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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><p class=MsoNormal>Fantastic. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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'> NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randy Carmack via NFBMO<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 6, 2025 7:40 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo@nfbnet.org>; MO Leader List <missouriaffiliateleaders@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Randy Carmack <rcarmack@nfbmo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBMO] State Convention Press Release<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I needed to make one correction to this Press Release. I have now done that and here is the corrected Press Release. Please feel free to pass this one along to any media sources that you might have.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Randy Carmack</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Public Relations Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Missouri</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 10:54<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u202f</span>PM Randy Carmack <<a href="mailto:rcarmack@nfbmo.org">rcarmack@nfbmo.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><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I have attached the press release for our upcoming state convention. I will be sending it out to the Missouri Press Association first thing Monday morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>I strongly encourage everyone who lives in the Columbia and Jefferson City regions to physically take a copy of this press release to your local media sources. The media is much more likely to run these types of stories when we hand deliver them.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Randy Carmack</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Public Relations Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Missouri</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know 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. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://nfbmo.org/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=169 style='width:4.1666in;height:1.7583in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfbmo.org/sites/nfbmo.org/files/2025-02/NFBMO%20Email%20Logo.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>