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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The current board is listed on the Board of Directors page with their email addresses. Somewhere down the road, if obtained, I would have no issue adding pages for bios of the board.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>No other NFB site that I am aware of posts their meeting minutes on their website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>National is working on a new registration platform, which will become available by early next year. Once it is ready, it will be sent to all state affiliates and national divisions to use on their Drupal powered sites. This can be used for membership forms, convention registration forms, etc. and it will accept payment using a credit or debit card through PayPal. The information submitted through the form will be sent to the NFB Connections database through an API key, which I will obtain from Rachel Olivero.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I will soon be obtaining the 2018 convention presentation files. Once obtained, they will be posted to the site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><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>From:</b> NFB-DB [mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Davert via NFB-DB<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2018 1:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <nfb-db@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Scott Davert <scottdavert@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-DB] New look of nfbdeaf-blind.org is now live!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I do see what others are saying, it's a generic NFB page. That said, it's a starting point. It would be good if there was a way to pay dues online instead of by check to start with. Maybe put up meeting minutes, especially for the things that happened at convention, and what about posting names and bios of the current board? I think these could be good starting proints and also give the general membership more of an idea of what's happening. There was a meeting in Orlando in July: what happened? There were things voted on to amend the constituition, shouldn't that be public info? I'm not trying to pick on anyone here, I'm just offering ideas of things that Iink would be good to have on the website to help keep people informed. If there is enough activity, you may find that more people will desire to join and get involved. This email is not intended to offend anyone, I do apologize if it came off that way. I'm just trying to help.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Take care,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Scott<o:p></o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 2, 2018, at 1:06 PM, Robert stigile via NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>My appologies you are correct<o:p></o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Stigile <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>818-381-9568<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 2, 2018, at 9:51 AM, Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com">bmackey88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The amended constitution has not yet been approved by President Riccobono.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Until then, I can not remove the hyphen in the division’s name.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFB-DB [<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert stigile via NFB-DB<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 02, 2018 12:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Robert stigile <<a href="mailto:rnstechnology@gmail.com">rnstechnology@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-DB] New look of <a href="http://nfbdeaf-blind.org">nfbdeaf-blind.org</a> is now live!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>The only thing i noticed is that we no longer have the hyphen in our name<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=AppleMailSignature><p class=MsoNormal>Robert Stigile <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>818-381-9568<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 2, 2018, at 9:16 AM, NFB Deaf-Blind Division Webmaster via NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> Greetings to all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>After months of hard work, I am proud to announce the new look of <a href="http://nfbdeaf-blind.org">nfbdeaf-blind.org</a>, using the Drupal website templates provided by the national office, is now live! Going forward, there will be some tweaking of the site to improve the layout, and to add additional pages and features. Please review at your earliest convenience. If there is something that should be added, or isn’t working, please report them to President Alice Eaddy at <a href="mailto:president@nfbdeaf-blind.org">president@nfbdeaf-blind.org</a> and she will pass the information along to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"'>Brian A. Mackey<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Brian A. Mackey, Webmaster<br>National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division<br>609-680-8488<br></span>Email: <a href="mailto:webmaster@nfbdeaf-blind.org">webmaster@nfbdeaf-blind.org</a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><i>Website: <a href="http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org">www.nfbdeaf-blind.org</a> <br>Live the life you want.<br></i></span>The National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division, a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind, is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-DB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-DB@nfbnet.org">NFB-DB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-DB mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-DB@nfbnet.org">NFB-DB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>