<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sincerely,<div>Pipi Adams</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Barbara Badger <barbara.badger60@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 15, 2025 at 7:16:09\u202fPM MDT<br><b>To:</b> Barbara Badger <barbara.badger60@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>DONT'T MISS THIS!!! NABM Townhall Meeting Tues, Oct. 21, 2025 2:30 Eastern</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><img alt="image.jpeg" src="cid:ii_mgspsjee0"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:red">A National Townhall Meeting</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NABM President Nicky Gacos is
inviting all Randolph-Sheppard stakeholders to a National Townhall Meeting at
2:30 PM Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 21.
The Zoom link is below. We hope
you can participate. The meeting will
feature: </p>
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</span></span>Kurk Johnson will discuss an upcoming training
opportunity at Cantaloupe University in January in Arizona. </p>
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</span></span>Doug Purdie with Global Connect will share
information about additional rebates that are available for blind entrepreneurs
at the point of sale which are over and above the purchasing rebates. </p>
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</span></span>Jesse Shirek with the National Federation of the
Blind will join to talk about the impact of the government shutdown on people
with disabilities and the NFB\u2019s Call to Action.
</p>
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</span></span>Neel Lalchandani with Brown, Goldstein &
Levy will provide an update on the proposed multi-state arbitration against the
Department of War and the exchanges. </p>
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</span></span>Terry Smith will join Nicky to provide an update
on efforts in response to Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s request to
exempt all DOW property from the Randolph-Sheppard priority plus any other
updates. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">And we hope to get it all done
within 60-90 minutes. It is an important
call if you want to know all of the latest happenings in
Randolph-Sheppard. To join:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Topic: NABM Townhall Meeting</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Time: Oct 21, 2025 02:30 PM Eastern
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