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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>My name is Sybil Boone, and I'm a researcher here at Stash Financial, Inc., an app focused on financial opportunity for all. We were referred to you by the NFB as a contact to assist us in a user experience study we will be conducting next week. Stash is continuously working to provide the best experience for all our customers, including our blind, low vision, and color blind customers. In furtherance of this, we would like to invite several individuals from this population to interact with our app while we observe them.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We would like to begin these user experience sessions at our offices in midtown Manhattan next week. Myself or Cindy Michalowski, a quality assurance engineer, will be managing the session, and members of the product team may be in attendance, or listening in while the sessions are being conducted. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The NFB said that we should contact you to assist with our recruiting efforts for this study. If you know any blind, low vision, or color blind that you could direct our way for the study, we would greatly appreciate it. Individuals will be paid $150.00 for their time, which includes money for transportation to our offices. We'd like to conduct the studies with the following individuals: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Color blind</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> (2 participants needed)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Low vision</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> (2 participants needed)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Blind </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(4 participants needed)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>8 participants total</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ages:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> 21 - 50 (Should be diverse ages)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Testing Location: </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Stash Financial, Inc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>500 Seventh Avenue, Floor 18</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New York, NY 10018</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We appreciate your help with this. Please let me know if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sybil Boone </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Sybil Boone</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666'>UX Researcher </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Stash Financial </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666'><a href="mailto:sboone@stashinvest.com" target="_blank">sboone@stashinvest.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike Robinson, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of New York State, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2175 Sheridan Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Buffalo, New York 14223<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>716-222-3632<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>716-222-3NFB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>“</i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#333333;background:#F2F2F2'>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 live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.”</span></i><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>