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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='color:#1F497D'>Gary, Rob, and Fellow Board Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Congratulations to each of you on being entrusted with leadership by the members of our affiliate. I know it will be a great year and two, and I look forward to working with each of you. Thank you, all, for your continued confidence in me as our treasurer and as an elected leader in our affiliate; as treasurer I fill very big shoes filled with dedication and love for many, many years by Bruce Woodward, and I am humbled by your continued trust in me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you, all, for a great convention and for the outstanding work put in by Jim McCollum and the committee he led. As I’ve remarked to a few of you, the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention could both have learned a lot from us. May our working together with hope, love, and determination build the Federation we want, together make the lives of blind people great, and serve as an example of the nation and society we might all wish for come Wednesday morning no matter the result on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Very best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nathanael<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> CT-NFB [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Palaski via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 06, 2016 10:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Rob Palaski<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] congratulations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I was re-elected to the position of first vice president<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rob palaski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'> CT-NFB [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>blindhands--- via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 06, 2016 10:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:blindhands@aol.com">blindhands@aol.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] congratulations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So who is First Vice President?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am sorry I was unable to make it to the Convention this year. I was out of town for a two day class. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My best to all and hopefully will go next year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joyce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> CT-NFB [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rob Palaski via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 6, 2016 5:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Rob Palaski <<a href="mailto:PALASKI65@COMCAST.NET">PALASKI65@COMCAST.NET</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] congratulations<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wanted to say congratulations to the new board of the Connecticut affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind. I am looking forward to working with all of you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gary allen President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Beth Rival 2<sup>nd</sup> Vice President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nathaneal Wales Treasurer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carol Lemeux Secretary<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maryanne Melley Board member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary Silverberg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim McCollum Board Member and Legislative Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheri Duquette Board Member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob Palaski 1<sup>st</sup> Vice President<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>