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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My husband and I did attend the convention and thoroughly enjoyed it. I do not begrudge anyone for taking a different path. I think our national office made the best plans with the information they had at the time. I am sure that will be the case next year too. COVID is just a part of our lives now, but that is not to say to ignore the precautions we have all learned to take for ourselves and our individual situations. . It surely does make life a little more complicated now. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I wish you all a great weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Member, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The greatest investment you can make in this world is kindness.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> nFB-Talk <nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>William Outman via nFB-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 16, 2022 5:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> William Outman <billoutmannfb@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Talk] Mask Mandates<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry to hear we had trouble with COVID cases at the convention, but I am not surprised. The up tick was not necessarily forseeable when plans were finalized. <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I attended virtually, but mostly for financial reasons. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We were not alone, though, as I understand ACB had some COVID difficulties at their convention. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bill Outman <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Jul 15, 2022, at 7:53 PM, Peter Donahue via nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good evening everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Texas has really cracked down on mask mandates for about a year now. Here it’s recommended but strictly prohibited from being mandated. Of course the CDC could change that depending on infection rates. It should also be noted that since the mask mandate on public transportation was struck down a few months ago the number of disruptive airplane passenger complaints have also dropped. It wouldn’t surprise me if in everyone’s interest the NFB returned to a totally virtual convention next year depending on what is happening with COVID-19 and Monkey Pocks. JMO.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter Donahue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cory McMahon via nFB-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 15, 2022 4:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB Talk Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Cory McMahon <<a href="mailto:cory.j.mcmahon@gmail.com">cory.j.mcmahon@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Talk] Positive Test<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I also understand that to be true.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Tardif via nFB-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 15, 2022 3:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Talk Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Mark Tardif <<a href="mailto:markspark@roadrunner.com">markspark@roadrunner.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Talk] Positive Test<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I also understand that in some of the sessions, there were a number of maskless individuals. It seems that our leadership provided a lot of warning to please wear masks at meetings. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mark Tardif <br>Nuclear arms will not hold you. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org" title="nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">Judy Jones via nFB-Talk</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Friday, July 15, 2022 4:37 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org" title="nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">'NFB Talk Mailing List'</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <a href="mailto:sonshines59@gmail.com" title="sonshines59@gmail.com">Judy Jones</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> Re: [NFB-Talk] Positive Test</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>They may not have realized the uptick in Covid cases when they had to finalize the hotel early on.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Judy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Misty Kienzynski via nFB-Talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 15, 2022 1:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Talk Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Misty Kienzynski <<a href="mailto:mkienzyn@alumni.iu.edu">mkienzyn@alumni.iu.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Talk] Positive Test</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>I predicted something like this would happen a long time ago. It’s one reason that I didn’t go this year as a person who is high risk Covid. I really think they should’ve waited on this at least another year…</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>—</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Misty Kienzynski</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bloomfield, IN</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Phone: 812-381-0073</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:mkienzyn@alumni.iu.edu">mkienzyn@alumni.iu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Twitter: @AuroraNebulosa</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>—</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=p1><span class=s1><span style='color:black'>Bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem. -L. Annaeus Seneca </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'>On Jul 14, 2022, at 6:44 PM, Mark Tardif via nFB-Talk <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Greetings, </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I tested positive for Covid 19 today. On Sunday night in New Orleans, I noticed what I thought were the symptoms of a mother of a cold coming on. Yesterday and today I started feeling better, but someone told me there were quite a few people who ended up testing positive at the convention and encouraged me to get tested, which I did today. I am encouraging everybody on these lists who may feel even mild symptoms to please get tested and inform anybody you may have had close contact with since coming back if you do test positive. I hope everyone tests negative and anyone who tests positive I hope recovers quickly. Take care. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mark Tardif <br>Nuclear arms will not hold you. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>nFB-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org">nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nFB-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/mkienzyn%40alumni.iu.edu">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/mkienzyn%40alumni.iu.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>nFB-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org">nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nFB-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/markspark%40roadrunner.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/markspark%40roadrunner.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>_______________________________________________<br>nFB-Talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org">nFB-Talk@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nFB-Talk:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/billoutmannfb%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/billoutmannfb%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>