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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='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Curtis Chong [mailto:curtischong@earthlink.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 19, 2017 7:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Tonia Trapp<br><b>Subject:</b> State Convention Registration Announcement<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GoBack"></a>Hello Tonia:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you please distribute the following announcement to our statewide mailing list?<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>Greetings fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you know, the 2017 convention of the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico will take place from March 31 through April 2 at the Sheraton Uptown Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There will also be an open meeting of our Board of Directors on Thursday night, March 30.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The deadline to pre-register for the convention is March 3, a mere six weeks away. You can visit our website, <a href="www.nfbnm.org">www.nfbnm.org</a> to download the traditional convention pre-registration document and also to find our online convention registration page.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conventions of our organization are great times to meet old friends, plan for our future, and to share successes and challenges with fellow members of the blind community. I look forward to seeing all of you at the 2017 convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>