<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Good morning, Kansas Bederation colleagues,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here is a reminder about tomorrow's NABM town hall meeting regarding the court decision to vacate DOD's order which would have blocked the operation of blind operated food vending stands at US Army installations. Zoom links are included.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best regards,</div><div dir="ltr">Rob Tabor | first vice president / legislative director National Federation of the Blind of Ks</div><div dir="ltr">Ph: (785) 865-9959</div><div dir="ltr">rob.tabor@sbcglobal@net<br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Shirek, Jesse via NFB-Legislative-Directors" <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> August 4, 2026 at 3:40:35\u202fPM CDT<br><b>To:</b> State Affiliate Leadership List <state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org>, NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> "Shirek, Jesse" <jshirek@nfb.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFB-Legislative-Directors] FW: National Association of Blind Merchants Town Hall Meeting re: Court Decision Tuesday, 8/11 2:00pm Eastern</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> NFB Legislative Directors List <nfb-legislative-directors@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Leaders, I am forwarding an invitation from Nickey Gacos, President of the National Association of Blind Merchants, regarding our recent victory canceling the waiver of the Randolph-Sheppard priority on Army bases. Please see the announcement
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:13.8pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As many of you know, we have a decision on the court case/waiver which we received on Friday afternoon July 31. We will be holding a
Town Hall meeting on Tuesday, August 11th at 2 o\u2019clock Eastern time with our attorneys Neel Lalchandani and Andy Freeman. We will find out what the next steps are and what other challenges we face as we move forward. You won\u2019t want to miss this call!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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NABM is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<br>
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Topic: Town Hall DoD Waiver <br>
Time: Aug 11, 2026 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br>
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