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<div dir="ltr">Shirley,</div>
<div dir="ltr">You handled everything exceptionally professionally and well. That\u2019s not easy to be in that position. Thank you for keeping order and listening to everyone\u2019s concerned. Great job with everything.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">\ufeff Good morning Stephen!
<div>Thank you so very much!</div>
<div>I truly appreciate your shout out!</div>
<div>Although this was a first for me as president of the chapter, and probably not my last,with things getting a bit intense, I was hopeful that I handled things in inappropriate matter, giving everyone ample opportunity to have the floor!</div>
<div>It definitely makes me feel confident now hearing from you and a few others with kind words of support, praise, and encouragement! It means so much to me!</div>
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<div>\u201cWalk by faith not by sight\u201dCOR 5;7</div>
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<div dir="ltr">\ufeffI want to say, I attended the meeting in person on Monday, and I want to Give a shout out to Shirley, I know that was a very heated conversation on finance, but surely you handled it masterful, everyone got to say their opinions and concerns,
and I know that you will definitely take all the advice and comments that were said during the meeting and go forward with it. All the leaders of our affiliate that were in attendance, did promise that Any decisions that are on a board level will be talked
about, and respected, I feel that definitely are affiliate can go further on from this period and hopefully some feelings have calm down from Monday.
<div>Look forward to the August meeting.</div>
<div>Everyone who is going to Nashville convention safe journeys to and from it, I will be attending it virtually.</div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Stephen.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jun 11, 2025, at 8:41\u202fPM, Shirley via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">\ufeffHello Helen!
<div>Thank you so much for this email!</div>
<div>I always appreciate your attendance and participation in our chapter meetings!</div>
<div>I truly appreciate your kind words!</div>
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<div>I attended Monday night's meeting. My sentiments about that heightened portion of the meeting was that you did a compassionate, effective, efficient job in shepherding all speakers through their expression of opinion and then assuring folks that the matter
would be addressed. Other participants who share the ability to promise some type of follow up also took up that cause, from what I observed/heard. My sentiment is that no one owes an apology to anyone.</div>
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<div>The only apology can be universal and collective to all of us, noting that we are all in a very heightened state these days, and that can make easeful, productive communication quite challenging. I wish for all of us some ease and trust in moving forward
that leadership will examine all things necessary and then circle back to the Chapter and Affiliate. </div>
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<div>I certainly hold leadership in warm regard for what they have on plates every day, for our total benefit. And I also do thank those who raised their concern about transparency and inclusionary processes within NFB.</div>
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