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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><h1>Fellow Federationists, <o:p></o:p></h1><h1>As you will see in the message from President Riccobono there are lots of things happening across the Federation. That would include right here at home In Oklahoma. Most currently, Monday, October 17, the National Federation of the Blind is partnering with Chili’s to raise funds for our organization. Please eat at and encourage everyone you know to do the same at the Chili’s restaurants listed below. Everyone should mention when dining that they would like to support the National Federation of the Blind of Oklahoma with their meal . <o:p></o:p></h1><h1>The participating restaurants are:<o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>Ardmore<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Lawton<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Muskogee<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Norman<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>OKC-Bell Isle, near Penn Square<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Tulsa-51<sup>st</sup> & Harvey<o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>Please stay tuned for information and potential calls to action regarding the rights of blind children and youth In our state along with those of blind merchants. Issues are developing that will need your attention and action. <o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>Have a great rest of your week and weekend! Happy Meet the Blind month!<o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>Regards, <o:p></o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Jeannie M. Massay, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>National Federation of theBlind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Of Oklahoma<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>505 Baker Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Norman, OK 73072<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Phone: 405-600-0695<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><a href="mailto:Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org">Jeannie.massay@nfbok.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1><o:p> </o:p></h1><h1>The following message is from Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind. <o:p></o:p></h1><h1> <o:p></o:p></h1><h1>President’s Notebook<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></h1><h1>Mark A. Riccobono<o:p></o:p></h1><h1><a href="mailto:officeofthepresident@nfb.org">officeofthepresident@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></h1><h1>(410) 659-9314<o:p></o:p></h1><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 Meet the Blind Month. I have been on the road for the Federation much of the past ten days. It is good to be back in Baltimore for a little while. There is a lot of exciting Federation work underway, including planning for the future. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Prior to the 2017 Washington Seminar, we will plan to have a meeting for all affiliate presidents at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute. This means that affiliate presidents should expect to be in Baltimore prior to their time in Washington. It also means that we will not have a legislative directors' seminar at our national office in 2017. More details regarding the meeting of affiliate presidents will be coming soon. For the sake of your calendar, you should plan to be in Baltimore on the evenings of January 28 and 29. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope that all of our Federation family members who were in the path of Hurricane Matthew are safe and have not been adversely impacted. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><h2>News:<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoListParagraph>Presidential Release:<br>The October Presidential Release is available at <a href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr454.mp3">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/pr/pr454.mp3</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>FBB Blog Post:<br>As you are all aware, the Foundation Fighting Blindness recently announced the end of the first phase of their campaign that includes the #HowEyeSeeIt video campaign. My most recent blog post, <a href="https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/progress-through-telling-our-stories-truth-about-blindness-makes-difference">https://nfb.org/blog/vonb-blog/progress-through-telling-our-stories-truth-about-blindness-makes-difference</a>, was written in response to their announcement.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Videos from Marrakesh:<br>Last week, leaders of the Federation participated in the first Marrakesh assembly in Geneva. I was there with Fred Schroeder and Scott LaBarre. Below are links to videos that Fred and I recorded for the assembly:<br>Tweet and link to my video: <a href="https://twitter.com/WIPO/status/781162888841003009" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WIPO/status/781162888841003009</a><span style='color:#212121'><br></span>Tweet and link to Fred Schroeder's video: <a href="https://twitter.com/WIPO/status/781087345399492609" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WIPO/status/781087345399492609</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Target Agreement:<br>Also, last week we announced that Target Corp. is the first company to <a href="https://corporate.target.com/article/2016/09/accessibility-team?">participate</a> in the NFB's new <a href="https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-strategic-nonvisual-access-partner-certification">Strategic Nonvisual Accessibility Partnership</a> (SNAP) initiative. The goal of the SNAP program is to increase the accessibility of technology by developing productive ongoing partnerships with organizations in an effort to assist them with infusing accessibility into their culture.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Video:<br>The Spanish version of the HAVA video is available on our YouTube channel at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxlwGbw-CHs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxlwGbw-CHs</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph> <o:p></o:p></p><h2>Requests:<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoListParagraph>Recipes for the <i>Braille Monitor</i> Needed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Gary Wunder would like you to send him your favorite holiday recipes, not only things that you do for the holidays but party recipes that you would use for New Year's. Please send it to <a href="mailto:gwunder@nfb.org">gwunder@nfb.org</a> by November 1. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph> <o:p></o:p></p><h2>Dates to Keep in Mind:<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://nfb.org/state-conventions">Fall Conventions</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>October 20-23: NFB BELL Academy Training Seminar (Novice/Intermediate) in Baltimore, Maryland</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>January 30, 2017: Great Gathering-In </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>January 30-February 2, 2017: </span></span><a href="https://nfb.org/washington-seminar">Washington Seminar</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>March 30-31, 2017: Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>July 21-29, 2017: Youth Slam, Towson University</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>September 12-17, 2017: BLAST, Nashville, Tennessee</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mark A. Riccobono, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Baltimore, Maryland 21230<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: (410) 659-9314<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (410) 659-5129<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:officeofthepresident@nfb.org">officeofthepresident@nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web: <a href="http://www.nfb.org/" title="blocked::http://www.nfb.org/"><span style='color:purple'>www.nfb.org</span></a><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>