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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear Edward:<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'>Your posts regarding Amy Ruell violate the Expectations of Conduct of this listserve. The posts clearly express an opinion internal to the National Federation, including of leaders of this affiliate. You are welcome to hold such opinions, but this listserve is not the place to express them per our Expectations of Conduct. I, like many subscribers, have my opinions on matters internal to our organization, but we all expect that this listserve will be used to share information to help blind people and build this organization. I add that Amy’s own post sought to move the Federation forward by describing her commitments under what I imagine are difficult circumstances—so that the new leadership team in our neighboring affiliate can have the best opportunities to build the Federation as the membership saw fit. And I suspect Beth’s post on this topic is correct about Amy still serving constructively in other ways as well.<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'>I request that the direction that you took this discussion be stopped immediately. Let us build the National Federation of the Blind and keep our internal organizational matters where they belong: they don’t belong on this listserve.<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'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Nathanael T. Wales, Listserve Co-Moderator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>NFB of Connecticut<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'>Live the Life You Want<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>Edward Shaham via CT-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 01, 2021 9:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Cc:</b> Edward Shaham<br><b>Subject:</b> [CT-NFB] Amy ruell part II<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wonder if Amy encouraged board members to ignore affiliate members who disagreed with her? If so, then maybe it’s a prelude to what will happen here in our own affiliate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just a thought.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Edward<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>