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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We held our first closed convention planning meeting on Wednesday, February 22 and have handed out most of the jobs for each co-hosting chapter. Melbourne has been given the task of the hospitality suite and will work with the other hosting chapters. Our job will be to schedule members and any volunteers to staff the hospitality suite during the hours it is open. We will also work with the hosting chapters on obtaining food. We will not be responsible for bringing food to the hotel, but will work to get donations on behalf of the convention. This will involve possibly writing emails, filling out donation forms online or making phone calls. I also think it will be good for us to work with the Ambassadors Chair to help during the convention, i.e., being a talking sign for meetings you are attending, helping people orient themselves to find restrooms or elevators. Ambassadors are not required to take people to their hotel rooms, but if you feel like doing that, it will be up to you. There will be both a written and audio description of the hotel (some of us were there in 2021 and very little has changed) and there will be a walk-through prior to the start of the convention. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will be creating a meeting ID for the chapter to have its own convention planning space up until the start of convention. This will be a topic for discussion at our next chapter meeting on March 11. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Camille Tate <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>2<sup>nd</sup> Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Florida <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>President, Melbourne Space Coast Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Florida <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Phone: 321 372 4899 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>