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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Good morning NFB Cincinnati,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">First, this is your reminder that our November meeting is being held this coming Saturday, December 2, at the Washington Platform. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Marianne Denning, who has led our BELL progr</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">am 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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">On another note,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">a bit of housekeeping is in order.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Our agreement</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">with Washington Platform</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">has been that our mem</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">bers will arrive between 12:30 and 1:00, and orders will be taken and lunch served in as timely a manner as possible.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">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.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The concern expressed to me was that some of our members have b</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">en arriving late,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">1:45 or later, and expecting service and then being discourteous to servers who interrupt to take or serve those late orders. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please try to arrive as close to 1:00 as possible.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">minimum dollar requirements on our group.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">It is truly a pleasure to spend time with our fellow Federationists at each meeting, and we are representing all blind people when we</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">arrive on time, support businesses that support us, and, of course, are courteous.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I so look forward to seeing every</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">one</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">of you</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">tomorrow!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Best,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Deborah</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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