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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Good afternoon NFBNM Members and Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I strongly urge as many who are able, to attend this Budget Hearing of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee of the New Mexico Legislature. The meeting is being held Tuesday afternoon beginning at 1:30 at the Roundhouse. Please see the below email for all the details. Let’s show up to support our partner, the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Tara Chavez, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.President@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>NFBNM.President@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>(505) 328-3349<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbnm.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> Trapp, Greg, CFB <Greg.Trapp@cfb.nm.gov> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 26, 2025 3:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnewmexicosecretary@gmail.com; Tara Chavez <nfbnm.president@gmail.com>; 'Adelmo Vigil' <avigil74@gmail.com>; 'Frank Maestas' <maestaslink@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Commission for the Blind Budget Hearing at the Roundhouse on Tuesday Afternoon, January 28<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Commission for the Blind will have our budget hearing before the House Appropriations and Finance Committee (HAFC) on Tuesday, January 28. The hearing will start at 1:30 PM, and it will be before HAFC Subcommittee B. It is scheduled in Room 309. The hearing will be at the Roundhouse. We will be on a docket with other agencies, so it is difficult to know when the Commission’s budget will actually be heard. We should have a better idea on Monday, and I will send out an update. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Governor recommended a 13.6% increase in our budget, but the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) is only recommending a 3.6% increase. All are welcome to attend, and a strong showing helps to demonstrate public support. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Greg Trapp, JD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>New Mexico Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2200 Yale Blvd SE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Albuquerque, NM 87106<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>505-383-2231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>This email may contain confidential or privileged information meant only for the intended recipient. 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