[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver Challenge andWashington Seminar

[Denise Valkema]

Alicia,
I enjoyed rooming with you Sundat night and being next door to you Monday night. It was fun going to Starbucks, Columbia room, and just getting to know you. Glad you enjoyed being on our team.

Denise



-- Sent from my Palm Pre
On Feb 4, 2011 11:32 PM, Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com> wrote: 

Thank you, Alicia. We were very happy to have you aboard this year. You made

a great contribution to our team, before and after we landed in Washington. 



Dan



“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.  

Not to dare is to lose oneself.” 

                 — Soren Kierkegaard



> -----Original Message-----

> From: nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbf-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On

Behalf Of

> Alicia Betancourt

> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:55 PM

> To: 'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'; NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com

> Subject: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver Challenge

> andWashington Seminar

> 

> Hi Dan and everyone else,

> I am so very sorry to hear that you are sick but I want to say that I am

so excited to

> have gotten a chance to talk to the legislators in DC. For once in my

young life, I

> feel that I am making a difference. Also, I'd like to be able to make

appointments

> like Ms. Sherri and feel confident doing it. Everyone was so great! See

you all later

> and thanks for giving me the opportunity to go to DC.

> 

> Alicia Betancourt

> 

> --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 

> 

> From: Dan Hicks <danjhicks at yahoo.com>

> Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] Blind Driver Challenge and Washington Seminar

> To: "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>, NFBF-

> Leaders at yahoogroups.com

> Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 9:29 PM

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> Fellow Florida Federation members,

> 

> We are barely into February of the new year and already Florida NFB

members

> have been involved in two important NFB events.

> 

> Our state played host to the Blind Driver Challenge in Daytona Beach .

President

> Maurer said that the NFB had 360 people using hotel rooms. Our affiliate

bought a

> total of 117 tickets for the event, and a few people bought their own

ticket. Say

> about 120 attendees were from the NFBF. But, about 55 of our people did

not use

> rooms in the three contracted hotels, so that 360 becomes 415 total

attendees, and

> 120 were our people, or about two out of every seven.

> 

> Florida was also well-represented at the Washington Seminar. We had about

15

> people out of the 500 or so from around the country. We were all fortunate

we did

> not get snowed in. Dwight Sayer was unable to go, because he caught some

bug in

> Jamaica the week before. I come back from DC with a cold and laryngitis.

> 

> Because Washington Seminars have to be scheduled months in advance, and

this

> turned out to be Constituents Week – when the members of the House of

> Representatives are not in DC, but visiting their home districts – we saw

few House

> members. However, the Legislative Assistants and other staffers in the

offices of

> the members seemed, for the most part, attentive and impressed with our

> presentation of our issues.

> 

> Thank you to all of you who attended these events. You and your

participation

> made them happen. Thanks to those who made the appointments in Washington

,

> DC . Thanks to Denise Valkema, who helped keep track of and coordinate

> appointments, and to Joe Minichiello, who took over for me when Gloria’s

and my

> flights were cancelled and we arrived in DC several hours later than we

had

> expected. A special thank you to Gloria, our treasurer, who put in many

hours

> dealing with hotels and ticket vendors and distributed tickets and paid

bills.

> 

> Thanks to all of you for making the Florida affiliate the best in the NFB!

> 

> Dan Hicks

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> “To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.

> Not to dare is to lose oneself.”

>                  — Soren Kierkegaard

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