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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good evening, all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As discussed on tonight’s Legislative and Advocacy Committee call, room rates and reservation deadline information for the upcoming 2023 Washington Seminar can be found below. Please note that rooms are reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis, so don’t delay in making your reservations.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>2023 Washington Seminar Dates and Location<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>Monday, January 30 through Thursday, February 2, 2023<br>Holiday Inn Washington Capitol – National Mall<br>550 C Street, SW<br>Washington, DC 20024<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>To book a room, please use our <a href="https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/washington/wassm/hoteldetail?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qIta=99801505&icdv=99801505&qSlH=WASSM&qGrpCd=NB8&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=HI&qDest=550%20C%20Street%20S.W.,%20Washington,%20DC,%20US&srb_u=1" target="_blank"><span style='color:#005AA3'>booking link</span></a>.<br>Or call 877-834-3613 and use group code NB8.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>Room rates:<br>Single - $109 per night<br>Double - $129 per night<br>(Room rates do not include 14.95 percent District of Columbia sales tax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>We have recently learned there is an accessibility issue with the hotel’s booking page. This issue occurs when using Microsoft Windows with JAWS or NVDA, but can be worked around using the instructions below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>Once you have selected your room nights and moved to the page where you would enter payment information, there are two items on this page that are not properly coded. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>The first you encounter will be under the heading IHG One Rewards. There are two radio buttons here that are not appropriately labeled. If you select the first, it will enroll you in the IHG One Rewards program. If you select the second button, you will decline enrollment in the rewards program. You can press the up arrow and then the down arrow and JAWS or NVDA will read the state of the radio button, allowing you to verify whether you have opted to join the rewards program or not. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>The second problem you may encounter is more significant and occurs in the Terms and Conditions section. There is a checkbox in this section that is labeled as a button. You will need to check this box in order to proceed with your reservation. So when you read “button” under the Terms and Conditions section of this page, please know that you will need to press it in order to actually make your reservation. Note that neither JAWS nor NVDA will verbalize the status of the button, so it is important to press the button only once to ensure that the box is checked. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>We will be working with IHG Hotels and Resorts to address both of these issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NFB’s hotel block expires on December 27<sup>th, but there has already </sup>been a need to expand the room block. I highly recommend booking sooner rather than later!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please feel free to reach out with questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Happy holidays,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>