<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please post the below announcement.  Let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks so much.</div><div>_______________________________________________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:right"><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:36pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">You are invited</span></b><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">to the</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif">Maryland Association of Blind Merchants</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20pt"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif"><br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif">(MABM)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">NETWORKING MIXER</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Consolas"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:red">Saturday, June 10^th2023 @ 4:00 pm</span></i><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:red"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:22pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift SemiBold",sans-serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:22pt"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:26pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(32,33,36)">Busboys and Poets, Baltimore</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;backgro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pan></i></b><span style="font-size:14pt"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Consolas"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Bierstadt Display",sans-serif;color:red"> Space will be limited, so please RSVP before May 31,2023</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Bierstadt Display",sans-serif;color:red"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:13.91px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Bierstadt Display",sans-serif;color:red">Melba Taylor at 240-381-1637 or m.taylor@EncoreAssoc.com</span></i></b></p></div>______________________________________<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#a64d79" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong><i>Melba J. Taylor</i></strong></font><font color="#351c75" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong><i>                                                             </i></strong></font></div><font color="#351c75" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#674ea7" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong>Encore Associates, LLC</strong></font><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><font color="#674ea7" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b>Phone:  240-381-1637</b></font></div><div style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b><font color="#674ea7" size="2">Email:  m.taylor@EncoreAssoc.com  </font></b></font></div><div style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b><font color="#674ea7" size="2">Website:  </font></b><a href="http://www.encoreassoc.com/" target="_blank"><font color="#674ea7" size="2" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong>www.EncoreAssoc.com</strong></font></a></font></div><div style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align:left"><i><font color="#a64d79" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>"It always seems impossible until it's done" - Nelson Mandela</b></font></i></div><div style="font-family:"arial narrow",sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div></font></div><font color="#351c75" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><p style="text-align:right"><br></p><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><div style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:left"><br></div><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium"><p style="text-align:center"><br></p><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><p align="center" style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-size:medium;text-align:right"><strong><br></strong></p></font><p style="font-size:medium"><br></p><p align="right" style="text-align:left"></p><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>