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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><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Cullen! Shara said the board is having breakfast together this morning. I’m coming into the hotel. Where is the breakfast?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cullen Gallagher via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 5, 2023 6:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Cullen Gallagher <cullen.gallagher@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] shattering low expectations, Elections and more, the final day of the 2023 NFBMA Convention<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'>Welcome to the final day of our 2023 National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts state convention. Today includes the NFB shattering low expectation discussion, business meeting, chapter and group reports, and elections.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'>Here is today's full schedule of events.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>SUNDAY, March 5, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'>Mystic Ball Room</span></i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Join Zoom Room 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/93976475347?pwd=Qy9KQWNmTWhjSklnbmNrSytQSnl3dz09">https://zoom.us/j/93976475347?pwd=Qy9KQWNmTWhjSklnbmNrSytQSnl3dz09</a><br>One tap mobile: +16465588656,,93976475347#,,,,*2022#<br>Dial by your location: +1 1646 558 8656<br>Meeting ID: 9 3 9 7 6 4 7 5 3 4 7<br>Passcode: 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>9:30 AM</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> – Shattering Low Expectations Discussion</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Debate Kyra Sweeney, AT-Large Chapter and Donald Porterfield, NFBAZ President and National Board member <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>10:30 AM</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> – NFB Business and Board Meeting</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Treasurer Report: Kobena Bonney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>PAC update: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chapter Reports:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Justin Heard, Cambridge Chapter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Theadora Williams, Grater Springfield Chapter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Debbie Malone, At-Large Chapter Justin Heard, MABS and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Stephanie Valdez, NAPBC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-stretch: normal'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>12:00 PM</span></u></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> – Adjourn</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;font-stretch: normal'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for your participation this weekend.</span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cullen Gallagher<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Second Vice President and Cambridge Chapter Secretary: National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>