<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><br><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">From: Deepa Goraya<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">National Federation of the Blind of Virginia Resolutions Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="mailto:deepa.goraya@gmail.com">deepa.goraya@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white">Fellow Federationists:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white">Our state convention will be held virtually for the first time ever, on October 30 to November 1. One of the most important parts of our convention involves reading and discussing resolutions sent in by our affiliate members. Resolutions are policy statements of the affiliate, and we welcome them from our members.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style="background:white">Purpose of Resolutions:</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As a grass roots organization, our members are the primary source of ideas for our policies and programs.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are many people who have ideas which we might consider as potential policy statements for the NFB of Virginia. Also, resolutions help spark conversations about vital issues we face as Virginia Federationists.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h1>How to Submit a Resolution<o:p></o:p></h1><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If you have an idea for a resolution but need assistance in drafting one, please contact me as soon as possible, no later than Friday October 16, so that we have enough time to draft the resolution before convention. If you would like to submit a drafted resolution, please submit your draft to me by October 23. This allows the members of the Resolutions Committee the opportunity to review the resolutions in advance of the October 30 Resolutions Committee meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Here is a link to an article from the Braille Monitor on how to draft a resolution, with helpful information on what role resolutions play in the NFB, what happens after a resolution is passed, etc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnfb.org%2Fimages%2Fnfb%2Fpublications%2Fbm%2Fbm14%2Fbm1401%2Fbm140108.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEKUWkM1YidGK3hvkEWURISiZMyFA" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1401/bm140108.htm</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many people are intimidated by resolutions because they have a complex structure with all those awkward whereas statements. However, </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty simple.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><h1>How to Speak in Support or Opposition to a Resolution<o:p></o:p></h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This year, the procedure for speaking on a resolution will be a bit different, since it will be virtual. See below on this procedure:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Resolutions being recommended to the Convention by the committee will be posted to the web at <a href="http://www.nfbv.org/resolutions">http://www.nfbv.org/resolutions</a> by 8:00 p.m. EDT or three hours after the committee meeting (whichever is later) on Friday, October 30, 2020.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Those wishing to speak for or against a resolution on the floor of the Convention must submit their interest in doing so by sending an email to <a href="mailto:resolutions@nfbv.org">resolutions@nfbv.org</a> by 5:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, October 31. The email must contain the individual’s full name, chapter name, the number of the resolution they wish to discuss, whether they are for or against the resolution, and a phone number where they can best be reached in case there is an issue with the Zoom platform.<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you for your willingness to contribute to setting our organizational policies and we look forward to your ideas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">NFB of Virginia Resolutions committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="mailto:deepa.goraya@gmail.com">deepa.goraya@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><style><!--
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