<div dir="auto">Computer and my phone number is 443-557-8696. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Teresa Graham </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 8:10 PM Melba Taylor via NFBMD <<a href="mailto:nfbmd@nfbnet.org">nfbmd@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""><font size="4"><b>I will be using the app via desktop computer to keep my cell phone free. However, my cellphone number is 2403811637.</b></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#a64d79" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong><i>Melba J. Taylor</i></strong></font><font color="#351c75" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong><i> </i></strong></font></div><font color="#351c75" face="times new roman,serif" size="3" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><font size="3"><font color="#351c75" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#674ea7" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong>Encore Associates, LLC</strong></font><font color="#351c75" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b><font color="#674ea7">P.O. Box 382, </font></b><b><font color="#674ea7">Bowie, Maryland 20719</font></b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#674ea7" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b>Phone: 240-381-1637</b></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><b><font color="#674ea7" size="2">Email: m.taylor@EncoreAssoc.com - </font></b><b><font color="#674ea7" size="2">Website: </font></b><a href="http://www.encoreassoc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><font color="#674ea7" size="2" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><strong>www.EncoreAssoc.com</strong></font></a></font><font color="#351c75"><font style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><font size="1"><font color="#0000ff" size="3"> </font></font></font></font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div></font></div><font color="#351c75" face="arial narrow,sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(243,243,243)"><p style="text-align:right"><br></p><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><font color="#0000ff"><p style="text-align:center"><br></p><div style="text-align:left"></div></font><p align="center" style="text-align:right"><strong><br></strong></p></font><p><br></p></font><p align="right" style="text-align:left"></p><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 7:18 PM <<a href="mailto:president@nfbmd.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">president@nfbmd.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">All,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">All, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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" rel="noreferrer">swhite@nfb.org</a> and me to let us know:<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Will you be using an app or dialing in using a phone?<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>If via phone, what is your phone number?<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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?<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note:<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>You should be muted at all times unless you are seeking the floor, are presenting, or the chair asks you to unmute <u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>Please do not respond to chat questions/comments unless you have specifically been assigned to do so.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>5.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>6.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>If your camera is on, be mindful that we can see you. Please dress appropriately.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>7.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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.<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u><span>8.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><u></u>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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if you have questions.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ronza<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.25in"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">President</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">443-426-4110<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Pronouns: she, her, hers<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div>
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