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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Before anything else, please forgive the high traffic on this list. It’s state convention season, and your poor inboxes are going to get slammed with a few more messages than usual. I promise it’s only in an effort to make the weekend as awesome of an experience as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you read in Tracy’s highlights last month, I’m going to be leading a financial education seminar on Friday afternoon of the convention. Before I finalize that agenda, I want to make sure I’m picking the collective brain of the people in our affiliate who absolutely love all things financial literacy. I’m not talking about the people who really want to start budgeting and saving and just haven’t gotten there yet. I’m talking about the people who are already walking the walk and have the savvy to show it. I’m looking for people who eagerly follow financial blogs and podcasts; people who know the ins and outs about balancing credit cards and retirement investments; people who appreciate and have already gotten well on their way to establishing emergency funds; people who recognize their financial weaknesses and know how to pursue intelligent shopping strategies; and most important, people who can help explain some of these nuances in plain language we can all appreciate. I don’t want vague hypothetical examples or dumb rhetoric about how if you set your mind to it, you really can become wealthy. I’m all about tangible pointers people could reasonably start exercising today, right now, which is why you’ll be glad to know Mark Roane and Sharon Soforenko will be a part of this powerful lineup.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do you have what I need to put on one heck of an informative seminar? If so, reply to this message. Let’s talk about how you can lend a hand, and I’m not just talking about the convention. If you’ve got that financial fire already burning in your belly, we just might be able to do something about launching some sort of a financial literacy initiative in the affiliate to help us all get that much closer to financial independence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To your success,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Orozco<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>