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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Good afternoon Council Members, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The Minnesota Assistive Technology Advisory Council has openings for 7 public members effective July 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To serve a 2-year term as a public member on our council you must be a person with a disability who uses assistive technology or a family member or guardian of a person with a disability who
uses assistive technology.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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