<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Hello Fellow Nevada </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Federationists</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> and Friends!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">I am Ramona Coker, Membership Director of the Nevada</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">N</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">FB </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Affiliate</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> and I wish you all a very happy new year, I hope you were all safe and warm.</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">As we all know, membership dues are coming </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">du</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> in January with the absolute last day to pay for 2023 dues</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> on January 31, so if you have not done so, please feel free to click on the following link </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">a</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">nd take care of that today. If you have any difficulty, I will be providing my contact information.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">https://checkout.square.site/buy/2NZZNA2XUIOBL6CURZK75BTS</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">I cannot stress how important keeping accurate membership records is, not only for Federation information, but to </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">reach out</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">to e</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">a</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">ch other in times of crisis. Recently. Over 45,000 residents of Nevada lost power, warming stations were established, and local hotels offered super low rates for those with outages. </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">I lost</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">power from Saturday to Monday, but it was really great to be able to reach out to each of my fellow chapter members and speaking with all but 3. </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">It is very important to also inform your chapter </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">nenbership</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">liason</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> if your contact information changes.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Since we</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> are blessed with a new chapter this year in our Southern Nye County </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">federationists</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, it is notable to say that we normally start collecting yearly dues for the next year on October 1</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 8.4px; font-size: 7px; vertical-align: super;">st</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, and I am thrilled to say that the Northern Nevada Chapter </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">is fully paid dues as of December 25, 2022, great job everyone!!!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Lastly,make</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> sure that </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">if you have </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">amy</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> chapter members that have not subscribed to the Nevada Announce </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">listserve</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, you can find the link below and send it along.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">My best wishes to you all for a prosperous, productive, and amazing time growing the National Federation of the Blind!!!</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Ramona Coker, Nevada State NFB </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">MembershipDirector</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><a href="mailto:Ramonacoker94@gmail.com"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 21.6px; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Ramonacoker94@gmail.com</span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">(775) 229-0469</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><br></p></body></html>