<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Good morning,</span><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am writing to you about our current situation pertaining to business class.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the Department for the Blind has set a precedence for everyone who is speaking. They say this applies to all employees, and organizations. Each person who speaks at a business class, can only present one time a year. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am reaching out to ask each one of you to sign up to speak at a business class. You can either attend in person, or via zoom. If you need help coming up with a topic, I can help with that. I will let you know what the previous topic was, so that it doesn’t get repeated. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Our time for business class is every third Friday unless they have a staffing. Then they usually offer us the following Friday. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please look at your schedule and choose a month. Then please email me off list and let me know. Please send me your contact information so I can reach out to you.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If you have any questions regarding this. You may contact me off list at my information listed below.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am looking forward to hearing from you.</div><div dir="ltr"><div class="x-apple-outlook-blockquote"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Becky Young, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa, Des Moines chapter <br>Phone: <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">515-553-9270</span><br><a href="mailto:byoung@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><font color="#ffffff"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i>Website</i></a><i> <br>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></i></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div></body></html>