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once again,</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Labor Day
is in our rearview mirror and local sports radio has settled in to yabber about college
football for the next five months, </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">and the
last few holdouts have succumb to PSL madness, except me who embraces pumpkin
spice year round. Can you believe state
convention is a month away, and this year I won\u2019t have the excuse of attending
convention to get out of those incipit Halloween parties! Darn it, this also means I\u2019ll have to share
some of my candy stash with the little trick or treat booger eaters who dare wake the howling hounds of hell (I
mean my rescue pups) and ring my doorbell, instead of dumping the 20 pound bag of
chocolate goodness directly into my desk drawer. It also means it is time for another At Large
chapter Zoom meeting. Join me as we ready
for state convention and the start of the holiday season shortly there after. If we have time we may discuss one or both of
the following.</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">"For
centuries, society has defined blind people as one-dimensional," President
Riccobono said in his banquet speech at #NFB26. "One synonymous with
incompetence, incapacity, and dependence on others. Even our creative talents
have been reduced to some divine gift meant to compensate for our overwhelming
deficiencies. But blind people, we know this is not the truth." Listen to
President Riccobono's full 2026 banquet speech: </span><a href="https://buff.ly/1scyWMx" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">https://buff.ly/1scyWMx</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Unmute</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The September Presidential release at <a href="https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2026-08/presidential_release_september_2026_chapter_version_final.mp3" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://nfb.org/sites/nfb.org/files/2026-08/presidential_release_september_2026_chapter_version_final.mp3</a></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Date:
Tuesday September 15,</span></p>
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8 PM</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Agenda:</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Administrivia</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Family
matters</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Discussion
of state convention preparation</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Discussion
of 2026 national convention banquet speech and/or September Presidential
release (if time permits)</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=IxBkHB29q0XT0lucFjOe3vrA9ViSOU.1&omn=95872090950" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=IxBkHB29q0XT0lucFjOe3vrA9ViSOU.1&omn=95872090950</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I look
forward to sharing an hour with you soon! Remember to visit
the chapter and affiliate Facebook groups.
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<p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="margin:0in;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Patrick
Johnson, Chapter President</span></p>
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