<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks Bonnie for the reminder or should I say reminders, both for tomorrow support group and for Saturday’s state wide meeting. Hopefully, I should be done filling out recertification for Cook Inlet housing SOI Catan tomorrow’s meeting. That’s took all of last Wednesday getting some of that done. Talk later.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 8, 2020, at 12:32 AM, Bonnie Lucas via NFBofAlaska <nfbofalaska@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings to All,,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This note is to remind everyone that the Center will e having a support group this Wednesday at 1:00 PM via Zoom. Here is the link and phone number. You can use the link with your phone or computer provided you have the Zoom App installed. If you have not installed the app on your phone or computer, you may receive a message that Zoom would like your permission to be downloaded. Say yes and you will also need to give Zoom permission to use your microphone and camera. If you have any questions about it, please let me know. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you prefer to dial in on either a land line or your cell phone, you may do that. On an iPhone, or Android, , select the number directly below where your phone says, “One Tap Mobile. If using a landline, you will need to put in all the numbers. Don’t put the code in until after you hear the voice telling you that you need to put in your code. So, here is the link for the Center support group:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86818066187">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86818066187</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 868 1806 6187<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">+13462487799,,86818066187# US (Houston)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Now for the link to join the All State NFB Meeting on Saturday. Before posting it, I would like to invite everyone to come and see just what the NFB is about. We are a dynamic organization focused on collective action to better the lives of the blind. . On October 23 and 24, we will have a virtual state convention and we are going to be talking about it at our meeting on Saturday afternoon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">at 1:00 PM. Our agenda will also include a discussion about voting in November’s National election. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our convention is free and will be virtual. If you have some ideas that you would like to share about something you think should happen at convention, come to our September Saturday meeting virtually, or call me with your ideas. Here is the Zoom information:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2251408820</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 225 140 8820<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">+12532158782,,2251408820# US (Tacoma)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">+13462487799,,2251408820# US (Houston)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will be joined at our state convention by Anil Lewis, director of Initiatives at the National Center located in Baltimore. If you have not heard Anil speak, you are in for a treat. Anil has been a mentor for me as he was the State President in Georgia when I lived there from 2007-2010. His story of his blindness and learning of the NFB and how it gave him the courage to become the person he is today is empowering and continues to inspire me many years later! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">To register for our State Convention, click the following link:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://alaskanfb.org/2020-alaska-state-convention/">https://alaskanfb.org/2020-alaska-state-convention/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">You must be registered to win a door prize, there will be door prizes! We will also be electing a new board and you must be a member in good standing to participate in the elections. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you would like to browse the website, go <a href="https://alaskanfb.org/">here</a>. Thanks to Michael Lauf, our tireless webmaster, it is wonderful and full of helpful information. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">See you soon, virtually!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bonnie<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Bonnie Lucas,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of Alaska<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">907-301-6808<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:nfbofalaska@gmail.com">nfbofalaska@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://alaskanfb.org/">https://alaskanfb.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a name="_Hlk16627103">The National Federation of the Blind 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.</a><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><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBofAlaska mailing list</span><br><span>NFBofAlaska@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbofalaska_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBofAlaska:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbofalaska_nfbnet.org/crogge%40acsalaska.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>