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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Good morning family and friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The 2020 NFB Convention opening ceremony last night was a blast!!! By the way, this is my first National Convention! I am a Rookie!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The meeting ended at 10:29 P.M. Many door prizes ranging from $25 to $40 and if I am not wrong, about 30 winners were selected! Among them, our friend Billie Graham, Cleveland Chapter. Congratulations Billie!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our Affiliate President, Richard Payne, after presenting our great State and its various contributions to improve the lives of the blind Ohioans, he mentioned that we are going to have our State Convention on November 6, 7, and 8. We may hear about more details today between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Also the rules of engagements for 2020 National Convention were read and voted on. I managed to vote from my landline while listening to the announcements made by our National President, Mark Riccobono. The vote results were almost unanimous (for every 39 yeses, there was 1 no) and the voting process took about 2 minutes or so.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Finally, when Beth read the 2020-05 Resolution, which can be called the “parity Resolution”, I was so moved and was so proud for being a member of the National Federation of the Blind. I urge everyone to read it in addition to the rest of the resolutions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">All in all, the meeting was breath taking, full of energy, hope, love and determination!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Have an enjoyable Friday at the convention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ali<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Live the life you want …<o:p></o:p></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><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>