at the helm.  I know how much he cares about you and how
>> much he cares about the NFB.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sheri Albers, Former Vice President
>>> 
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>>> 
>>> 513-886-8697
>>> 
>>> Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> 
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> peace
> 
> Jessica Stover
> jjstover at kent.edu
> jessicastover10 at gmail.com
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