<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Thank you, Kevin. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And a round of applause for your impressive fundraising skills and oversight from PayPal to the Zoom link. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And a thank you to Brian and Laurie and Michael for all the tech support. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Well done, Everyone!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 6, 2023, at 11:43 AM, Kevin Whitley 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>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Alaska, affiliate members and acquaintances,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is a brief message, and a big thank you to all of our Alaska affiliate members. We have just completed our 2023 Alaska state convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was the hard work of the affiliate board members that made it a truly successful convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our first vice president, Katie, Lester put together a amazing and well informed agenda.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Second vice president, William Craig. informed us on national legislation as well as state legislation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Treasure, Pete Mccall on our updated treasurers report.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Secretary Linda Numan, updates on Washington seminar and videos from our National, reps from the house and senate, with her continued efforts of keeping us informed and up-to-date on our state activities.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our members at large, both, Kelsy Tallant, and Pam VanHoozer, for all the great door prizes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">our national rep Miss Shela Wright representing the national office sharing all the exciting news that’s going on nationwide.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Informing us on the new Blind museum, and shared a video. Very grateful to hear all she had to share with us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I was so grateful to be able to look back this morning and think on the hard work and effort that all of our board members put in in having a great convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are already getting started for next year’s state convention. It will be an election year, truly looking forward to it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">We will be having a post convention board committee meeting this Thursday at 7 PM, over zoom, and all are invited to a tent. This coming Friday at 6:30 we will have our Allstate meeting here at the Center For The Blind and or on the zoom link. All are encouraged to attend. As the Alaska affiliate president, I am grateful to be your representative and truly looking forward to what this next year has to offer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I encourage all to reach out to me if you have any questions advice in the hopes of building our affiliate, and making it stronger. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all, Lets go and build the federation. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">N F B Alaska affiliate president,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>P Kevin Whitley </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Manual Skills Instructor, Equipping Alaskans for success</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> </b><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/lindaot%40alaska.net</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>