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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk83983858"></a><a name="_Hlk86762915"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi You All<o:p></o:p></span></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>RE: Our January Meeting is coming up, Monday the 10th<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Non-Members are WELCOME<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Topic: We have a special guest, Ray Wright. To introduce him to you, from his website I have copied out and pasted in a short section from his bio:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Ray Wright is a totally blind woodworker and woodshop instructor.</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Ray is originally from Southern California. In 1983, he was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa and found out he was Visually Impaired. He continued his work in the Motion Picture Exhibition field as a legally Blind movie Theatre Manager and moved up the corporate ladder as a Promotions Coordinator, Company<br>Photographer and Graphic Designer.</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>In 2001, Ray lost all his sight and became totally blind. Not<br>willing to stay home and do nothing, Ray enrolled in blindness<br>training classes in Northern California at the Orientation Center for the Blind. It was there he was introduced to woodworking as a blind individual. After his training he was elected to the Board of Directors at the Vista Center for the Blind in Palo Alto, California where he remained until he moved to Utah in 2007.</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>After relocating to Utah, Ray became a student at the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DSBVI) in Salt Lake City, where he focused on honing his blindness skills including advancing his non-visual woodworking techniques and knowledge. It was here where he was introduced to and fell in love with the lathe. After<br>graduating, he started "Wright Turn Only", his own woodworking business and continued to privately study, practice and demonstrate alternative approaches to woodworking techniques.</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>In 2014, Ray was hired on as the woodshop instructor at DSBVI where he continues to "pay-it-forward" by sharing his knowledge and love of woodworking with individuals who are losing or have lost their sight.</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>In 2016 he had the honor of blind-folding Utah's Governor Herbert and gave him a hands-on demonstration on how to use a table saw non-visually. At that time, he presented Governor Herbert with a turned wooden light saber which the Governor had on display in his formal office in the state capitol through the end of his term in 2021. </span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=font8 style='margin:0in;line-height:19.2pt;vertical-align:baseline;outline: 0px;pointer-events: auto;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;font-variant-numeric: ;font-variant-east-asian: ;font-stretch: ;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span class=color15><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>As Ray likes to say, “Here in our woodshop we like to build two things…Things out of wood and more importantly, we like to build confidence. If you can use sharp power saws, lathes and other tools with the lights off and a blindfold on, you can do pretty much anything.”</span></span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Contents of this message:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*1: When and how to get on the call<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*2: Agenda <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*3: The NFB Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*1: When and how to get on the call<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Date: January 10<sup>th</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Time: 7:00 CT<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Join Zoom Meeting:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'></span></span><a href="https://zoom.us/j/97431318555?pwd=NmVpT2VhTEl4ZlczVElyZDYycDNGQT09"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span 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style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>+14086380968,,97431318555#,,,,*637552# US (San Jose)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dial by your location:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>+1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 974 3131 8555<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Passcode: 637552<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*2: Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-First- Come to order, do introductions, and we have our NFB Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Second- We have our business meeting. Our special guest will join us shortly after 6:30; public transportation during winter months for getting home after work can be unpredictable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>--OLD BUSINESS <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- Discuss any news concerning present and future affiliate business.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>- Again, touch on Payment of 2022 membership dues<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-And anything else members may bring.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>--NEW BUSINESS<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Whatever we get from the membership<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>-Brags and Drags<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*3: NFB Pledge: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk86762915'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk83983858'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.</span></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Leslie Newman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBN Senior Division, President<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>