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<DIV><SPAN class=245460419-27102009><FONT face=Arial size=2>List
Colleagues:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245460419-27102009><FONT face=Arial size=2>NFB of Maryland
President Melissa Riccobono has asked that I serve this year as resolutions
chairperson during our state convention. I am posting this notice to invite any
interested member of the Maryland affiliate to submit texts of proposed
resolutions that our committee and the convention might ultimately consider
during this year's November conference. Generally it would be wise to discuss
the substance of your proposed resolution with the affiliate president or other
recognized leaders in the state before proposing topics so that decisions
can be made as to whether a resolution would prove the most effective strategy
for addressing your concern or making your point, but members are entitled to
offer resolutions.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245460419-27102009><FONT face=Arial size=2>As chairperson of
this committee, I would ask that you have any proposed resolutions sent to me no
later than Friday, November 6, 2009, so that I have an opportunity to edit them
for compliance with our standard resolution format and can circulate them to
members of our resolutions committee. Please send your resolutions to me as an
attachment to an email at <A href="mailto:DFrye@nfb.org">DFrye@nfb.org</A>. Feel
free to call me if you want to submit your items in any other format. My full
contact details are below in my signature block. Attached to this message is a
resolution writing guide that Barbara Pierce, editor of the Braille Monitor,
published some years ago. It remains a useful tool in crafting and formatting
resolutions. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=245460419-27102009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our committee will
convene on Friday evening of the convention. This is a public meeting, and
members of the affiliate are urged to attend and participate in or observe this
deliberative process. Consult your convention agenda when arriving at the hotel
to determine when and where we will gather. I look forward to seeing you in
Ocean City, and I hope that we generate a number of thoughtful resolutions that
will advance our cause within the state.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=245460419-27102009><FONT face=Arial size=2>With Kind
Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>***</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>********************</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Daniel B. Frye, J.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate Editor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Braille Monitor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>National Federation of the
Blind</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Office of the President</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>200 East Wells Street at Jernigan
Place</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Baltimore, Maryland 21230</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext.
2208</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mobile: (410) 241-7006</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax: (410) 685-5653</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Email: <A
href="mailto:DFrye@nfb.org">DFrye@nfb.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Web Address: <A
href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Voice of the Nation's
Blind"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Braille literacy crisis in America
jeopardizes opportunities for blind people throughout the country.</FONT></DIV>
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