<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Members,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find links below to the fact sheets for the 2021 NFB Washington Seminar, our annual national event to educate Congress about our legislative priorities. This year’s event will take place from Monday, February 8 to Thursday, February 11. I recently learned that the two training sessions listed are open to anyone. You should plan on attending one of these meetings however, since the first session is tonight which is short notice, we will also be scheduling a session for NFB of Washington members later in January. Members of the NFB Advocacy and Policy staff will attend our affiliate meeting to answer questions you may have about the 4 issues for this year in case you cannot attend on of the two national trainings. Stay tuned for more information about this and bout other Washington Seminar details.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marci</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Washington Seminar Fact Sheets and Training Schedule:</b></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">The fact sheets for this year’s Washington Seminar issues (</span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda/fact-sheet-access" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Access Technology Affordability Act</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda/fact-sheet-medical-device" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Medical Devices Nonvisual Accessibility Act</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda/fact-sheet-accessible-websites-act" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Accessible Websites Act</a><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda/fact-sheet-accessible" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">Accessible Voting Act</a><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">) are now posted to our website. The fact sheets are currently available in HTML format. More formats </span><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">will</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> be</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> added next week.There are two optional meetings where you can learn about the legislative issues for the 2021 Washington Seminar. The first of these trainings will be this Thursday, January 14, and the second will be Tuesday, January 19. Meeting presenters are encouraged to attend at least one of these two meetings. The full schedule is below:</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thursday, January 14, 8:00 p.m. eastern – General issue review and questions – open to all<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Tuesday, January 19, 8:00 p.m. eastern – General issue review and questions – open to all </div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The fact sheets (in HTML format) for our four legislative issues can be found at <a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/washington-seminar/washington-seminar-agenda</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The Zoom information for both meetings is the same and can be found below.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Join Zoom Meeting <br class=""><a href="https://zoom.us/j/7567531013" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://zoom.us/j/7567531013</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Meeting ID: 756 753 1013 <br class="">One tap mobile <br class="">+13017158592,,7567531013# US (Washington D.C) <br class="">+16468769923,,7567531013# US (New York) <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dial by your location <br class=""> +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) <br class=""> +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) <br class=""> +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) <br class=""> +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) <br class=""> +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) <br class=""> +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) <br class=""> +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) <br class="">Meeting ID: 756 753 1013<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please feel free to forward this email to any Federation members you think would be interested in attending the two general issue meetings.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">John G. 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