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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Deborah.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks so much for the email. I’m glad to hear that the grant program alluded to at State Convention has been approved and Marianne is doing a presentation on it tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Very Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cinci-nfb [mailto:cinci-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah Kendrick via Cinci-nfb<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 01, 2017 8:59 AM<br><b>To:</b> cinci-nfb@nfbnet.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah Kendrick<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cinci-nfb] Meeting information<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Good morning NFB Cincinnati,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>First, this is your reminder that our November meeting is being held this coming Saturday, December 2, at the Washington Platform. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We will gather for lunch at 1:00 and begin the meeting as close to 2:00 as possible. We are having a guest speaker and, of course, our election of officers and board members. Marianne Denning, who has led our BELL program with fellow teacher Debbie Baker, will be talking to us about a new grant program which is making it possible for more Ohioans to learn braille.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>On another note,</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>a bit of housekeeping is in order.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>When I talked to the staff at Washington Platform last week to confirm our meeting date, I learned that there are once again concerns about the manner in which some of us are conducting ourselves.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As some of you will recall, there were some problems two years ago. Those problems were addressed, and all has been well – until recently it seems.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Our agreement</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>with Washington Platform</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>has been that our members will arrive between 12:30 and 1:00, and orders will be taken and lunch served in as timely a manner as possible.</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>By eating and socializing first, our goal is then to be ready to begin the meeting as close to 2:00 as possible with minimal disruption.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The concern expressed to me was that some of our members have been arriving late,</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>1:45 or later, and expecting service and then being discourteous to servers who interrupt to take or serve those late orders. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please try to arrive as close to 1:00 as possible.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Washington Platform has been so generous to us for a very long time. They never charge us for the room. They rejected our offer of a fixed gratuity, and they put no</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>minimum dollar requirements on our group.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>It is truly a pleasure to spend time with our fellow Federationists at each meeting, and we are representing all blind people when we</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>arrive on time, support businesses that support us, and, of course, are courteous.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I so look forward to seeing every</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>one</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>of you</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>tomorrow!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Deborah</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>