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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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>From Annette Carr and Andrew Barksdale<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>You still have time to submit your question but the door is closing fast. The deadline is Tuesday, October 15.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As the Car Talk Guys used to say, “Stump the Chumps.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>We are pleased to launch a new segment at the NFBV24 Convention, “Ask The President” Town Hall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This is your chance to get it all out there and ask NFB of Virginia President Tracy Soforenko and NFB Executive Director for Blindness Initiatives Anil Lewis those burning questions you have been dying to know the answer to. Individuals or Chapters can submit 1-3 questions to be asked of Tracy or Anil during the Town Hall to be conducted on Sunday, November 3. Questions must be submitted by October 15, and the planning committee will select the questions that will be used. Questions must be respectful, but there is nothing wrong with making Tracy blush. A chapter might choose to discuss potential questions at an upcoming Chapter meeting, and submit up to 3 questions for consideration. <o:p></o:p></p><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'>Submission instructions:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Provide name, e-mail address and phone number for yourself or for the person willing to ask the questions during the November 3 Town Hall.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Include the name of the Chapter you are affiliated with.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Indicate whether the submission is on behalf of the Chapter or an individual.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>1-3 well thought out questions. Indicate if the questions is for Tracy and/or Anil. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Andrew Barksdale will be compiling questions. Please email your questions to him by October 15 at <a href="mailto:andrewcars6@yahoo.com">andrewcars6@yahoo.com</a><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;margin-left:.25in'>You will be contacted prior to the Convention if your question is selected. On Sunday morning November 3, Annette Carr will moderate the Ask the President Town Hall, and if your question is selected you will get to ask it during the session.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>