[NFBMD] How Will You Access the Convention - Need your Method and Phone Number - by 5PM Wednesday, November 4

[Melba Taylor]

  *I will be using the app via desktop computer to keep my cell phone
free.  However, my cellphone number is 2403811637.*










*Melba J. Taylor*

*Encore Associates, LLC*
*P.O. Box 382, **Bowie, Maryland 20719*
*Phone: 240-381-1637*
*Email: m.taylor at EncoreAssoc.com    -   **Website: **www.EncoreAssoc.com*
<http://www.encoreassoc.com/>









On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 7:18 PM <president at nfbmd.org> wrote:

> All,
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> All,
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> If you are receiving this message, then you have a significant role in the
> NFB of Maryland convention this weekend.  We need to know how to identify
> you.  Please reply to Scott White swhite at nfb.org and me to let us know:
>
> 1.       Will you be using an app or dialing in using a phone?
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> 2.       If via phone, what is your phone number?
>
> 3.       If via an app, please change your settings to display your name
> prior to logging in.  If you cannot do that, what appears when you log into
> Zoom?
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> 4.       Is there anything else we need to know in order to find you and
> make you a Zoom cohost so you can engage in the convention?
>
> Please note:
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> 1.       You should be muted at all times unless you are seeking the
> floor, are presenting, or the chair asks you to unmute
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> 2.       You will not be able to raise your hands in Zoom if you are a
> cohost, so you may speak if trying to bid on an auction item or show
> yourself present for a door prize
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> 3.       You may want to mute notifications so as to not be distracted by
> screen readers.  You can do this in your profile under accessibility.
> Suggest you mute entry and exit notifications as well as chat notifications.
>
> 4.       Please do not respond to chat questions/comments unless you have
> specifically been assigned to do so.
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> 5.       If you are a delegate or have a speaking role, please either
> turn on your camera or put up a profile picture – cameras are preferable.
> If you are dialing in using a phone, you can’t do either, so don’t worry
> about this.
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> 6.       If your camera is on, be mindful that we can see you.  Please
> dress appropriately.
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> 7.       It’s fine to have a virtual background, as long as it is not
> inappropriate.  If you would like to use the NFB Zoom background, we can
> send that to you.
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> 8.       If you are a delegate and you need to leave, please get in touch
> with both me and the main host to let them know so the alternate delegate
> can be elevated.
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> Let me know if you have questions.
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> Thanks,
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> Ronza
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> *Ronza Othman, *President
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> National Federation of the Blind of Maryland
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> 443-426-4110
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> Pronouns: she, her, hers
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> The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland 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.
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