[nfbwatlk] Presidential Update, June 6, 2006 (fwd)

[Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)]

His name is Cyrus Habib.  He's currently at Oxford as a second year
graduate.  He's scheduled to go to Yale Law School in the fall as a
first year student there.

Bennett Prows, J.D.
Health Information Privacy Program
Office for Civil Rights
Seattle, Washington
(206) 615-2621
E-mail:  Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov
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On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Presidential Update, June 6, 2006 (fwd)

Think his name is Habib -- dunno whether first name or sirname. Denise 
knows him.

Mike

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Doug Trimble wrote:

> Who is the scholarship winner?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:59 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Presidential Update, June 6, 2006 (fwd)
>
> Greetings!
>
> List gremlins have been working their wicked will with avengance over
> the past few days. Translation: there may be server problems either
with
>
> the ISP NFB-Net uses or with the NFB-Net server itself. The NFBWATLK
> list seems to have reverted to a version created during the Devonian
> Period. I've made changes as best I could to bring it up to what
should
> be the current list.
>
> All of which is to say that some of you may not have gotten my
> presidential update of a few days ago. So I'm sending it again with a
> couple minor word changes.
>
> Mike Freeman, President
> NFB of Washington
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 18:45:52 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> Reply-To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB of Washington Talk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Presidential Update, June 6, 2006
>
> Fellow Washingtonians:
>
> Like the Staind song says, "It's Been A While." Enough things have
> happened that a short update seems worthwhile.
>
> NFB National Convention News
>
> One can hardly read NFB lists without realizing that the 2006 national
> convention of the National Federation of the Blind will take place in
> less than a month in Dallas, Texas (it runs from July 1 through July
7).
> I hope all of you have your reservations in at the Hillton anatole
Hotel
> as the June 1 deadline to guarantee a room has passed. If, however,
you
> get a sudden itch to go to the convention, it never hurts to try to
make
> a reservation. Call (214) 761-7500 to make it.
>
> Maurice Mines tells me that he has learned that Internet junkies who
> require high-speed connections will be charged on the order of $10.77
> per day for high-speed connections in the rooms and wi-fi access in
the
> lobby is charged at something like $12.75 per day. This may seem
> exorbitant (certainly the wi-fi does to me) but I was charged almost
> this much in Atlanta in 2004.
>
> I also understand that even local telephone calls, i.e., to Dallas
> numbers, will cost $0.55 per call. So use your cellphone for all calls
> except to people inside the hotel.
>
> This year, we have a scholarship winner from Washington State. And
> Lindsay Yazzolino (she of Rocket On fame) will be with us.
>
> Each year, the NFB of Washington holds a Caucus during the convention.
> It has traditionally been held on the morning of the open NFB Board of
> Directors meeting; this year is no exception. The NFB of Washington
> Caucus will occur from eight o'clock in the morning until 8:45 a.m. on
> July 3 in the Lalique (pronounced La Leek)Room on the atrium mezanine
> level. The Caucus is a time for newbies to get their questions
answered,
>
> for people to give their banquet tickets to a designated person (it's
> usually been Denise Mackenstadt) for exchange so that all of us can
sit
> together and for people generally to get acquainted and for those
> formerly of this state to say hello. All attending the convention from
> Washington should attend.
>
> 2007 NFB of Washington Conventions
>
> We've arranged for the 2007 spring and fall conventions of the NFB of
> Washington. We're going back to the Ramada Inn Governor House in
> Olympia. The spring convention will be the third weekend in April,
2007
> and the fall convention will take place the third weekend in October,
> 2007. Room rates, if I remember correctly, are again a phenomenal $68
> per night plus tax. The restaurant seems to specialize in Southern
> cooking but there should be a sufficient variety for all tastes. In
any
> event, there's the tacoria caddy-corner from the hotel. (grin)
>
> That's it for now. see yall in Dallas!
>
> Mike Freeman, President
> NFB of Washington
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