<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div>The next meeting of the At-Large Chapter of the NFBMD will be on Tuesday, November 16. The national president's message begins at 7:30 followed by the meeting from 8pm-9pm.</div><div>During this meeting, we will discuss the highlights of the state convention. Jerry Price from LBPD will describe new technologies that you may want to buy yourself or put on your list for Santa. Jerry is sure to have an interesting list of gadgets that we might like to have. <br></div><div>Remember the call-in number is 339-209-4083. Below are the minutes from the last meeting for your reading pleasure.</div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Presidential Release was played at 7:30 PM. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The meeting was started at 8:00 PM by <span style="line-height:107%">Marguerite</span>
Woods, President. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Round robin took place and there were approximately 15
members on the call. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October birthdays were Celebrated. Members who had birthdays
in October are Charles and Debbie.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Marguerite </span>led Alice in the NFB Pledge.<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Marguerite shared that Daniel was in the hospital. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We discussed who would be attending the fundraising movie,
Feeling Through. Marguerite encouraged everyone to get their friends to attend
this event on Saturday, October 23.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October is Meet the Blind month. It has been rebranded to <span style="line-height:107%;color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Blind
Equality Achievement Month.</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sharon read a blog titled On Blindness, Equality, and
Achievement: Who Defines Us written by Mark Riccobono. Then the members discuss
the article. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%">Marguerite </span>announced that the chapter was
responsible for getting two proclamations. Don received one from Cecil County and
Daniel received one from Washington county. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Respectfully Submitted by Danielle Earl, Secretary <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br><span></span></p>
</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="2">Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy</font></b></div><div><font size="2">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</font></div><div><font size="2">410-715-9596</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday 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.<br></font></div><div><b><font size="2"></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div></div></div></div></div>