<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Good evening Miami-Dade Chapter members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The October chapter monthly meeting will be held one week earlier. The date will be <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">on October 11, 2018</a>and we will be having the Miami-Dade Elections Office demonstrating the accessible voting machines. Also, the meeting will be held <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">from 6:00 pm through 7:30 pm</a>. This time is also different from our regular meeting schedule. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With the mid-term election <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">on November 6</a>, this gives us the opportunity to learn how to use these devices. Voting is our right as citizens; the wright to vote independently is a privilege that all citizens have; we as blind individuals have the same rights as our sighted peers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Let’s mark on our calendars the time for our October meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">October monthly meeting of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">October 11, 2018</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Where: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Denny’s Restaurant<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">5825 N.W. 36 St</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Virginia Gardens, FL 33166</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Time:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">6:00 PM until 7:30 PM</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Guest Speaker:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Miami-Dade County Elections <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Demonstrating the accessible voting machines<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Let’s go build the federation in Miami-Dade County and show that we can vote independently.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jorge Hernandez, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.546667098999023px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Miami-Dade Chapter <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br></div></body></html>