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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The chapter meeting will be this Saturday, February 9, at 1:30 at the Long Branch Library, 8800 Garland Avenue. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">If anyone wants a spec</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ific 3-digit number for the NFB of Maryland spring raffle, please let me know right away. You must pay your $5 when you request a number. Other tickets will be available later</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and need not be paid for yet. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Bidding for Opp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">o</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">rtunity, our annual dinner and auction for the NFB of Maryland scholarship fund, will be held on Saturday, April 6, at the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Morningside VFW, which is where we had it last year. We will have tickets this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">year. Please let me know how many you think you can sell. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">We will need to have a discussion about a spring fundraiser for the chapter. Sees</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">as changed their offerings, and we need to dec</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ide if we want to sell what they have or use another company. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">WMATA is proposing changes to th</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> fare structure. This will affect MetroAccess use</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">rs as well because MetroAccess fares are two times the cost of bus or rail fares. The changes are not technically a fare increase,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">but they will result in greater costs for some people. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">I will send information about it in an email to follow this one.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">There are still nuts available. We have pistachios, Baltimore bar mix, butter toffee peanuts, and a few</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">bags of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Jeppi #82</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">mix.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I will be doing a group flight for the convention. We will be leaving from BWI this year because there was a fare difference of more than $100. T</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ickets will be $409. You m</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">u</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">st pay me $50 to get your name on the list.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Debbie Brown</FONT></SPAN></P>
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