<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Nancy O'Donnell" <<a href="mailto:n.odonnell@usher-syndrome.org">n.odonnell@usher-syndrome.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 26, 2016 at 11:27:03 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> "Catherine Miller" <<a href="mailto:guillcat@gmail.com">guillcat@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Exciting new email group...just for USH!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<td class="background-main" style="background-color: #ffffff; vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;" align="left" valign="top"><table class="email-design-region region-content" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="region-content"><tbody><tr class="email-design-block-box designBlockArticleAccent"><td class="email-design-block-margin designBlockArticleAccent" style="vertical-align: top; border-collapse: collapse;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="email-design-block designBlockArticleAccent" style="color: #231f20; font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; vertical-align: top; padding: 15px; line-height: 1.3em; border-collapse: collapse;" id="block-2243608"><p style="color: #231f20; font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: bold;">Dear Catherine,</p> <p style="text-align: left; color: #231f20; font-size: 20px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: bold;"><img style="float: right; margin: 2px 3px 2px 3px;" src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bloomerang-public-cdn/ushersyndromecoalition/Usher-Tree-1b-copy.png" alt="USH Family Tree: Blue tree trunk and branches. Yellow text sits on branches: father, brother, sister, mother, etc. showing all relationships of the USH Family" width="200" height="224" align="right" hspace="10"></p> <p style="text-align: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We are pleased to announce the launch of the <strong>USH Blue Book Online Forum</strong>. This <strong>private email group</strong> was created just for you, to provide a way for members of the Usher Syndrome Coalition community to connect with each other around topics related to Usher syndrome. This forum allows the group's posts to be saved for future reference, creating a growing body of information to which members may refer.</span></p> <p style="text-align: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Those who sign up for this forum will automatically have access to email posts - questions, comments, replies, resources, etc. You can customize how you receive those emails - as they are posted, as a daily digest or online only. You can unsubscribe from the group at any time. Krista Vasi and I are the group moderators. <br></span></p> <p style="text-align: left; color: #323e66; font-size: 24px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>If you would like to join the USH Blue Book Online Forum, send an email to me, Nancy O'Donnell at</strong><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #1425f6; font-size: 13px; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;" href="mailto:n.odonnell@usher-syndrome.org"><strong> n.odonnell@usher-syndrome.org </strong> </a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0 0 10px 0"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Include your first and last name, email address and your connection to the Usher syndrome community. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We look forward to learning more about Usher syndrome from you - The Experts! <br></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr>
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