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Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.1in;text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>State Convention Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>April 4 - April 7, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>1000 Woodward Pl. NE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span lang=ES style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Albuquerque, New </span><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Mexico 87102</span><span lang=ES style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span lang=ES style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span lang=ES style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span lang=ES style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, </span><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico (NFBNM)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>575-921-5422<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.6in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NFBNewMexicoPresident@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>DOOR PRIZES:</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Door prizes will be drawn during general convention sessions and during the banquet. To win, you must be registered for the convention, and you must be in the room when your name is called, unless you are working the registration table, providing childcare, or are the child in their care.<o:p></o:p></span></p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#202124'>Code of Conduct<br><br>We welcome all attendees to our convention and embrace diversity, inclusion,<br>and mutual respect. To that end, please keep the following expectations in<br>mind when you join us in Albuquerque.<br><br>The National Federation of the Blind provides support to members and<br>advocates for our rights to live the lives we want through advocacy, public<br>awareness, and mentoring. As a member or guest at our convention, you not<br>only represent yourself but also represent our organization. We want you to<br>enjoy your time with us and to make new friends and renew old acquaintances.<br>Although we encourage members to socialize and have fun, the convention also<br>provides an important opportunity to come together to continue the work of<br>our organization, to learn about the important initiatives that we are<br>involved with on a local and national level, and to plan our work for the<br>future.<br><br><br>Please remember these guidelines<br><br>1. Welcome new attendees: Although you will undoubtedly enjoy time with your<br>friends, please reach out to those who have never joined us before and help<br>them to be comfortable. We welcome people from all walks of life and with<br>diverse needs and experiences.<br><br>2. Attend and participate in sessions: It is expected that when you commit yourself to<br>come to convention that you are also agreeing to attend sessions.<br><br>3. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated under any circumstances. If your<br>behavior could possibly make anyone uncomfortable, even if you would not be<br>upset by it yourself, do not do or say anything that could be considered<br>inappropriate by anyone.<br><br>4. We understand that, for some, enjoying an adult beverage is part of the<br>fun at the convention. However, public drunkenness and the associated<br>behaviors that often accompany it not only reflect badly on you but also do<br>not enhance our standing as an organization.<br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#202124'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#202124'>5. Please do not wear heavy colognes or perfumes, as some of our guests have<br>chemical sensitivities.</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h1><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Thursday</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>,</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>April 4</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>, 201</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>9<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>7:30 PM - 9:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board of Directors Meeting (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ocotillo I-II</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>), Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Friday, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>April 5</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>, 201</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>9<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:00 AM - 9:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:00 AM - Noon <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:00 PM - 4:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Registration (Convention Check-In Desk)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sarah Villavicencio, Registration Chairperson, Adults $30 Children $15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Please stop by to register, pick up your print or Braille agenda’s and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>your meal tickets (if purchased).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:00 AM - 4:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Childcare (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Agave</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Brianne Kotschwar, Childcare Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><a name="OLE_LINK9"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><h2><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>9</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>:</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>00</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> AM</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>-</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>Noon<o:p></o:p></span></span></h2><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>General Session Part 1 (Sandia Ballroom I-III)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:00 AM - 9:20 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Call to Order<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Invocation<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Martin Gallegos, Board member, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Pledge of Allegiance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Colton Topping, 5<sup>th</sup> Grade Student at Raton Intermediate School<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Anthem<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Clifton Randolph, Member, Whites Sands Chapter, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NFB Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Andres Romero, Board Member, Student Division, NFBNM <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Announcements and Convention Arrangements<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Christine Hall, Convention Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:20 AM - 9:25 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Greetings from the City of Albuquerque<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Tim Keller, Mayor<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:25 AM - 9:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:30 AM - 9:50 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The NFB is the Tree of Life for our Blindness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Martin Gallegos, Director, Servant of the Heart Life Skills Center for People Living with Disabilities, and Board Member, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:50 AM - 10:05 AM <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) Plan<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tara Chavez, Chairperson, PAC Plan Committee<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:05 AM - 10:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>President's Report<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:30 AM - 10:35 AM <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:35 AM - 11:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Exciting New Developments in Library Services for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>John Mugford, Regional Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:00 AM - 11:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Status Report on the New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Greg Trapp, Executive Director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:30 AM - 11:55 AM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>My Blindness, Myself<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, First Vice President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>This member of our Federation family will tell her story of blindness and how the Federation has helped her live the life she wants.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:55 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Questions and Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK9'></span><h2><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>Noon - 1:</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>15</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> PM<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>NFBNM Welcome Luncheon (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sierra Ballroom I-III</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Master of Ceremonies, Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Luncheon Keynote Speaker, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ron Brown, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind and President, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Indiana<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:00 PM - 6:00 PM</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Exhibits (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ocotillo Meeting Room I-II</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Urja Lansing, Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>1:30 PM - 2:45 PM</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Resolutions Committee (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sandia I</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kaity Ellis, Chairperson, Resolutions Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:00 PM - 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Town Forum: Services and Priorities of the New Mexico Commission for the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Blind (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sandia II</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tom O'Brien, Chairperson, State Rehabilitation Council<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>1</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>:50 PM - </span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>4</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>:50 PM<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Senior Action Group Energy Division SAGE (Sierra III)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>1:50 PM - 2:10 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>SAGE Registration and Membership $5.00<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:10 PM - 2:20 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Welcome and Introductions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>ShaRon Dandy, President, SAGE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Planning for the Future: Making Decisions While You Still Can<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:20 PM - 2:40 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Services Available through the Senior Affairs Office <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Veronica Smith, Board Member, SAGE and Marie Montano<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:40 PM - 2:50 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Legal Resources Specifically for Seniors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, SAGE Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:50 PM - 3:00 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Medical Order for Scope of Treatment (MOST)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Urja Lansing, SAGE Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:00 PM - 3:15 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Five Wishes, A Tool for Communicating to Others<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Jack Munson, Senior Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:15 PM - 3:25 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Some Housing Choices to Consider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, SAGE Vice President, ShaRon Dandy, SAGE President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:25 PM - 3:40 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Audience Interaction<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:40 PM - 3:50 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Business Meeting and Closing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:00 PM - 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The Ties That Bind: An Interactive Discussion (Sierra II)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Facilitator: Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Blind and sighted partners/spouses will have an opportunity to talk about the challenges they encounter, including defining their respective roles, in a relationship when one or both partners have a disability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:00 PM - 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Orientation Center Alumni Get Together (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sierra I</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Lucy Malahan, <a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><a name="OLE_LINK8"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK7'>Secretary, White Sands Chapter, NFBNM and </span></a>Deputy Director, Orientation Center, New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;background:silver;mso-highlight:silver'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>This is an opportunity for alumni to catch up with old friends and staff from their days at the Orientation Center and network with other past and present students. If you want to know more about the Orientation Center or are thinking of attending STEP in Alamogordo, please come meet some of our staff and students to learn how our program can help you achieve your goals of independence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>5:30 PM - 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Hospitality - Refreshments (Atrium)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>7:00 PM - 7:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Nominating Committee (Pinon)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, Chairperson, Nominating Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>This is a closed meeting open only to chapter and division presidents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>7:30 PM - 10:00 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Salsa Social with Joni (Sierra II-III)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> $5 per person</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Come and learn how to dance from an expert dancer, Joni Martinez, and support the NFB of New Mexico at the same time. Joni loves teaching others to dance because it provides exercise, socialization, joy, and confidence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.1in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><h1><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Saturday, April </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>6</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>, 201</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>9<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:00 AM - 11:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>1:30 PM - 2:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:00 PM - 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Registration (Convention Check-In Desk)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sarah Villavicencio, Registration Chairperson, Adults $30 Children $15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Please stop by to register, pick up your print or Braille agenda’s and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>your meal tickets (if purchased).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:00 AM - 4:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>6:45 PM - 10:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Childcare (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Agave</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Brianne Kotschwar, Childcare Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Services will be available during general session and banquet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:00 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Exhibits (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ocotillo Meeting Room I-II</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Urja Lansing, Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>8:15 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>New Mexico Association of Blind Students (NMABS) (Sandia I)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:15 AM - 8:30 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Registration and Membership Dues<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:30 AM - 8:40 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Welcoming Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kaity Ellis, President, NMABS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:40 AM - 8:50 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Remarks from Affiliate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:50 AM - 9:10 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Association of Blind Students Update<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tarik Williams, National Representative, National Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:10 AM - 9:15 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Wake-Up Break <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:15 AM - 9:45 AM</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Accessibility and Being Independent in College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Gary Bond, Accessibility Services Coordinator, New Mexico State University, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Alamogordo Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:45 AM - 10:10 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Student Experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Shawn McHugh, Student, New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Jose Burlingame, Senior, Eastern New Mexico University, Baccalaureate in Social Work <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:10 AM - 10:15 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Wake-Up Break <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:15 AM - 10:45 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Guest of Honor and our keynote speaker, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>The Honorable Howie Morales, Lt. Governor of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:45 AM - 11:00 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Services Available to Students Through the Commission and Leveraging Benefits or Services Through Other Sources<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Daphne Mitchell, VR Program Manager, New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:00 AM - 11:10 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Wake-Up Break <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:10 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Elections and Business Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:30 AM - 11:00 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>New Mexico Parents of Blind Children NMPOBC (Sandia II)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Alexia Harrison, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Gail Wagner, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Vacant, Secretary/Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Members: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Lucy Alexander<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Becky Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Vickie Buchignani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Jessica Bartenbach<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Virginia Gutierrez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> 8:30 AM - 8:35 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Welcome<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:35 AM - 8:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>What is the National Federation of the Blind?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ron Brown, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind and President, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Indiana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>8:45 AM - 9:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Advocating for your Child’s Education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>A Panel Discussion with Q&A<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:30 AM - 9:40 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Break<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:40 AM - 10:10 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>ABLE Accounts and Other Ways to Maximize SSI and SDI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Greg Trapp, Executive Director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind, Denise Balderas, ABLE New Mexico Coordinator and Heather Benavidez, Liaison Officer of New Mexico State Treasurers’ Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:10 AM - 10:20 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Business Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:20 AM - 10:55 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Cane Walk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:55 AM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adjournment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:00 AM - 11:50 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Philosophy of the NFB: The Heart of the Movement (Sandia III)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, First Vice President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>Noon - 1:</span><span style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>15</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> PM<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Parent and Student Division Luncheon (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sierra I-III</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Mistress of Ceremonies, Kaity Ellis, President, Student Division, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Luncheon Keynote Speaker, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tarik Williams, National Representative, National Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span lang=X-NONE style='font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>1:30 PM - 4:30 PM <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>General Session Part 2 (Sandia I-III)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>1:30 PM - 2:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Report from the National Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ron Brown, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind and President, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Indiana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:15 PM - 2:20 PM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:20 PM - 2:40 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>How to Advocate Effectively with Your Legislators<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Representative Tomás E. Salazar, New Mexico House of Representatives<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:40 PM - 2:55 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Dancing the Life I Want<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Joni Martinez, Outreach Instructor, Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Joni has learned several dances within the Latin, Swing, Country, and Ballroom genres. She has also competed in the Fred Astaire Dance Company of Texas and has participated in several Showcases with Go Dance Studios of Austin. This happiness is what she enjoys sharing the most and what keeps her dancing through life.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>2:55 PM - 3:40 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><a name="OLE_LINK6"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Blind Parents: Raising Our Kids to Live the Lives They Want (Panel discussion)<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK6'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Moderator: <a name="OLE_LINK50">Caroline Benavidez, First Vice President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></a></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK50'></span><p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Panelists: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Rafael Aguirre, Blindness Skills Instructor, New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tara Chavez, Second Vice President, NFBNM and President, Albuquerque Chapter, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Lucy Alexander, Secretary, White Sands Chapter, NFBNM and Deputy Director, Orientation Center, New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:40 PM - 3:45 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Action Auction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>3:45 PM - 4:05 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Status Report on the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NMSBVI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Patricia Beecher, Acting Superintendent, NMSBVI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:05 PM - 4:20 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Promoting Accessibility in Online Courses for Blind College Students, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Gary Bond, Accessibility Services Coordinator, New Mexico State University Alamogordo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:20 PM - 4:25 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Convention Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Christine Hall, Convention Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>4:25 PM - 4:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Closing Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>6:00 PM - 7:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>No Host Social Hour and Silent Auction Display (Ballroom Corridor)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>7:00 PM - 10:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>State Convention Banquet (</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Sierra Ballroom</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Mistress of Ceremonies, Mary Willows, Former President, NFB of California and Member, Albuquerque Chapter, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Invocation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Jean Brown, Second Vice President of the National Federation of the Blind Diabetic Action Network (DAN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Keynote Speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ron Brown, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind and President, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Indiana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Presentations and Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>A Silent Auction will be held during the banquet. Proceeds will support our<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>scholarship program for parents of blind children to support the family with a blind child to attend the National Federation of the Blind convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.1in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Sunday, April </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>7</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>, 201</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>9<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:00 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Childcare (Agave Meeting Room)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Brianne Kotschwar, Childcare Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:00 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>General Session Part 3 (Sandia I-III)</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:avoid'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:00 AM - 9:20 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Report on the Washington Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, President, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ernie Esquibel, Vice President, Albuquerque Chapter, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kaity Ellis, President, Student Division, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kaden Calahan, Vice President, Student Division, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:20 AM - 9:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Why Should I Attend the NFB National Convention in Las Vegas?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Virginia Gutierrez, Member, White Sands Chapter, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Albert Chavez, Member, Albuquerque Chapter, NFBNM <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ernie Esquibel, <a name="OLE_LINK59"></a><a name="OLE_LINK58"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK59'>Vice President, Albuquerque Chapter, NFBNM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>9:45 AM - 10:05 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Kaity Ellis, Chairperson, Resolutions Committee, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>10:05 AM - 11:45 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Business Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Minutes of 2018 State Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tonia Trapp, Secretary, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Treasurer's Report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Curtis Chong, Treasurer, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, Chairperson, Nominating Committee, NFBNM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>11:45 AM - Noon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Final Announcements, Closing Remarks, and Adjourn <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Notes</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>CHAPTER</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>S</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'> AND DIVISION</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>S<span style='text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>CHAPTERS<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Albuquerque Chapter (Albuquerque)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>President, Tara Chavez 505-872-2044 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:Nfb.abqchapter@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>Nfb.abqchapter@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Mesilla Valley (Las Cruces)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, Maya Alvarado 575-449-1091</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:NFBNMMesillaValleyPresident@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext'>NFBNMMesillaValleyPresident@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>San Juan (Farmington)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, Nathalie Martin 801-574-1268<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:natmartin103@gmail.com"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>natmartin103@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>West Mesa (Albuquerque) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, ShaRon Dandy 505-307-4876<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>White Sands (Alamogordo)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, Peggy Hayes 575-434-2076<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.WhiteSandsChapter@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>NFBNM.WhiteSandsChapter@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>DIVISIONS<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>New Mexico Association of Blind Students (NMABS) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, Kaity Ellis 575-694-4299 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.1in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:president.nmabs@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>president.nmabs@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>New Mexico</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Parents of Blind Children</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> (NMPOBC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Alexia </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Harrison</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>505-859-</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>1407<br></span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="file:///F:/../../AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/AppData/Local/AppData/Local/AppData/Local/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Content.Outlook/Users/cchong/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/4N0PI78F/switzerlawn@aol.com"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>switzerlawn@aol.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Senior Action Group Energy</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> (SAGE)</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>President, ShaRon Dandy</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>505-</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>798</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>-</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>0192</span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:sdandy51@msn.com"><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>sdandy51@msn.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><b><u><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></u></b><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>NFBNM </span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>BOARD MEMBERS<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Adelmo Vigil, Alamogordo term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>First Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Caroline Benavidez, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Second Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tara Chavez, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Tonia Trapp, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Curtis Chong, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Martin Gallegos, Santa Fe term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ernie Esquibel, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=ES-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>ShaRon Dandy, Albuquerque term expires 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Nathalie Martin, Farmington term expires 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Urja Lansing, Albuquerque term expires 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Alexia Harrison, Los Lunas term expires 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>National FEDERATION OF THE Blind Convention</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sunday, July 7- Friday, July 12, 2018</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>3950 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, 89119<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The largest gathering of blind people in the world, the National Federation of the Blind National Convention is the premier event for training, support, and information for the blind community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>WHO ATTENDS THE CONVENTION?</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Attendees may be long-time convention goers, the newly blinded, parents and teachers of blind children, blindness professionals who are interested in becoming more knowledgeable about blindness, adaptive-technology providers, and family members of people who are blind. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#1F66C3'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>For many, attendance at that very first convention has become a life-changing experience. Many hear for the very first time that it is respectable to be blind, that carrying a cane is useful and is nothing to be ashamed of, that Braille is a valuable tool after all, and that much progress is being made in adaptive technology. Attendees also learn that they are not alone, that there are others who are facing the same problems they are, and that an active and normal life is possible and within their reach. Some learn for the first time that there are orientation and adjustment centers where blind people can be sent by their rehabilitation counselors to learn the skills of blindness and the positive attitudes which lead to personal empowerment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>registration</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>Online Preregistration: <span style='color:#333333'>Online preregistration will be available until May 31, 2019. Registration will be available on site in Las Vegas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>Sunday, July 7, Seminar Day<br>Monday, July 8, Registration and Resolutions Day<br>Tuesday, July 9, Board Meeting and Division Day<br>Wednesday, July 10, Opening Session<br>Thursday, July 11, Business Session<br>Friday, July 12, Banquet Day and Adjournment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>Hotel Information and Room Rates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#333333'>You can call the hotel at 877-632-9001 to book your room. The hotel will take a deposit of the first night’s room rate for each room and will require a credit card or a personal check. If you use a credit card, the deposit will be charged against your card immediately. If a reservation is cancelled before Saturday, June 1, 2019, half of the deposit will be returned. Otherwise, refunds will not be made. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>For NFB convention attendees, the nightly rate for singles, doubles, triples, and quads will be $99. Hotel taxes are 13.38 percent and sales tax is 8.25 percent. The resort fee (normally $37 a night) will be waived for NFB convention attendees. However, fees for internet access, local and toll-free calls, and fitness center access may apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>For more information visit <span style='color:#333333'>NFB's convention webpage at </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="http://www.nfb.org/convention"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>www.nfb.org/convention</span></a></span></span> .<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><b><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>National Federation of the Blind<br>of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>Criteria to Receive an Attendance Stipend<br>for Attending the<br>National Federation of the Blind Convention<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>Each member of the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico (NFBNM) who attends the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) convention will be eligible for a stipend after the national convention provided that all of the following requirements are met.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>1. The individual must be an active member in good standing of a local chapter or division of NFBNM; the determination of good standing will be made by the president of the local chapter or division. If the member is an at-large member and does not belong to a local chapter or division, the determination of good standing will be made by the NFBNM president. In either case, the individual must be current in the payment of his/her dues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>2. The member must have attended the state convention in the year during which the national convention occurs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>3. The member must not have been awarded a scholarship from the NFBNM or the NFB in the year in which the national convention has occurred. If the member is awarded a Jernigan Scholarship, the NFBNM president may decide to waive this requirement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>4. The member has not received financial assistance from another organization or agency to attend the national convention; this requirement may be waived at the discretion of the NFBNM president.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>5. The member must send an email to the NFBNM president indicating that he or she plans to attend the national convention and that the stipend will be requested. This communication should be received on or before May 31<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>6. The member must have registered or pre-registered to attend the national convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>7. During the national convention, the member must:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>work at least one shift at the NFBNM exhibit table, assuming that the affiliate is operating such a table at the convention;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>attend the affiliate caucus held at the national convention;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>attend all three days of general sessions and, for every session, notify the NFBNM delegate or alternate delegate of his/her presence; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>attend the banquet at national convention.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:1.0in;mso-add-space:auto'><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif'>8. The member must send an email to the NFBNM president requesting the stipend within 30 days upon their return.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;text-transform:uppercase'>Our Hope<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>We hope that by attending our convention your expectations of yourself are raised, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>so that blindness is no longer the characteristic that defines you or your future, and that low expectations no longer stand between you and your dreams. We want you <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333'>to become empowered to live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-weight:normal'>OUR THANKS<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:X-NONE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Thank you to everyone who appeared on the agenda, and to all who chaired<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>and/or served on committees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Thank you to the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>for brailling the agendas for us this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>We wish to thank </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Ron Brown, Second Vice President, National Federation </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>of the Blind and President, </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Indiana for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>serving as our national representative. The national perspective you brought <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>to us is so important to our achievement of equality, security, and opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Thank you to the management and staff of the hotel for all their assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>in planning this weekend and making our stay enjoyable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>We wish you safe travels home, and we hope to see you all next year.<o:p></o:p></span></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><span style='color:black'>Tonia Trapp, secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>nfbnewmexicosecretary@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>www.nfbnm.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Live the life you want.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>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.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>