[Colorado-talk] 2015 Legislative Day at the Capitol

Tue Dec 30 22:08:02 UTC 2014

I have found that if I make a few appointments ahead of time I usually do actually get to speak with those members of the Gen. assembly. Also, beginning to actively reach out to these folks before the day at the capital. Find out who your local state rep and State Sen. are and give them a call also do not discount the meetings we have with their legislative aides. It is often the case that the legislative aides have significant influence over the member of the Gen. assembly. So those meetings are extraordinarily important. Based on policy resolutions we passed that state convention we have a lot of work to do in the upcoming legislative session. I look forward to seeing all of you there

Kevan Worley
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On Dec 30, 2014, at 2:35 PM, "Scott C. LaBarre via Colorado-talk" <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

I also should mention that it is helpful if members make appointments ahead
of time.  It is a way of assuring that the member is present in person for
us.

Best,
Scott

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Thanks for the info, Dan and have a great holiday. When you return to
the office, however, I need your help with a matter related to this.

Despite discussions regarding the time and place of the initial
meeting, could you please use what influence you have with Scott or
other members of the board to try to start the initial meetings later
in the day? I am sure I sound like a grouch when I bring this up, but
for those of us in the outlying areas it makes it practically
impossible for us to asist NFBCO with this project. For instance, if I
come up from Colorado Springs, i would need to leave town at 6:30 am to
arrive on time. Most of the time we don't get to speak with legislators
anyway and leave our materials and express our concerns to their aides.
For us to otherwise participate would neccesitate some of us staying in
a motel overnight. Right now the state affiliate couldn't afford to do
this.

what I am proposing is that by moving the time back an hour or two we
aren't really losing anything as far as legislative contacts and more
of us can make it in. The old Supreme Court chambers is filled with the
smaller group, and, as you know, numbers mean everything to people
whose jobs rely on voter participation to keep them in office.

If the meetings were scheduled an hour or two later, more members could
participate and, more than likely, we would outgrow the Supreme Court
chamber. Less than one block away is the downtown branch of the Denver
Public Library. Their meeting rooms are free, available, and can house
up to 300 people easily. Depending upon what the board determined to be
the legislative agenda, there may be another advantage to this. If
education-related items are on tap, we can use this central point to
highlight what we would like to see passed when talking to the media
and to legislators. Please pass this along to Scott. Also, I would like
to hear from other subscribers to the list about what they think about
my idea. Thanks again.

James Beal
bealcorgi at aol.com<mailto:bealcorgi at aol.com>

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From: Dan Burke via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>>
To: NFB of Colorado Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>>
Sent: Tue, Dec 23, 2014 4:51 pm
Subject: [Colorado-talk] 2015 Legislative Day at the Capitol

Holiday Greetings Fellow Federationists!

Before we get too far into our holiday cheer, please mark your
calendars for the 2015 Legislative Day of the NFB of Colorado to be
held at the Capitol.

Date:    TuesdayWJanuary 20, 2015
       (We're scheduled a bit earlier this year, and the date is
coming up
fast!)

Location:    Old Supreme Court Chamber, 3rd Floor Capitol
       (Where we've held our meetings before.)

Time:    8:00 a.m. Sharp
       (Scott reminds us we need to get an early start to track
down all of
our legislators.)

We'll send out reminders and more as the date approaches, but wanted
to get this on everyone's mind and calendars right away.

Have the best of holidays everyone!

Dan

--
Dan Burke
My Cell:  406.546.8546
Twitter:  @DallDonal

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