<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Good afternoon all. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">There is an important change to tomorrows agenda. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">There are a couple of things I forgot about, and they have been added to the agenda. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Hello all. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">I want to start by expressing how honored I am to have been elected president of our Des Moines chapter. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">I look forward to working with all of you in continuing to grow our chapter.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">I also look forward to getting to know every single one of you. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">My goal is to attempt to send out an agenda sooner. Unfortunately, due to the loss of someone very important in my life, I have been out of the loop for the last few weeks. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">I am going to start by telling you a little about me. I mean just a little as I do not want to write a book about my life, because mostly I think you guys might find it boring. Anyway, I was born in the state of Michoacan Mexico. I am the second youngest of seven. FYI I am by far the coolest one in my family, don't let any of my siblings tell you different. I am the only blind person in my family, which is very large especially the extended family. I think that Helen and I stopped counting around 80 first cousins. <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" class=""><span style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">On March 30</span></a> I will be happily celebrating my 7<sup class="">th</sup> anniversary in Iowa.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">If any of you want to get to know me more, as I want to get to know all of you, my number is <a href="tel:8058904316" class=""><span style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">8058904316</span></a>. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Extra fact, this is the same number I have had since I was a junior in high school.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Des Moines chapter updates. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Birthdays.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Below this email I will try to include important dates to remember. This can include people's birthdays if they wish to share with the rest of the chapter. If you would like to share your birthday, please send it to me at <a href="mailto:emejia@nfbi.org" class=""><span style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class="">emejia@nfbi.org</span></a>.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Meeting info:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Topic: February Des Moines Chapter meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">Time: <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" class=""><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">Feb 13, 2021 02:00 PM Central Time</span></a> (US and Canada)</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Join Zoom Meeting</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="https://zoom.us/j/7941099792?pwd=UHRXTEZLamFoNzA1djg1dEdpQVl3UT09" class="">https://zoom.us/j/7941099792?pwd=UHRXTEZLamFoNzA1djg1dEdpQVl3UT09</a></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Meeting ID: 794 109 9792</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Passcode: 6324692</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">One tap mobile</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="tel:+13126266799,,7941099792%23" class="">+13126266799,,7941099792#</a></span><span style="color: #000000; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""> US (Chicago)</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Dial by your location</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> <a href="tel:+1%20312%20626%206799" class=""><span style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">+1 312 626 6799</span></a> US (Chicago)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Meeting ID: 794 109 9792</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Gladness, or sorrow. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">If you would like to share something good that happened in your life or would like to share a sorrow that you have experienced, please let me know as soon as you can, preferably at least a week in advance of our meetings if possible, so that I can set aside time for you on the agenda. I think in these times when we feel the distance it is important to be able to share these moments with our federation family. Please note that we may not always be able to set time aside for everyone. so, in the event that we get a lot of things to share we will unfortunately need to move them to the following month. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">RAINN and the survivors task force.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">As we have witnessed many brave Federationists come forward with their stories, I believe that it is our duty to provide the best support we can. Which is why, Kathryn Webster from the survivors Taskforce will be joining us. I and Cindy will continue to attempt to reach out to RAINN so that anyone who needs their services can learn more about the organization. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> Kathryn Webster</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Guest introduction:</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">From: <a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/safety-support-marchingtogether" class="">https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/safety-support-marchingtogether</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Kathryn Webster</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Kathryn is a white, cisgender woman who lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She works at Deloitte Consulting implementing strategic transformation for federal agencies, notably rolling out improvements to the sexual assault/harassment process within the military space. Living with ADHD and losing her vision as a young adult have helped Kathryn to grow in adaptability, flexibility, and empathy. As the coordinator of Virginia’s employment readiness program for blind youth (ages fourteen to twenty-one), and treasurer of BLIND, Inc., she has a deep passion for optimizing the lived experiences of those around her as individuals reach their full potential. Kathryn prioritizes advocacy for others, leading with her heart, and living with purpose above all else. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 14px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">RAINN </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">Phone:<a href="tel:8006564673" class=""><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">8006564673</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="http://rainn.org/" class="">Rainn.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">NFB Survivors taskforce</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="http://nfb.org/survivors" class="">Nfb.org/survivors</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline" class=""><a href="mailto:survivors@nfb.org" class="">survivors@nfb.org</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">Phone: <a href="tel:4106599314;2238" class=""><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">4106599314 extension 2238</span></a></span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Now let's get started with the Agenda. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://13" class="">2:00pm</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Call to order.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Pledges. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Ice breaker. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Please come prepared to share with us the following.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Your name, and sequential number. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">What was the last movie you saw?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://14" class="">2:20pm</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Secretary’s report</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Treasurers report</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">2:30pm</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Kathryn Webster Survivorss Taskforce member.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Washington Seminar recap</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Committees.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">3:00pm</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Friends of the library new project Michael Barber</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Friends of the library, board challenge reminder Jim Rechkemmer </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://15" class="">3:15pm</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Welcome package for new Orientation Center students. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">As you guys may know, students have officially moved into their new apartments on the south side of town. Just across the river from the baseball stadium. Cindy and I propose that a welcome package for students be created. This would include some NFB literature, and contact info. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Cindy explains the details of the care package. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://16" class="">3:30</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">50/50 Winner.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Presidential release. </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Adjourn meeting. </div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> Important Dates</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">March</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #dca10d; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://17" class="">March 13<span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span></a></span><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""> Des Moines chapter meeting </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">April </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" class=""><span style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class="">April 10</span></a> Des Moines Chapter meeting </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">May</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #dca10d; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" class="">May 8<span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span></a></span><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""> Des Moines Chapter meeting. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">June</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #dca10d; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://20" class="">June 12<span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span></a></span><span style="direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed" class=""> Des Moines Chapter meeting.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""> </p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 2px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class=""><b class=""> </b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";" class="">Enrique Mejia, NOMC </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(220, 161, 13);" class=""><span style="color: #000000" class="">President National Federation of the Blind of Iowa Des Moines Chapter<br class="">
Phone: <a href="tel:805-890-4316" class="">805-890-4316</a><br class="">
Email: <a href="mailto:emejia@nfbi.org" class="">emejia@nfbi.org</a> <br class="">
Website: <a href="http://www.nfbi.org/" class="">www.nfbi.org</a> <br class="">
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