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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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Deepa Goraya, NFB of Virginia Resolutions Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:deepa.goraya@gmail.com">deepa.goraya@gmail.com</a> <span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><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 </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>2022 </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'>state convention will be held </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>at the end of October, from </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'>October </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>27</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>– 30 in person and online</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'>. One of the most important parts of our convention involves re</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>viewing </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#550055;background:white'>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'> 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 14, 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 20. This allows the members of the Resolutions Committee the opportunity to review the resolutions in advance of the Resolutions Committee meeting. The Resolutions Committee meeting will be held on Friday, October 28 at 4 PM.</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 class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>