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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Kinshuk,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve given you posting privileges on Facebook. You should have received an email invite.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m going to summarize the flyers and post text to the convention landing page. This text will be posted in addition to the flyers themselves.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>--</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Joe Orozco: Your Message, My Mission</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'>https://joeorozco.com/services</span><span style='font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><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><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> tracy.soforenko@gmail.com <tracy.soforenko@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2026 11:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Kinshuk Tella' <kinshuk.tella@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> 'Joe Orozco' <jsorozco@gmail.com>; 'Sarah Patnaude via NFBV-Announce' <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Starting with convention marketing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Kinshuk with a carbon copy to Joe,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am out of pocket for the next 2 days.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t know for certain if DBVI has yet distributed the fliers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We need to start marketing the convention and we can’t simply wait for Monday. Can we start sending out messages over the weekend. There are only 17 days until the hotel cut off. Kinshuk now has access to post to NFBV Announce.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org">nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You could distribute a flier in the body of a message one per day. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Honestly, we could plan to send out a different message with a different focus or program each day for 17 days.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have a great agenda and I am collecting revisions to many program descriptions but the agenda is in a good place. I should be able to provide you a preview on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please start up the convention marketing machine, at least to our members on the announce list, to some partner organizations, and whoever makes sense.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>