<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Donald Porterfield via Nfbaz-news <<a href="mailto:nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org">nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 6, 2017 at 7:30:56 AM MST<br><b>To:</b> <<a href="mailto:nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org">nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Donald Porterfield <<a href="mailto:donaldpfield@cox.net">donaldpfield@cox.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbaz-news] FW: Can you please distribute to our federation family</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> <a href="mailto:webmaster@az.nfb.org">webmaster@az.nfb.org</a><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello Federationists,<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">As a grass-roots advocacy organization, the National Federation of the Blind of Arizona is always trying to find those opportunities to speak about issue that affect Arizona’s blind and to have our collective voices heard. The public forum being held by the Governor’s Council on Blindness and Visual Impairment (GCBVI) is an opportunity to speak out about issues affecting our community.<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">Information about the public forum is below. I hope to see you there.<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">Regards,<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">Donald Porterfield, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">National Federation of the Blind of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:donaldpfield@cox.net">donaldpfield@cox.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">520-850-2180<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Amy Porterfield [<a href="mailto:APorterfield@saavi.us">mailto:APorterfield@saavi.us</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 05, 2017 9:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> Donald Porterfield<br><b>Subject:</b> Can you please distribute to our federation family<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC FORUM RE:</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Issues and Unmet Needs in the Continuum of Services to Persons Who are Blind and Persons Effected by Combined Vision and Hearing Loss<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A <b>Public Forum</b> will be conducted as an incorporated section of the Arizona Governor’s Council on Blindness and Visual Impairment (GCBVI) meeting agenda. The meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. on July 21, 2017. The GCBVI Chair, Amy Porterfield, will invite members of the public to address the Council starting at 2:00 p.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Feedback is invited from Arizona consumers who are blind, their families, advocates, service providers and other interested parties, especially regarding the role of the Arizona Governor’s Council on Blindness and Visual Impairment (GCBVI).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Individuals wanting to speak are asked to limit remarks to 3 minutes and an additional 2 minutes may be allotted to allow Council members to ask clarifying questions (if needed) and the speaker to respond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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