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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>[State-affiliate-leadership-list] announcement for
              consideration for newsletters and web pages</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:03:10 +0000</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Chang, Patti via State-Affiliate-Leadership-List
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org"><state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Reply-To:
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            <td>State Affiliate Leadership List
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org"><state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td>State Affiliate Leadership List
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org"><state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
            <td>Chang, Patti <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:PChang@nfb.org"><PChang@nfb.org></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Patti S. Chang Esq.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Director of Outreach<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">(410) 659-9314, extension 2422 |
          <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pchang@nfb.org">pchang@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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