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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Jason,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I think you should try it out. The same people don’t call up each month. You will be welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>When does school end. All the best.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sharon Maneki, </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>410-715-9596<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> MD-AtLarge [mailto:md-atlarge-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jason Polansky via MD-AtLarge<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2016 5:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Maryland At Large Chapter List <md-atlarge@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Jason Polansky <jpolansky.nfb@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [MD-AtLarge] March Minutes and next meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do you think I would benefit from the at large chapter or could I bring anything to the table? Are there any students or young adults who call in regularly? It sounds like there was a good meeting last month and this one will be good too.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 4:48 PM nfbmd via MD-AtLarge <<a href="mailto:md-atlarge@nfbnet.org">md-atlarge@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'>Hello all,<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'>The next meeting of the At-large Chapter will be on Tuesday, April 19. We are having a special guest speaker: Ever Lee Hairston. Ever Lee is a member of the Board of the Directors of the National Federation of the Blind. She is also the author of “Blind Ambition – One Woman’s Journey to Greatness Despite Her Blindness.” Some of you will remember Ever Lee. She was the National Representative when we had our State Convention in Annapolis.<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'>Remember the call-in number is 641-715-3272. The access code is 720125. <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'>Many thanks to Danielle Earl for filling in and taking minutes for the March meeting. Please read the minutes below.<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;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Minutes for the At large chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>March 15, 2016 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Presidential Release was played at 7:30 PM. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB President made the following announcements: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It is Read across American Day and the NFB has made a video to commemorate this day.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Amazon has signed an agreement with the NFB to make their reading content accessible to the blind. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Preregistration is now open and will close on May 31<sup>st</sup> for this year’s convention in Orlando, Florida from June 30<sup>th</sup> to July 5<sup>th</sup>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>You now can apply for the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship for National Convention. Deadline is April 15<sup>th.</sup> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB has published a book called the Power of Love, which are essays by Kenneth Jernigan.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The Meeting was called to order at 8:00 PM via conference call by Marguerite Woods. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>There was around 15 members in attendance </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marguerite and Sharon Haskins-Brown shared their experiences and what they learned from the iPhone workshop that they attended on Wednesday, March 9<sup>th</sup> at the Library. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Marguerite announced that Steve will share information about different phone Apps at an upcoming meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dana spoke about the case involving Yasmin, who sued Montgomery County with the help of the NFB. The Judge ruled in her favor.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sharon Maneki gave us an update on the <a name="m_1731916685485338110_OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="m_1731916685485338110_OLE_LINK8"></a>bill and case regarding rights of blind parents in custody disputes.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At last month’s meeting they talked about doing something differently and during this meeting a few members shared something that they did out of their comfort zone. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>At this meeting there were two guest speakers from the Baltimore Sheriff’s Office, Major Harper and Captain Cruise, to give guidelines on safety. They spoke on the following topics: buddy system, purses, people at your door, local police security survey, Smoke detectors, fire safety, cooking habits & safety, heat safety, preventing falls, outdoor home safety, stairwell and stair safety, and sign up for direct deposit. There was time for questions </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The meeting was over at 9:10 PM. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Submitted by Danielle Earl </span><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><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Sharon Maneki, </b>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>410-715-9596<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><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>MD-AtLarge mailing list<br><a href="mailto:MD-AtLarge@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">MD-AtLarge@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for MD-AtLarge:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org/jpolansky.nfb%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/md-atlarge_nfbnet.org/jpolansky.nfb%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>