<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5108"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147">Dear East Valley,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5245"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5255" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147">As you requested I will do my very best to keep you up to date on transit issues. I wanted to let you know that the VMAAG Meeting that was scheduled for this Thursday is canceled. I am not exactly sure why but will let you know as soon as I find out more information. <br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5800"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147">Please do not schedule rides to go to this meeting on Thursday if you were planning to do so.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5595"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5966"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5147">Thank you.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5239"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5234">Sincerely,
<br><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5233">East Valley Chapter President<br>National Federation Of The Blind Of Arizona</b>
<br>480-510-6196<br><div id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3130"><br></div><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3132" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3133" style="">National Federation Of The Blind Principles<br><br>1.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3134" style="font:7.0pt;"> I</span></span></span>t
is respectable to be blind. It’s okay to be blind. Being blind is
something that we need not feel troubled or embarrassed about, concerned about
or emotionally exhausted over. It’s okay to be blind.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3136" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3137" style=""><br>2.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3138" style="font:7.0pt;"> T</span></span></span>he real problem of blindness is not the absence of vision but is
the social misconceptions and stereotypes that exist about blindness. It is not the physical absence of eye sight but it is what society has come to
believe about our blindness. We reject the misconceptions that society has and
we accept that the physical absence of our sight is not the big problem.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3140" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3141" style=""><br>3.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3142" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>With proper training and opportunity the average blind person can
do the average job in the average place of work.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3156" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3157" style=""><br>4.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3158" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
is simply one of many human characteristics, like being tall or being short,
being big or small, being bright or average. Blindness is simply one of many<br>characteristics.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3175" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3176" style=""><br>5.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3177" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
can be reduced to the level of an inconvenience or physical nuisance. <span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3188" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3189" style=""><br>6.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3190" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>We
believe in the effectiveness of alternative non visual techniques.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3213" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3214" style=""><br>7.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3215" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>If
we want equal rights we need to accept equal responsibility.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5352"><br><br></div> <div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5349" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5348"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5347"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5346"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5345" size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, March 20, 2017 1:06 PM, "Jones, Lee Ann" <LAJones@valleymetro.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1490126913480_5350"><div id="yiv3346881951">
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<div>The meeting scheduled for March 23 has been cancelled, also cancelling the series, a new meeting series will be sent under separate cover.</div>
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