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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>Hello from the National Association of Guide Dog Users. We hope that the new year has gotten off to a great start for everyone. If you attended last year’s NAGDU Annual Meeting, you would remember that we shared information regarding NAGDU membership and paying annual dues. Effective immediately, and moving forward, NAGDU membership will be on a calendar year. This process is followed by all NFB affiliates and divisions. </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>For those of you who paid your NAGDU dues in person at last year’s national convention, you were considered paid for the rest of 2023, and all of 2024. In other words, you do not have to pay dues until the start of 2025. For those of you who belong to an affiliate guide dog user division, and pay dues to that division, you will continue to be recognized as a NAGDU member.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>The 2024 NAGDU Membership Drive is officially open. We will be accepting membership dues through March 1, 2024. Dues are $5 per person per year, and your membership will be good through December 31, 2024. Affiliates who have a guide dog user division must submit a copy of their current membership roster to the NAGDU treasurer no later than May 1, 2024.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>Payment information:</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>For payments made using PayPal or Zelle please use treasurer at </span><a href="http://nagdu.org/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>nagdu.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white'>. If you would like to send your dues via physical check, please contact treasurer at </span><a href="http://nagdu.org/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>nagdu.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> for mailing information. If you are unsure if you paid at National convention, or are listed as part of your state affiliate, or you would like to discuss other forms of payment, please also contact the treasurer to enquire. When paying your Dues, please be sure to include your name, phone number, email address, and your state affiliate. We hope to see many of you in Florida for this year</span>’<span style='font-size:9.0pt'>s National Convention.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Stacie Gallegos / Secretary<br>National Association of Guide Dog Users<br></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.nagdu.org/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Https://www.nagdu.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>(346) 439-7444 | </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:SGallegos@nagdu.org"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>SGallegos@nagdu.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br>“You can live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back.”</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span class=apple-tab-span> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br>—<br>Stacie Gallegos / Secretary<br>National Association of Guide Dog Users<br><a href="Https://www.nagdu.org">Https://www.nagdu.org</a><br>(346) 439-7444 | <a href="mailto:SGallegos@nagdu.org">SGallegos@nagdu.org</a><br>“You can live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-NAGDU mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-NAGDU@nfbnet.org">NFB-NAGDU@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-nagdu_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-nagdu_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-NAGDU:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-nagdu_nfbnet.org/sgallegos%40nfbtx.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-nagdu_nfbnet.org/sgallegos%40nfbtx.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br>—<br>Stacie Gallegos / Secretary<br>National Association of Guide Dog Users<br><a href="Https://www.nagdu.org">Https://www.nagdu.org</a><br>(346) 439-7444 | <a href="mailto:SGallegos@nagdu.org">SGallegos@nagdu.org</a><br>“You can live the life you want. Blindness is not what holds you back.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>