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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Congratulations, my friend. This year I will still delightedly be in the room. Where else can I watch fireworks in April and see one of my favorite people do something he has such an ability to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Warmly,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Gary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><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;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> NFBMO <nfbmo-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Garcia via NFBMO<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 4, 2026 7:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of Missouri Mailing List <nfbmo@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Daniel Garcia <dgarcia@nfbmo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFBMO] A Resolution Regarding Resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A Resolution Regarding Resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Whereas the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri will have its 64<sup>th</sup> Annual Convention in Columbia from April 9 through April 12, 2026; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Whereas one of the most important functions of the state Convention is to serve as a mechanism for the introduction, discussion, and adoption of resolutions; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Whereas Daniel Garcia will chair the 2026 State Convention Resolutions Committee: Now therefore,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> BE IT RESOLVED by Chair Garcia, in the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri Mailing Lists, on this 4th day of January, 2026, that anyone interested in shaping the future policy direction of the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri submit resolutions to the committee chair as soon as possible, so the Resolutions Committee may have time to review the text; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Chair Garcia urges members to use this message as a template when writing their resolutions; and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Chair Garcia urges NFB members to review the August 2025 issue of the Blind Missourian to get more examples on how to write resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel Garcia, Resolutions Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Missouri<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:dgarcia@nfbmo.org">dgarcia@nfbmo.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(816) 621-0902<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbmo.org">www.nfbmo.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Live the life you want<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>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></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://nfbmo.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=169 style='width:4.1666in;height:1.7604in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://nfbmo.org/sites/nfbmo.org/files/2025-02/NFBMO%20Email%20Logo.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>