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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'>All,<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'>Because this thread continues to escalate, I am going to request that anyone, other than perhaps the affiliate president, submit any concerns about this thread to me and/or Shonda off of this listserve as listserve co-moderators. Per our Expectations of Conduct adopted by the affiliate board and posted to this listserve, concerns are to be submitted to us, regardless of which office you may hold in the Federation (except perhaps the affiliate president, our National president, or the National president’s representative). I have proactively blind carbon copied our National representative to protect the privacy of her personal e-mail address.<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'>Nathanael T. Wales, Listserve Co-Moderator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>NFB of Connecticut<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'>Live the Life You Want<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'><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>CHERI DUQUETTE via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 30, 2020 6:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Connecticut Mailing List<br><b>Cc:</b> CHERI DUQUETTE<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CT-NFB] BeLL-elebration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Yes, please Honorata, respect what National has asked us to do. As a current board member I am going to echo Maryanne's instructions and request that you stop using the list serve as a place to air your disrespectful comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Cheri <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/30/2020 3:23 PM Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Honorata, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Once again you are jumping to conclusions. I have never said to you personally that I would not ask you to run the program again, have I? No you are going by hearsay. If I win the presidency and wish to ask someone else to run the program to give them the experience there is nothing wrong with that. However if no one else chooses to rise to the occasion I may very well ask you to run the BELL Academy again. Please get the facts before you accuse me of having a personal agenda. Once again this list serve is for facts that are important to our affiliate. And not for speculation or casting disparaging comments, even subtle ones on other people. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Maryanne Melley <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>President <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the Blind of Connecticut <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>“Live the life you want” <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Oct 30, 2020, at 3:08 PM, Brianna Rigsbee via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Honorata, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you so much for your endless hard work and dedication to this program. as a young leader on the come up in the Federation, I am happy to see this program be so successful. This is something that I did not have, or know about, growing up. I hope whoever takes it over puts in as much passion, hard work, and dedication as you and your volunteers did. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Bri <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Brianna Rigsbee <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Executive Editor | The Federationist in Connecticut <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:editor.fedct@gmail.com">editor.fedct@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>First Vice President | Connecticut Association of Blind Students, A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbct.org/ct-chapters/connecticut-association-of-blind-students"><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>http://www.nfbct.org/ct-chapters/connecticut-association-of-blind-students</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bri.rigsbee96@gmail.com">bri.rigsbee96@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(203) 751-0199 <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"You can't fly unless you let yourself fall." <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back." <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Oct 30, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Honorata Kazmierczak via CT-NFB <<a href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">ct-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ <br>CT-NFB mailing list <br><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a> <br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a> <br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB: <br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/mvcmelley%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/mvcmelley%40gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________ <br>CT-NFB mailing list <br><a href="mailto:CT-NFB@nfbnet.org">CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</a> <br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</a> <br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB: <br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/cbduquette%40comcast.net">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/cbduquette%40comcast.net</a> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>