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    Hello all.<br>
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    Great information from President Massay below. Please read.<br>
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    Audrey T. Farnum<br>
    President<br>
    Central Oklahoma Chapter<br>
    NFB Oklahoma<br>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Subject:
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            <td>NFB Presidents' Notes</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:07:34 -0600</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Jeannie Massay <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jmassay1@cox.net"><jmassay1@cox.net></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">CC: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmassay1@cox.net">jmassay1@cox.net</a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Federation family, <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I hope that each of you is having a
          wonderful Sunday afternoon! We are gearing up for our 42<sup>nd</sup>
          Annual National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma state
          convention to be held the evening of March 31<sup>st</sup>
          thru the 3<sup>rd</sup> of April at the Holiday Inn City
          Centre located in downtown Tulsa. Sessions will be  fun and
          interactive. There will be items of interest for all blind
          persons and those who WORK WITH THEM. Additionally, there will
          be sessions specific to blind studetns as the Oklahoma
          Association of Blind Students are holding their first Student
          Seminar on Friday, April 1<sup>st</sup>, in conjunction with
          the Seminar day of our annual convention. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">General Session will include speakers and
          panels regarding rehabilitative services for the blind in
          Oklahoma, programs and services for blind persons of all ages
          including childrens programs in OKC and transition programs
          offered in state and out-of- state. Additionally, if you are
          interested in the Business Enterprise Program, are interested
          in Sports and Recreation or are a student of any age, there
          will be Division meetings of the Oklahoma Association of Blind
          Merchants, the NFB of Oklahoma  Sports and Recreation Division
          and the Oklahoma Association of Blind Students. Our national
          representative is Ever Lee Hairston, a Member of the Board of
          Directors of the National Federation of the Blind and  a
          recently published author. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">For more information and to register for
          convention please go to the following link or call Glenda
          Farnum at 405-255-6482:<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://nfbok.org/state-convention/">http://nfbok.org/state-convention/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">A final few items before a message from
          President Riccobono about our national organization:<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1
          lfo2"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span
              style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><!--[endif]-->If
          you are planning on attending the National Federation of the
          Blind national convention this summer in Orlando, Florida and
          are a first time attendee and are an active member, you may
          apply for the Kenneth Jernigan  Convention Scholarship. The KJ
          Scholarship provides assistance to attend the national
          convention but is not designed to entirely pay for your trip
          and attendance. Please read the article at this link <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1602/bm160211.htm"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1602/bm160211.htm">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1602/bm160211.htm</a></a>.
          <b>Read the directions carefully!!!!</b> If you would like to
          apply, please contact me soon. The applications including a
          letter of recommendation  from me must be submitted by no
          later than April 15<sup>th</sup>. Please make sure to contact
          me before April 1<sup>st</sup> in order to give me time to
          write a letter of recommendation for you and to get your
          application turned in on time<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
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            style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt
              "Times New Roman"">       </span></span><!--[endif]-->If
          you are a student who is legally blind or you know one, please
          apply for the National Federation of the Blind annual
          Scholarship program.  Thirty scholarships ranging from $4,000
          to 13,000 will beawarded to deserving blind scholars from
          across the nation. We should have at least one if not a few
          from Oklahoma. Part of the application process is an interview
          with the President of the National Federation of the Blind of
          the state in which you live. That would be me! If you are
          interested, please contact me via e-mail to schedule an
          interview. You may reach me at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="mailto:Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org">Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org</a>.
          For more information and a checklist including the
          requirements for the scholarship go to <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships">www.nfb.org/scholarships</a></a>.
          Read the directions carefully!!! The deadline for application
          is March 31<sup>st</sup>. You must have scheduled your
          interview with me before that time but our interview does not
          have to be before that date. The letter of recommendation from
          me is sent directly by me to the Scholarship Committee. We
          have had a number of students from Oklahoma in previous
          scholarship classes. Why not again?<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">The below message is from Mark Riccobono,
          President, National Federation of the Blind:<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">As you will notice by the number of items
          below, we are on the move in February. Please continue to find
          opportunities to encourage people to apply for our scholarship
          program, nominate people or organizations for Bolotin Awards,
          recognize outstanding teachers, and apply for our summer
          programs. The more connections we make with others, the
          stronger we make the organization.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <h2>News:<o:p></o:p></h2>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">Marrakesh Treaty:<br>
          Last week President Obama transmitted the Marrakesh Treaty to
          Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are
          Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled treaty to
          the United States Senate for ratification. The Marrakesh
          Treaty was officially proposed in 2009, successfully adopted
          in June 2013 by the World Intellectual Property Organization,
          and signed by the United States in October 2013. For more
          information on the treaty, please visit <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet">https://nfb.org/marrakeshfactsheet</a></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph">Access to Absentee Ballots:<br>
          We learned last week that the United States Court of Appeals
          for the Fourth Judicial Circuit upheld the ruling in National
          Federation of the Blind et al. vs. Linda H. Lamone et al.
          requiring the state of Maryland to make an accessible online
          ballot-marking tool available to blind voters who wished to
          vote by absentee ballot.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph">Medicare and Medicaid Lawsuit:<br>
          We have filed a federal lawsuit charging the US Department of
          Health and Human Services through its sub-agency, the Centers
          for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and its CMS
          sub-contractors, with systemically violating the civil rights
          of blind Medicare recipients. The action seeks to require HHS
          to provide blind individuals meaningful and equally effective
          access to their Medicare information. <a
            moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-and-disability-advocates-charge-federal-health-agency-civil-rights">More
            information is available in the press release.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <h2>Reminders:<o:p></o:p></h2>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph">Braille Book Fair:<br>
          We have started collecting donated books for this year's
          Braille Book Fair. Please encourage members to ship (via Free
          Matter for the Blind) their gently used, but no longer needed,
          Braille books to:<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in">2016
          Braille Book Fair<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in">National
          Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in">200 East
          Wells St. at Jernigan Place<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.5in">Baltimore,
          MD 21231<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph">We Need Foreign Language Assistance:<br>
          We need help with our efforts to add languages to the KNFB
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        <h2>Dates to keep in mind:<span
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          3-5: NFB STEM2U San Francisco<o:p></o:p></p>
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          31: NFB Scholarship Program application deadline, <a
            moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://nfb.org/scholarships"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nfb.org/scholarships">https://nfb.org/scholarships</a></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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          31-April 1: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
            href="https://nfb.org/law-symposium">2016 Jacobus tenBroek
            Disability Law Symposium</a>; Diversity in the Disability
          Rights Movement: Working Together to Achieve the Right to Live
          in the World<o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->March31-April
          3, 2016  National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma State
          Convention<o:p></o:p></p>
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          15: Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program nomination deadline, <a
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          1: Distinguished Educator of Blind Students Award application
          deadline<o:p></o:p></p>
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          17-20: BLAST, Chicago<o:p></o:p></p>
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          19-21: NFB STEM2U Minneapolis<o:p></o:p></p>
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          19-25: NFB EQ (first iteration)<o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->June
          30-July 5: National Federation of the Blind Convention, Rosen
          Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Mark
            A. Riccobono, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">National
            Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">I sincerely hope to see you at our upcoming
          state convention. Also, I do hope that there are many students
          who will take advantage of the Scholarship program and all of
          the opportunities that arise from being a recipient. As you
          move through the week, may you find positive ways to interact
          with everyone you meet. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Warmly, <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Jeannie <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Jeannie M.
            Massay, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">National
            Federation of theBlind <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">505 Baker
            Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Norman, OK
            73072<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Phone:
            405-600-0695<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a
              moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org">Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org</a></a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">The National
            Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
            characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day,
            we raise expectations of the blind because low expectations
            create obstacles between blind people and our dreams.
            Blindness is not what holds you back. You can live the life
            youw ant.!. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">“Whatever you
            dare to dream, begin.” – Goethe <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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