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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><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.8pt;margin-left:0in'>MCB Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting - Virtual<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal>Tuesday, January 3, 2023<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=0 width="100%" align=center></div><h2 style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2.25rem;margin-bottom:1rem'>Overview<span class=visually-hidden><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> of MCB Statutory Advisory Board (SAB) Meeting - Virtual</span></span><o:p></o:p></h2><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'><a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82482925467?pwd=eExUaS9nZlRvaTJuN0E0QlJxbzlwdz09"><span style='color:#14558F'>https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87225762575?pwd=Umh1U3ZteTNnclA0ejdWbm84RTUyQT09</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>Meeting ID: 872 <a href="tel:2576%202575"><span style='color:#14558F'>2576 2575</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>Passcode: 2022<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>Phone: <a href="tel:1-305-224-1968"><span style='color:#14558F'>1-305-224-1968</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>Find your local number: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kAnmnn8Ph"><span style='color:#14558F'>https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kcUgZ6il4</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-top:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;margin-bottom:1.5rem'>This meeting will be recorded. The recording made by MCB is a public record and will be posted following the meeting on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@massblind"><span style='color:#14558F'>MCB’s YouTube Channel</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Visit our website to learn more about the SAB: <a href="https://www.mass.gov/orgs/mcb-statutory-advisory-board"><span style='color:#14558F'>https://www.mass.gov/orgs/mcb-statutory-advisory-board</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'>Agenda<o:p></o:p></h3><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Opening By SAB Chair<o:p></o:p></li><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Notification and Confirmation: This meeting is being held via Zoom under the Governor’s executive order granting authority for such virtual meetings.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Confirmation that MCB records SAB meetings, allows for local recordings and makes such recordings available to the public. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Welcome to members of the public attending the meeting and instruction about Q&A period.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Vote to accept minutes of the previous SAB meetings<o:p></o:p></li><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>November 16<span style='font-size:9.5pt'>th</span> minutes<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Commissioner/CFO Update:<o:p></o:p></li><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Financial Update – terms defined<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>New and Existing Partnerships<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Intention for this year’s Reallotment Funds<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Completed Projects from last year's Reallotment Funds<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Program Updates:<o:p></o:p></li><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Review of Dashboard on Registrations, Process, and Outcomes.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Staffing Capacity Update<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Ongoing Discussions:<o:p></o:p></li><ol start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Status of effort to automate notification of blindness to assessors for tax exemptions<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Status on rewrite of reform of organization. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Other<o:p></o:p></li></ol><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>New Business<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;box-sizing: inherit'>Comments and Questions from the public<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>Adjournment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>617-600-8130<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfbma.org">Visit NFB MA Website for more information</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfb.org">Visit the NFB website for more info</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253">Visit us on Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01893E'>You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><b><span 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