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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>January 2, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Memo To: All Members of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>From: Parnell Diggs, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Re: 2015 Statewide Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Dear Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Happy New Year! Saturday, January 31, 2015, is only a few weeks away. Our 45th annual Statewide Seminar will be held on Saturday, January 31, at the Federation Center of the Blind in Columbia and will get underway at 10:00 a.m. sharp. Lunch will be served at no cost to you. This year, we will be holding an auction throughout the day to raise money for the Federation Center. Bring your best cakes, pies, gift baskets, electronics, etc. to support our programs at the State Office. The Seminar will end by 4:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> An interesting and informative program is planned. If you have any special requests concerning the Seminar, please contact me at 843-492-7411 or at the Federation Center of the Blind at 803-254-3777 keeping in mind that, to give me time to implement your ideas, you should get in touch with me well in advance of the Seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> All Chapter and Division Presidents are urged to work for maximum turnout. If you plan to attend the Seminar, please check the appropriate space on the bottom of this letter, sign it and return it to the NFB of SC, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, SC 29205 immediately so that we will know how many are attending in order to prepare the proper amount of food.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> It will be very helpful if you mail your Convention Bus Tickets and money to the Federation Center of the Blind, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, SC 29205 by January 17 or bring them with you the day of the Seminar. Remember, we must sell the Bus Tickets in order to cover the cost of the chartered bus. At the Seminar, a total of $900 in prizes will be given concerning the Convention bus trip. The seller of the winning ticket will receive $300, the buyer of the winning ticket will receive $300, and the Chapter or Division selling <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>the most tickets will receive $300. Should your name be drawn, and if you are both the seller and buyer of the winning ticket, you will hit the jackpot for $600 – it has happened before!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Remember, state membership dues are $10 per person and were due on January 1, 2015. If you have not already paid your dues, please do so promptly. Your dues must be paid by January 31 to keep your membership in good standing. Each Chapter and Division is responsible for collecting state dues and mailing them to the Federation Center of the Blind, including name, address and phone number and whether the member is a blind voting or sighted associate member. Let’s go ahead and pay our state dues now and get it behind us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the Seminar on Saturday, January 31. Please don’t delay in checking, signing and returning the information requested below to us to help in our planning.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cut and detach here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>January 31, 2015 Statewide Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Please check the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>___ I plan to attend ___ I will be unable to attend<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Name: ______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Address:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>City, State, Zip:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Telephone:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Number of those coming with you: ______<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Please return to: NFB of SC before Jan. 17 to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>119 S. Kilbourne Rd. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Columbia, SC 29205<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>