[Nfbf-l] Washington Seminar 2014 memories
petercerullo at aol.com
petercerullo at aol.com
Fri Jan 31 19:54:48 UTC 2014
Congratulations! Great Team Effort and NFBF Job Well Done. ?
My Best,
Peter Cerullo/NFBF First Vice President
-----Original Message-----
From: Denise Valkema <valkemadenise at aol.com>
To: NFBF <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, Jan 31, 2014 10:53 am
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Washington Seminar 2014 memories
We had four teams at Washington seminar. I was the leader for the South Florida
team. Leonardo Banes and Tekesha Saffold were a part of this team. We worked
well together and all went smoothly. Tekesha presented the TEACH act which was
best for her as a student and scholarship winner. Leonardo presented the Air
carrier access act and I spoke on the Fair a Wages act.
We met with my congressman, Joe Garcia, and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.
She gave us Cuban coffee, took time to know us personally, and took a photo with
us. We did not meet with Tekesha's congressman, Alcee Hastings personally but
three staffers. He had already signed on to fair wages and HR 164. I will let
Tekesha share more. We met with staff in CongressmanDeutch's office who was glad
to meet constituent Leonardo. He can chime in. We met with staff in offices of
Diaz-Balart, Lois Frankel, and Murphy. We dropped off a packet to the offices of
Schultz, Rooney, and Wilson.
We had the great gathering in from 5:00pm-7:30pm where national gave us updates,
heard from guest congressman,and given facts on issues we were bringing to
members on the hill. We met in Preaident Hicks room to cover logistics including
making sure appointments were covered. Tuesday, the South Florida team left
hotel at 8:30 and returned around 4:30, and we had another gathering in at 6pm.
We had dinner with most that came from Florida and shared how well things went.
Wednesday, south Florida team left hotel at 9:00 and returned around 12:30pm. We
had to prepare to fly home.
It was cold and hotel was behind on renovations so we had challenges to overcome
but we handled it. Some had to reschedule flights due to weather on the return
home.
We have a state legislative committee and like each chapter to be represented so
information can be shared and accomplished in each chapter. These meetings will
be announced to leaders and if you are interested, let your president know. The
work has just begun.
The central team was Sherri Brun and Cindy Bishop. North Florida team was Lenora
Marten, Johnnie Slaton, and Denyece Roberts. The West team was Gloria and Dan
Hicks, Miranda Kilby, and Paul Martinez. Go Florida! You made this 2014
Washington Seminar the best! Feel free to share your experiences.
Sincerely, Denise Valkema
NFBF Legislative Chairperson by iPhone
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