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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Dear Fellow Federationists:<br> <br>The 2014 National Federation of the Blind National Convention, to be held at the Rosen Centre July 1-6, is rapidly approaching. If you have not yet pre-registered or reserved your room at the Rosen Centre, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. You won’t want to miss what is always the largest and most exciting gathering of blind people in the country! <br><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Thursday, July 3 at 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm and might run a little longer , the NFB Travel & Tourism Division, a proud Division of the National Federation of the Blind will be holding its annual meeting </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We will be having guest speakers:</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ms. Cathy Vazquez, Access Manager, Norwegian Cruise Lines</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Mr. Andrew Garnett, President and CEO, </span><a href="http://www.specialneedsatsea.com/" target="_blank" style="font-size: 12pt;">www.specialneedsatsea.com</a></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Mr. Patrick Keyes, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Admissions Coordinator, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">National Statler Center for Careers in Hospitality Service, </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Olmsted Center for Sight</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Also we will see if Mr. Mark Riccobono, will be able to speak with us a little bit</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Business meeting for the year with Secretary and Treasurer Reports,</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Elections: All are welcome to run, must be present to be nominated and elected</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">Dues are $10 a year.</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;">More information about the convention!</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.82666778564453px;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.82666778564453px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rooms at the Rosen Centre are available on a first-come, first-served basis until our block is filled or until May 28, whichever comes first. After our block is filled and/or after May 28, the hotel has no obligation to accept any further reservations. The room block often fills up before the deadline, which is less than two weeks away! To make a reservation now and ensure you don’t miss out on the special room rates associated with our block, please call the Rosen Centre at (800) 204-7234.<br> <br>The deadline for preregistration for the national convention is also quickly approaching – preregistration ends at midnight on May 31. As always, we encourage you to preregister online (<a href="http://lx-web.nfb.org/convention" target="_blank" style="font-weight: inherit; color: blue; cursor: pointer;"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://lx-web.nfb.org/convention</span></a>) and avoid waiting in the long lines at convention. You will also save some money by preregistering -the preregistration fee for convention is $25 ($30 on site) and the cost of a banquet ticket is $55 ($60 on site).<br> <br>Come and join in on the fun.</span></p><br><br><br><div><div><font size="3">Cheryl Echevarria, President<br>National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division<br>A proud division of the National Federation of the Blind<br>www.nfbtravel.org<br>631-236-5138<br>cherylandmaxx@hotmail.com</font><br style="font-size:large;"><font size="4"><br><br>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br><br>Sign up for our e-newsletter by e-mailing us you first and last name, and e-mail address to reservations@echevarriatravel.com, let us know if you want just text or pictures in your e-mail.<br><br>Echevarria Travel has partnered with Braille Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her braille needs. Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama</font></div></div> </div></body>
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