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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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From Tracy soforenko, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are very excited to have people join us for our Saturday, May 11 National federation of the Blind of Virginia Board of Directors meeting. Our Board of Directors meeting is open to all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This meeting will be a 100% in person meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For our Board of Directors meeting, we will be meeting at the Recreation Building on the DBVI Richmond Campus. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:30 Welcoming Reception with Coffee and muffins in the Recreation Building<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:00 Board of Directors Meeting in the Recreation Center Gymnasium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The board meeting will conclude at Noon and individuals selected by the chapter and division presidents along with the NFBV membership committee members will be staying for an afternoon program with lunch. Registered participants will have received a message this morning from Tracy with more details.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Getting to the Recreation Center at DBVI’s Richmond Campus<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The building is a little complicated to find.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We recognize that the recreation building where we are holding our NFBV Board of Directors meeting on the DBVI campus is new to some of you. While we held our January meeting in this same location, the directions need a refresher. We asked Domonique Lawless, and O&M instructor by training, to provide us directions should someone be going to the AA building at 401 Azalea Avenue and seeking the Recreation Building.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Domonique provides very detailed directions below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>As far as getting to the rec building, if you are getting dropped off at the bus stop in front of the AA building, please continue to walk forward. You should hear the sound of Azalea Avenue traffic behind you and the sound of the fountain should be on the left. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you shoreline the right side of the sidewalk, you will feel an opening to another sidewalk. Turn right. Walk down that sidewalk left parentheses about a buildings length) until your cane finds grass in front of you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Put that grass on your left side and look for an opening to the left. It should be shortly after you originally find the grass with your cane. Turn left and then turn left onto the next sidewalk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Shoreline the right side of the sidewalk and you will find an opening with the lion statue. That is the entrance to the rec building that will be unlocked at 9:00 AM. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Alternatively, you may have your driver drop you off at the side entrance to the recreation building. As you are turning into the parking lot of the center, if you go past the bus stop as if you are heading to the dumpster, you will turn left and pull up at an all-brick building with a double door. That door will be locked, but Domonique will try and get a volunteer to Standby.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some of you will be coming by train from Northern Virginia arriving at Richmond Staples Mill Station at 9:03 AM. Joe Orozco has agreed to help coordinate transport from Richmond Staples Mill Station to the DBVI Campus. You can contact Joe on his personal mobile at: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202-905-7919<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With a large group of blind people getting on the train with white canes and guide dogs, the Amtrak conductors will know where people are sitting on the train. The Amtrak conductors are nice but are not so subtle. In case you do not connect with Joe on the train in advance, please congregate near the front entrance of the Richmond Staples Mill Road station to get organized into Uber or Lyft vehicles to the DBVI Campus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfbv.org">www.nfbv.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Peace,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jacki Bruce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corresponding Secretary NFBV<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com">mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="tel:(757)291-1789">tel:(757)291-1789</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find us on Facebook @NationalFederationoftheBlindofVirginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Find us on Instragram @nfbofvirginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subscribe to our Youtube: NFB Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org">www.nfbv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>STRONGER TOGETHER!<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>