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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=MsoPlainText>Oh my goodness, it's only Day four! This means you have at least three more emails trying to convince you the Massachusetts convention really is the best thing since the creation of the Jalapeno popper! .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Is it though?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Are you going to come to one of our sessions and be so thoroughly wowed that you want to slap somebody, for not making you attend a convention sooner?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Keep up this barrage of emails, and surely you'll want to scream at somebody for not making them stop!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So, I'll give it to you straight: If you attend convention and think to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>yourself: That is time I will never get back, I'll eat crow, or some other nasty concoction we can find around here. You have nothing to lose! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I know your time is valuable; because you don't like mediocrity; and because if given a choice between dressing up and showing up for a meeting you may or may not like sitting in a meeting. You’d rather be home in your pajamas. But if you do that you would miss out on all of the fun, good food, valuable information, making valuable acquaintances <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>, meeting and making new friends, and learning that you are not alone. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So, just in case your Attention deficit disorder flared up, let's recap:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>1. You, could, find the convention to be boring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>2. You, could, decide convention is not worth your investment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>3. You, could, delete this email and stubbornly choose not to register.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>But, here's the kicker: What if you didn't? What if, by showing up, you discovered, much to your surprise, that you actually had a great time, learned a great deal, and did so in the company of great new friends?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Anything's possible my friend. You won't figure it out for yourself if you don't give it, and us, a shot!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So, if you haven’t, please register today and join us this weekend in Salem, Massachusetts for a Wicked Good Time! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You can register by visiting <a href="http://www.nfbma.org">www.nfbma.org</a> or by contacting me. My contact is below. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With Love, Hope and Determination, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>