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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Message from Buna Dahal regarding 2020 Washington Seminar Reservations This message is to advise you that Washington Seminar will be held February 9 to February 13, 2020, with the Great Gathering In taking place on Monday February 10. The firm deadline date to make a reservation is Wednesday , January 8 . Reservation requests received after the deadline date will be subject to availability and prevailing rate. You can reserve a room at the Holiday Inn Capitol (550 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20024) for Washington Seminar for check-in beginning Friday, February 7 , and check-out Thursday, February 13. The rate is $198.00 per night. This rate does not include DC sales tax, currently 14.95 percent. You may begin booking reservations directly online by clicking on the weblink below. You may also make reservations by calling 1-877-572-6951 and referencing booking code N2F . Credit card information is needed at time of reservation. Individual cancellation policy is seventy-two hours prior to date of arrival to avoid one night's room plus tax cancellation charge on credit card provided. If your departure date changes, you must inform the hotel seventy-two hours in advance of departure to avoid a $100 fee. Please call 1-877-572-6951 and reference your confirmation number. Please obtain a cancellation number when cancelling a reservation. The direct link to book is: </span><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y5vebu73">https://tinyurl.com/y5vebu73</a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> . If you would like to hold a special meeting during the Washington Seminar, please email Lisa Bonderson at </span><a href="mailto:lbonderson@cocenter.org">lbonderson@cocenter.org</a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> just as you have done in past years. She and I will work with the hotel on the assignment of those meeting rooms. To ensure that you get the space you need, please let us know of your meeting space needs by December 10, 2019. Lisa and I will always be available to help you with any problems you might experience with the booking of your hotel reservations. We have worked closely with the hotel staff, and they are looking forward to working with each affiliate or group wanting to make reservations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LddWwCJNPHI"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Click here to view the PSA for the National Federation of the Blind of SC</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbofsc.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbofsc.org</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NatFedofSouthCarolina/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Follow the National Federation of the Blind of SC On Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.rockybottomofsc.com/index/index.php"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.RockyBottomofSC.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/RockyBottomofSC/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Follow Rocky Bottom Retreat & Conference Center on Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://m.facebook.com/Computer-Science-Technology-Division-of-the-NFB-of-SC-343263089815304/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Follow the Computer Science & Technology Division of SC on Face Book</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>District 2 NFB of SC State Board Member<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Columbia Chapter of the NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1<sup>st</sup> Vice President of the Computer Science & Technology Division of the NFB of SC<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></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></body></html>