[nfbwatlk] Season's Greetings & Presidential Release

Wed Jan 2 14:55:13 CST 2008

Rick,

Thanks for the welcome.  I would love to meet the Federation in Canada. 
Thanks for the invite.

Rebekah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederick Driver" <wt329 at victoria.tc.ca>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Season's Greetings & Presidential Release

> Thanks Rebekah,
>
> That was a super article you wrote!  I quoted from it in a speech I gave.
> Giving full credit to the source, of course.
>
> Good luck with the magazine writing plans.
>
> If you're ever up this way to Victoria, Canada, we Canadian Federationists
> would love to meet you.  Open invitation for NFBW.  We meet once a month.
> And the next convention of the Canadian Federation of the Blind is planned
> for May 2 and 3.
>
> I'm so pleased you've joined this list.
>
> All the best,
>
> Rick
>
> P.S.  Hey Lisa, what was that about Type O?
>
> There are some requirements for joining the CFB, like a pledge, and
> joining NFB too.
> But there's no blood type requirement!  All blood types welcome!  (grin)
> As long as we've got the Federation in the blood.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Rebekah Jakeman wrote:
>
>> Ok, a little about me.  My husband graduated from law school earlier this
>> year and we moved up here in October.  He is now doing immigration work. 
>> We
>> have three kids: a 4 yr. old boy, a 3 yr. old girl, and a 3 month old 
>> baby
>> girl.  They keep me very happy and busy.
>>
>> Yes, I'm the one who wrote that article.  I'm flattered Rick that you 
>> made
>> the connection since I wrote that article forever ago.  I actually am a
>> magazine writer, and wrote for a magazine back in Utah while my husband 
>> was
>> doing school.  I'm hoping once we are more settled that I'll find a staff
>> writer position here.
>>
>> My history with the NFB--I won a state scholarship after I graduated from
>> high school in Ohio.  There I met Barbara Pierce and others.  At the time
>> though I was such a high partial, I didn't consider myself blind.  It 
>> wasn't
>> until I lost all of my vision and had graduated from BYU that I 
>> rediscovered
>> the NFB.  I did a local Rehab program in Utah and was not happy with the
>> results, so I went to the LCB for four months.  It was life changing. 
>> Since
>> then I've been involved as much as I can.  A few years ago I got to help 
>> out
>> with the NBC's 3 Wishes episode where a group in Utah helped mentore 
>> Nicole.
>> I was a board member in the Utah Valley chapter, and we tried to do 
>> several
>> things to increase positive views about the blind.  One of my favorites 
>> was
>> participating in a parade--we passed out braille and Kernel Books to
>> spectators.  Lots of fun.  I'm not really an expert on how to run things 
>> in
>> the NFB, but would love to get something going in the Tri-cities.  So 
>> that's
>> me.  I'm enjoying getting to know you all through email.
>>
>> Thanks for the warm welcome,
>> Rebekah Jakeman
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Season's Greetings & Presidential Release
>>
>>
>> > You're most welcome. And, before you ask, yes, I did work in radio, at
>> > least during college. (Ask Ben Prows; the poor soul used to listen to
>> > me!)
>> >
>> > Incidentally, Rick Driver is right; that was a great article you had in
>> > the April, 2006 Braille Monitor. With talent like that, I'm honored to
>> > have you with us in our affiliate. I'm thinking of cutting/pasting the
>> > article in another message.
>> >
>> > At any rate, please feel free to tell us a bit about yourself if you
>> > should care to do so.
>> >
>> > Happy New Year everyone!
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: Rebekah Jakeman
>> >  To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
>> >  Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:35 PM
>> >  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Season's Greetings & Presidential Release
>> >
>> >
>> >  Dear Mike,
>> >
>> >  Thanks for the update.  It's nice to know what is going on in
>> > Washington
>> >  State.  Have a very happy New Year.
>> >
>> >  Rebekah
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>> >  To: "NFB of Washington Talk" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>> >  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 2:35 PM
>> >  Subject: [nfbwatlk] Season's Greetings & Presidential Release
>> >
>> >
>> >  > Hi, all.
>> >  >
>> >  > Please find attached my humble attempt at a "Presidential Release"
>> > for
>> >  > the holidays. I figure that since our affiliate is growing and no
>> > longer
>> >  > consists of just those on the I-5 corridor or those who live in
>> > Spokane,
>> >  > such a "magnum opus" might be another way to bring us closer
>> > together.
>> >  >
>> >  > Click on the attachment to listen. It's not hi-fi but I compressed
>> > this
>> >  > to the max so that those with dial-up aren't stuck for several hours
>> >  > just to listen to me!
>> >  >
>> >  > Happy Holidays!
>> >  >
>> >  > Mike Freeman, President
>> >  > National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>> >  >
>> >
>> >
>> 
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