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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e will meet on Saturday, July 11 at 1:30 for our Sligo Creek Chapter meeting on the NFB of Maryland Zoom</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">line. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">We will be officially welcoming Amber Wist into the chapter.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Below is a list of events and announcements assoc</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">iated with the national convention. I am giving the Zoom Id numbers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in this email. I will send the Zoom one-tap links in a separate email.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Rookie Roundup—Tuesday, July 7, 8:30 to 9:30. Zoom ID 912-5089-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">3803. This is a national meeting where you can learn about our convention activities and get energized for the conventi</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">on.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Thursday, July 9</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">--</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">8:00 p.m. Maryland first-timers’ meeting. Because we are all first-timers to a virtual convention, we are all welcome to this meeting. Zoom ID: 624-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">813-8327. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Saturday, July 11—Sligo Creek Chapter meeting, 1:30-4:00 p.m. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Zoom ID: 62</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">4-813-8327. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">We will talk about the convention</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and future activities. We will also talk briefly about contact tracing and what information we should and should not give people as we venture out to more activities. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">We will have an official membership ceremony for Amber Wist. This has been put off for various reasons several times. This may be the first virtual on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e in Maryland.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Friday, July 17—Maryland caucus, 11:00a.m.-1:00 p.m. This meeting will occur</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">during the convention and will not appear anywhere else on your agenda. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Zoom ID: 995-5428-4438. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The dial-in local number for Zoom is 301-715-8592.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Note that if you have registered for the convention and are a current member of the NFB, you need t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">o enroll to vote for office candidates or resolutions. To do this, go to nfbvote.org and fill out a simple form. You must give your name as you registered for the convention, and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the phone number you will use to vote. You may vote by voice or text. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">If there are two people sharing the same phone, only one person may use that number. If you are listening to t</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">e convention by phone and you have only one phone in the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">house, you must call the number to vote and then call back to the convention.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The convention agenda, but not the Zoom links, is available on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.nfb.org/convention"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0563C1" FACE="Calibri">www.nfb.org/convention</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Debbie</FONT></SPAN></P>
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