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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi Ramona. I agree with everything you say about the value of having a meeting at convention. If someone is willing to run a meeting, please let me know. I won’t be there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ramona Walhof via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 1, 2026 11:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ramona Walhof <walhoframona@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] National convention<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>It is my plan to be at National <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Convention. I should note that most of our meetings through the years have attracted people who know nothing about the group, but come to find out. Saturday afternoon may be a good time to have a meeting, but you may want to see what others think about that. We don't need to have a business meeting, so it's just a matter of what does the group do and how and when. And, of course, somebody to lead the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To me, this is not an essential meeting, but can serve a purpose if people want to do it. It can also be a good way to find out what new people might like and if they would help. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ramona<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> on behalf of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 27, 2026 8:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a> <<a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] National convention</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The national office sent me an email asking if we will be having a Crafters meeting at national convention.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I don’t plan to go. Is anyone else going? Do we have enough people going to have a meeting? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Let me know. I want to answer National by Monday, before I lose the email or forget about it. I forget things much easier than I used to.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>