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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-size:11.0pt'>Hello NFB Northern Delaware Chapter members and friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope this email finds you enjoying Autumn! It is one of my favorite times of the year. It is a time of harvest, cozy sweaters, spiced cider, and fragrant wood smoke. It is also time for our chapter meeting which will be held on September 30<sup>th</sup> at 6:30 pm via Zoom. The minutes will be read at 6 pm. We will have a speaker this month. Paul O’Brien will talk with us about finances and estate planning. Please join us for this informative meeting and invite others. The Zoom link and meeting agenda is below; and Sylvia will send out the minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I look forward to talking with you in the Zoom room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely… Carol King-Ries <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, NFB Northern Delaware Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Live the life you want with love, hope, and determination!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Zoom link:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://zoom.us/j/5108560205?pwd=MXFNdW5MQ2wzYmdSTHZEUWlMc3hWdz09"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>https://zoom.us/j/5108560205?pwd=MXFNdW5MQ2wzYmdSTHZEUWlMc3hWdz09</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Meeting ID: 510 856 0205<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Passcode: 11192020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>+13017158592,,5108560205# US (Washington DC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>+13092053325,,5108560205# US</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>NFB of DE Northern Delaware Chapter Meeting Agenda<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Date: September 30, 2024 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Location: Everywhere via Zoom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Minutes will be read at 6 pm<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AGENDA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Call to Order Carol King-Ries <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regular Business<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Recite NFB Pledge and one-minute message All <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Vote to approve minutes of the August meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Treasurers report Nakeya Robinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Vote to approve<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Continuing business: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next Book Talk: October 21, 2024 at 6 pm via Zoom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Facilitator: Catrina Gosine<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Title: The Return <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Author: Nicholas Sparks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Book number: DB 100846<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- New Business: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chapter Update: Carol King-Ries<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fundraisers: Boscov’s<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Chapter Convention Donations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> December Braille Family Fun Day<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> NFB Affiliate and National Update: Affiliate Board Members<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Voting – How was your Primary voting experience? Group Discussion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Speaker: Paul O’Brien <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Finance/Estate Planning <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adjournment <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Housekeeping rules: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Please state your name before speaking and refrain from interrupting others. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Please mute yourself when engaging in activity which might disrupt the meeting. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Please read the minutes of the last meeting before this one begins. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB pledge<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I pledge to participate actively in the effort 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></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB one-minute message<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sincerely… Carol King-Ries <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Live the life you want with love, hope, and determination!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>