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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Melba,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Don’t think you realize you posted this to the listserve. All, there are only specific people for whom we need information, so if you weren’t contacted by me directly, you don’t have to let us know how you are accessing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFBMD [mailto:nfbmd-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Melba Taylor via NFBMD<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 3, 2020 8:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ronza Othman via NFBMD <nfbmd@nfbnet.org>; Tammy <swhite@nfb.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Melba Taylor <m.taylor@encoreassoc.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBMD] How Will You Access the Convention - Need your Method and Phone Number - by 5PM Wednesday, November 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I will be using the app via desktop computer to keep my cell phone free. However, my cellphone number is 2403811637.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='color:#A64D79;background:#F3F3F3'>Melba J. Taylor</span><span style='color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'> </span></i></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#674EA7;background:#F3F3F3'>Encore Associates, LLC</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#674EA7;background:#F3F3F3'>P.O. Box 382, Bowie, Maryland 20719</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#674EA7;background:#F3F3F3'>Phone: 240-381-1637</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#674EA7;background:#F3F3F3'>Email: <a href="mailto:m.taylor@EncoreAssoc.com">m.taylor@EncoreAssoc.com</a> - Website: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><a href="http://www.encoreassoc.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#674EA7'>www.EncoreAssoc.com</span></strong></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:blue;background:#F3F3F3'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:blue;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:#351C75;background:#F3F3F3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 7:18 PM <<a href="mailto:president@nfbmd.org">president@nfbmd.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>All, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 <a href="mailto:swhite@nfb.org" target="_blank">swhite@nfb.org</a> and me to let us know:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Will you be using an app or dialing in using a phone?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>If via phone, what is your phone number?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Please note:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>1.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>You should be muted at all times unless you are seeking the floor, are presenting, or the chair asks you to unmute <o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>2.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>3.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>4.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>Please do not respond to chat questions/comments unless you have specifically been assigned to do so.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>5.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>6.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>If your camera is on, be mindful that we can see you. Please dress appropriately.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>7.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=gmail-m-3758093826503555324msolistparagraph>8.<span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Let me know if you have questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ronza<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>Ronza Othman, </b>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>