<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56421"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56549">Dear East Valley Chapter,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56467"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56454"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453">Due to our proposed lack of quorum for July, as most of our board and East Valley members will be out of town and or at the NFB National Convention, our East Valley Board has voted to cancel our meeting this Saturday, July 15th 2017.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56548"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56533"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453">Please pass this on to our members who do not have access to internet and or email.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_63242"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_63241"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453">Thank you.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_63240"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_63239"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56453">Remember, there will be no chapter meeting this Saturday, July 15th 2017.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56422"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56423">Sincerely,
<br><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499743562326_56424">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></body></html>