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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Debbie. You all are the great ones! Love all of you too! <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"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Visit NFB MA Website for more information</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfb.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Visit the NFB website for more info</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Visit us on Facebook</span></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 style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>”</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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>Debbie Malone via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 12, 2023 8:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Debbie Malone <dmalone510@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massachusetts-NFB] Congratulations!!!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Agreed. Sarah, you're a great leader. We love you!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 1:07 PM Sengil Inkiala via Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We could not have done it without your leadership!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> Massachusetts-NFB <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 11, 2023 9:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List' <<a href="mailto:massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com" target="_blank">sharawinton@gmail.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] Congratulations!!!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Good Morning!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I hope everyone is still feeling energized and inspired from our Convention! Thank you all for coming, we couldn’t have done it without you! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>A very big shout out to everyone who helped! As we all worked together, it made our state convention, more inclusive and welcoming than ever! So many helped in such big ways.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Our Convention committee was absolutely fabulous!! The members of the committee are Amalia, Allen, Cullen, Debbie, Inky, Jen, Kyra, Margaret, Shirley, Stephanie and Theodora. John helped with the auction, Youme helped so much in so many ways including the swag bags and elections, Heather helped Margaret with the door prizes, Elizabeth Ann and Kristine helped with selling the T-shirts, Justin and Blain helped at the welcome table during the exhibit hall. Mika and Jeff helped with taking funds for T-shirt sales, registration and auction. Mark and Kevin helped with sound and Zoom. Andrew was our D.J. on Friday night. Angey sang for us so beautifully. Juan gave a wonderful invocation, in both Spanish and English. We had so many amazing speakers! Donald and Amy Porterfield were so inspirational and helpful! Jessica, Ever Lee and Michelle represented our three blind centers in an excellent manner! Liza Sovie was a majorly helpful and dedicated volunteer for more than 12 hours on Saturday! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Our nominating committee and our scholarship committees were top notch! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please, please forgive me if I left some one out, because everyone was absolutely incredible! We elected some new members to our State board. Our new board looks like this:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>President, Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President, Mika Pyyhkala<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>2<sup>nd</sup> Vice President, Debbie Malone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Secretary, Cullen Gallagher<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Treasurer, Kobena Bonney<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>New Board members include: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Liz Lesperance and Kyra Sweeney. Mark Paquette was re-elected. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The other three board members that were not up for re-election this year include: Masha Sten-Clanton, Sandra Burgess and Shirley Dorris. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Our Student Division also held elections. Here is the outcome of that election: <o:p></o:p></p><p>President, Justin Heard<o:p></o:p></p><p>Vice President, Andrew Johnson<o:p></o:p></p><p>Treasurer, Christopher Suplice<o:p></o:p></p><p>Secretary, Maddie Babcock<o:p></o:p></p><p>Board Member 1, Chantale Zuzi<o:p></o:p></p><p>We also had five outstanding Scholarship winners:<o:p></o:p></p><p>Evan Hershowitz, Chantale Zuzi, Tom Geraci, Maddie Babcock and Justin Heard!<o:p></o:p></p><p>I am thrilled and so humbled to be part of this organization!! Please contact me if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any questions. It won’t be long until we will need to start planning next years convention. So just let me know where you’d like to serve! With love, hope and determination, we will continue to get better and better!! <o:p></o:p></p><p>At Your Service, <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>617-600-8130<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://nfbma.org" target="_blank">Visit NFB MA Website for more information</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://nfb.org" target="_blank">Visit the NFB website for more info</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253" target="_blank">Visit us on Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;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 style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>”</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div id="m_7678351522317169377DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=46 height=29 style='width:.4791in;height:.3055in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D954E3.41C41860" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free.<a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Massachusetts-NFB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Massachusetts-NFB@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">Massachusetts-NFB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Massachusetts-NFB:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org/dmalone510%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org/dmalone510%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>