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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>For your information. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Camille <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> NFBF-Leaders <nfbf-leaders-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Denise Valkema via NFBF-Leaders<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 20, 2020 11:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFBF <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org>; NFBF <nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Denise Valkema <valkemadenise@aol.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBF-Leaders] NFB of SC virtual state convention this weekend<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>President of South Carolina, Frank Coppel, was our guest speaker on our Sunrise & Shine with NFB Newsline zoom meeting today. He shared with us some history of the affiliate and invited us to participate in the virtual state convention. It would be great for Florida federationists to join and learn. Put FL in front of your name so Florida is together in the line up. The agenda is attached and pasted below:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h1 style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem;margin:0.5rem'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem;margin:0.5rem'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'>Virtual Convention for the NFB of SC 2020!<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=posted-on-before>Posted on </span><span class=posted-on>August 12, 2020</span><span class=byline> by </span><span class=author><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><a href="https://nfbofsc.org/?author=4"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Steve Cook</span></a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>64</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>th</span></strong><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'> ANNUAL NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF SOUTH CAROLINA VIRTUAL STATE CONVENTION!</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>August 21, 22, 23, 2020</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>OF SOUTH CAROLINA</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>THEME “working together to help blind people live the lives they want”</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Integrity and Respect</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>To allow all attendees the chance to benefit from all aspects of the convention, we are committed to providing a harassment-free environment for everyone. We appreciate your assistance in cultivating an atmosphere in which participants from diverse backgrounds may learn, network, and share with each other in an environment of mutual respect. Thank you for doing your part to contribute to our community and the high expectations we strive to maintain.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>One Minute Message </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>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></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Thank you to Sponsors</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>VANDA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>ALL STATE CONVENTION ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD VIA THE Zoom platform</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'>Instructions to Join all Zoom Meetings<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/8032543777"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>https://zoom.us/j/8032543777</span></a> Meeting ID: <a href="tel:803%20254%203777"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>803 254 3777</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>If you have a smart phone, just click below and it will dial in for you:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><a href="tel:+19292056099,,8032543777"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>+19292056099,,8032543777#</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Or, you can dial in from your land phone:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'><a href="tel:929%20205%206099"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>929 205 6099</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Meeting Id no. <a href="tel:803%20254%20377"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>803 254 377</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:1.75rem'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'>Instructions for listening on an Echo device<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Wake word Alexa: call <a href="tel:929%20205%206099"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>929 205 6099</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Just like calling on the phone, you will hear “welcome to Zoom. “<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Meeting ID when prompted, then say wake word Alexa: Press 803 254 3777pound<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Then say Alexa Press pound to enter the meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Wake word Alexa: Press *6 to mute and unmute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Friday August 21, 2020 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>All times are EST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>1:00p.m. – 2:30 p.m. South Carolina Association of Blind Students – Derique Simon, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Parents of Blind Children Division – Jennifer Duffell Hoffman, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Annual Seniors Division Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Shelley Coppel, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>5:10 – 6:20 p.m. Resolutions Committee meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Valerie Warrington, Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>6:30 – 7:20 p.m. Computer Science and Technology division meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Thom Spittle, Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>7:30 – 8:20 p.m. – Blind Merchants Division – Belinda Banks, Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>8:30 p.m. National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Board of Directors meeting – Frank Coppel, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Open to all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Saturday morning, August 22, General Session </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>9:00 Call to order<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Invocation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>JW Smith, Member of the Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Pledge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>9:05 a.m. Welcome and Opening Ceremonies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>9:15 a.m. Greetings from host chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Laverne Addison, President, Charleston chapter, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>9:20 a.m. Convention Arrangements and Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>9:30 a.m. National Report,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Everette Bacon, Member Board of Directors, National Federation of the blind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>President, National Federation of the blind of Utah<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>10:15 a.m. “Doing Our Fair Share and then Some” A Tribute,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Parnell Diggs, Administrative Law Judge, Social Security Administration,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Immediate Past President of the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>10:35 a.m. Update from the South Carolina Commission for the Blind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Darline Graham, Commissioner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>10:55 a.m. Update from the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Scott Falcone, Director of Outreach Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>11:15 a.m. My “VOICE” in the National Federation of the Blind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Wayne Marshall, Independence Training Services LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>I.T.S. “It’s For You”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>11:30 a.m. Presidential Report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Frank Coppel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>12:00 p.m. Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>The Nominating committee will meet via Zoom fifteen minutes after the adjournment of the morning general session<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Saturday Afternoon General Session</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:00 p.m. call to order<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:05 p.m. A Report from The South Carolina Vision Partnership, Celebrating Twenty Years of making a difference in the lives of blind students in South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Marty McKenzie, Principal of Statewide Blind and Visually Impaired Education and Vision Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:20 p.m. A Report from Talking Book Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Kristin White, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:40 p.m. Meet the Scholarship Class of 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Shannon Cook, Scholarship Committee Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:50 p.m. What is Happening with Newsline,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Steve Cook, NFB of SC State Newsline Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>3:00 p.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Report<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Frank Coppel, Chairman, Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>3:20 p.m. An update from the Federation Center of the Blind,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Ed Bible, Chairman Board of Trustees, David Houck, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>3:40 p.m. A Report from the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina’s Successful Transitions Program<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Jennifer Bazer, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>4:00 p.m. Financial Reports,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina, Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference center of the Blind, Successful Transitions,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Valerie Warrington, Treasurer, National Federation of the blind of South Carolina, Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>4:15 p.m. Resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>4:30 p.m. Stewardship, Doing Your Fair Share,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Dale Wolthoff and David Houck, PAC Plan committee co-chairpersons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Shelley Coppel, SUN Shares committee Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>5:00 Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Saturday Evening Banquet </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>7:00 p.m. call to order<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Invocation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Debra Canty, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Introduction of Head Table<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Banquet Speaker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Everette Bacon, Member of the Board of Directors, National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2020 Scholarship Class<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Banquet Fund Raiser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>Sunday, August 23, 2020 </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:00 p.m. Call to Order<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:05 p.m. Memorial Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>Dorothy Barksdale, Columbia Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2:15 p.m. Elections, and Other Business<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>5:00 p.m. Adjourn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:2rem'><strong><span style='color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt'>National Federation of the Blind Pledge</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:1.5pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing: inherit;font-size:0.875rem'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#616161;letter-spacing:.75pt'>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></span></p><p 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