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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We are going on a field trip for our March Fairfax Chapter meeting!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We need your RSVP!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Join us on Thursday March 19, 2020 when we take our monthly Chapter meeting on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>The Greenspring Community Low Vision Group will be hosting our meeting at their Community Center. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We will be meeting at the Greenspring Community located at <font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'>7440 Spring Village Drive, Springfield, VA 22150. Besides making new friends, we will have a dynamic presentation about what the Amazon Echo can do. See the presentation description below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'>Because the Greenspring community is gated, we will have to submit a list of all who are attending to their security office. Information on how to get through Security will be provided closer to the date of the meeting. It will be necessary for everyone who wants to attend this meeting to RSVP to Rachel Schreiman, </span></font><a href="mailto:rachel.schreiman@gmail.com">rachel.schreiman@gmail.com</a><font color="#1f497d"><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'>Let her know if you are joining us for dinner or just the meeting with an RSVP by Sunday evening March 15 if you will be arranging your own transportation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'>We are looking into setting up a carpool, so we need to know who is interested. We are also looking into providing transportation from the closest Metro Station. If you are interested in arriving for dinner at 6:00pm and carpooling, Rachel will need to hear from you by Sunday March 8 to allow us time to work out the transportation logistics. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#1F497D'>If you are able to help out with transportation, please let Rachel know by March 8 or sooner. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We will gather at 6:00pm for those who want to purchase dinner at the Greenspring Café prior to our meeting. More details to follow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>If only attending the meeting, plan to arrive at 6:45pm so we can walk from the main entrance to the meeting room. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Remember, RSVP no later than March 15.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>We know that taking our Chapter meeting on the road is not the norm, but this is an opportunity to introduce the Greenspring Low Vision Group and the Greenspring Community in general to the NFB and help them understand that blindness is not what defines us, and we are living the life we want. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Presentation Description:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'>Voice assistants such as the Amazon Echo known as Alexa, is finding its way into many homes. If you have not yet invited Alexa into your home, or you have and you really do not know all that Alexa can do for you, then you do not want to miss this presentation. Our guest speaker, Paul Burden, Founder of Our Voice, will introduce us to the world of voice assistants. Devices like the Amazon Echo can be life changing for those who are blind and with low vision. There is no complicated technology to learn or update, all you need is your voice. Examples of what Alexa can do includes reading books to you, do your shopping, place and receive phone calls, send voice and text messages, play your favorite music, alert family and friends in emergencies, and much More.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Annette Carr<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>President, Fairfax Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face=Calibri><o:p> </o:p></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>