[MN-at-Large] If you want lunch on Aug. 10, please register today!

[David Andrews]

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>Bottom-line up front: 
><https://forms.gle/BhsXGHbf4PW3yuMi8>Register 
>for lunch on August 10and 
><https://group.doubletree.com/8y15v9>make reservations for state convention!
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>Good evening friends,
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>We talk every year about how national convention 
>is the jolt of energy that we all need to 
>continue our zeal to live the lives we want and 
>continue the work of the organized blind 
>movement. What strikes me, though, is the 
>speeches that bring tears to my eyes. This year, 
>it was the sage advice from blind children 
>themselves, their teachers, filmmakers, lawyers, 
>and the recap of the work that we’ve all done 
>together. I’m grateful for your partnership 
>and the innumerable ways that each of you contribute.
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>On August 10, the NFB of Minnesota’s board of 
>directors will gather at the DoubleTree Saint 
>Paul East hotel, also the site of our 2024 state 
>convention, for a focused conversation on 
>membership development. Tracy Soforenko, 
>president of the NFB of Virginia and member of 
>our national board, will lead us in an exercise 
>that is sure to entertain, challenge, and 
>encourage us in methods for finding more blind 
>people to join our movement. He’s promised me something about pirates…
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>While the meeting will be hybrid over Zoom, I 
>hope that you’ll join us in person. In 
>addition to discussing our largest annual 
>fundraiser and upcoming state convention, we 
>will tour the hotel so we’re ready for our 
>biggest event of the year in November.
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>Lunch is $24, and it will be served around 
>11:30am. Please 
><https://forms.gle/BhsXGHbf4PW3yuMi8>register 
>and pay online by August 3, 2024. Please reach 
>out to me personally if you need financial 
>assistance or if you have any access needs of 
>which I should be aware. We plan to have 
>accessible documents, a request for speakers to 
>use microphones, our assistive-listening 
>devices, auto-captions on Zoom, and a gender-neutral restroom available.
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>While you’re at it, it’s time to make room 
>reservations for state convention! The 
>convention will start on Friday, November 1 at 
>9am and conclude on Sunday, November 3 at noon. 
>However, we’ll have a fun event the night 
>before (details coming soon), so you may want to 
>plan your arrival for Thursday, October 31 (yep, 
>that’s a Halloween event but I promise it won’t be scary).
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>You can 
><https://group.doubletree.com/8y15v9>book your 
>state convention room online with this special 
>link, or you can call the DoubleTree Saint Paul 
>East at (651) 731-2220 (ask for the National Federation of the Blind rate).
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>The address for the DoubleTree Saint Paul East 
>is 2201 Burns Ave, St Paul, MN 55119. We are 
>working with the hotel to secure a shuttle from 
>the nearby Green Line station, so please stay 
>tuned for details. This November, we will for 
>sure have access to that shuttle on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
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>I look forward to seeing you on August 10, and 
>please remember to 
><https://forms.gle/BhsXGHbf4PW3yuMi8>register and pay online by August 3, 2024.
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>Corbb
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>Corbb O'Connor (he/him), President
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>National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
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><http://www.nfbmn.org/>www.nfbmn.org | (612) 872-9363
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