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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>December 5, 2017 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Memo To: All Members of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Frank Coppel, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Re: 2018 Statewide Seminar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy Holidays! Saturday, January 6, 2018, is less than five weeks away. Our 48th annual Statewide Seminar will be held on Saturday, January 6, at the Federation Center of the Blind in Columbia and will get underway promptly at 10:00 a.m. 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></p><p class=MsoNormal> An interesting and informative program is being planned. If you have any special requests concerning the Seminar, please contact me at (803) 796-8662 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></p><p class=MsoNormal> 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></p><p class=MsoNormal> 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 December 27, or bring them with you the day of the Seminar. It is imperative that all of us work extremely hard to sell these tickets and support the National convention bus fund. At the Seminar, a total of $700 in prizes will be given concerning the Convention bus trip. The seller of the winning ticket <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>will receive $100, the buyer of the winning ticket will receive $300, and the Chapter or Division selling 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 $400 – it has happened before!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Remember, state membership dues are $10 per person and are due on January 1, 2018. 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, phone number, email address, if applicable, 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></p><p class=MsoNormal> I am looking forward to seeing all of you at the Seminar on Saturday, January 6. Please don’t delay in checking, signing and returning the information requested below to us to help in our planning.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cut and detach here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>January 6, 2018 Statewide Seminar<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please check the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>___ I plan to attend ___ I will be unable to attend<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Name: ______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Address: _______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>City, State, Zip: __________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Telephone: ____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Number of those coming with you: ______<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please return to: NFB of SC before Dec. 27, to<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 119 S. Kilbourne Rd. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Columbia, SC 29205<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>