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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I hope all of those who wish could participate thanks for offering this opportunity. I will tell you that the hotel is full, and the spirit is very high.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Richard Payne, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>937/829/3368<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1'>Rchpay7@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> CapChapOhio <capchapohio-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Diakogeorgiou via CapChapOhio<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 1, 2023 8:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Capital Chapter (Columbus, Ohio) Mailing List <capchapohio@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> John Diakogeorgiou <jdiakoge2586@icloud.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CapChapOhio] Convention<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We’ll be there if anyone else is interested Trent said he would be interested <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>John Diakogeorgiou<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jul 1, 2023, at 3:17 PM, President Capital chapter via CapChapOhio <<a href="mailto:capchapohio@nfbnet.org">capchapohio@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hello capital chapter!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I wanted to reach out to all of you about the national convention. Unfortunately, this year, no one from our chapter was able to attend. This is sad, but we understand. Many of us are very busy this time of year. However, I did want to remind all of you that all of the general sessions, the board meeting, the banquet, and some other activities are available virtually. Plea Please go to nfb.org and register if you have not already done so. Even though we can’t be there in person, we can definitely participate in the activities and hear what all is going on.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There was some talk of all of us getting together on Thursday night to share the banquet. Jon and Kathy Diakogeorgiou graciously offered their home as a venue. It has not been 100% decided yet whether we are going to do this. Please reply to this message and let us know if this is something that all of you might be interested in. If we have enough participants, we can do this and share the banquet together. If not, that is OK . I have talked to many of you about this, but most were unsure if you wanted to attend. Please let us know if you would be available and would like to come. We should decide within the next day or so to be fair to John and Kathy.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Everybody, take care and enjoy the convention!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, as a reminder, we typically do not have a Chapter meeting in July. So our next meeting will be on August 12.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Annette <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Annette Lutz<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>President<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>614-288-4323<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:President.capital.nfboh@gmail.com">President.capital.nfboh@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people because we know that low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>CapChapOhio mailing list<br><a href="mailto:CapChapOhio@nfbnet.org">CapChapOhio@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/capchapohio_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/capchapohio_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CapChapOhio:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/capchapohio_nfbnet.org/jdiakoge2586%40icloud.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/capchapohio_nfbnet.org/jdiakoge2586%40icloud.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>