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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please join members of our affiliate’s Board of Directors for a 30-minute, virtual meeting this coming Wednesday, September 18 at 6pm as we review our annual tax filing, the 990EZ. Many of you may remember that this wasn’t a quick process in years past, but we’re now able to file a shorter form as our assets are under the $500,000 limit. The connection information is at the end of this message.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration information for our upcoming state convention will be coming to you very shortly. In the meantime, please <span style='color:black'>make your hotel room reservations! The convention will <u>start on Friday, November 1 at 9am</u> and conclude <u>on Sunday, November 3 at noon</u>. However, we’ll have a fun event the night before (details coming soon), so you may want to plan your arrival for <u>Thursday, October 31</u>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)'><span style='color:black'>You can <a href="https://group.doubletree.com/8y15v9"><span style='color:#C885A9'>book your state convention room online with this special link</span></a>, or you can call the DoubleTree Saint Paul East at </span><u><span style='color:#C885A9'>(651) 731-2220</span></u><span style='color:black'> (ask for the National Federation of the Blind rate).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)'><span style='color:black'>The address for the DoubleTree Saint Paul East is <u>2201 Burns Ave, St Paul, MN 55119</u>. For those who wish to take public transit most of the way to the hotel, know that you can request the hotel’s on-demand shuttle to pick you up from the nearby Union Depot Green Line Station by calling the front desk upon your arrival. This is a shared resource among all hotel guests, so please plan accordingly.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the connection info for our board meeting?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98114196649?pwd=eHFsN0wrMm0xOVY3TlRVRjBhdm90dz09">Join Zoom Meeting</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Join by phone<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>(646) 931-3860<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Meeting ID: 981 1419 6649<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Passcode: 894589<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One tap mobile: +16469313860,,98114196649# US<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Talk soon!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corbb<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corbb O'Connor (he/him), President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbmn.org/">www.nfbmn.org</a> | (612) 872-9353<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>