<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">From Deepa Goraya: <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Hello Chapter and Division Presidents,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">I wanted to send another reminder to please encourage your members to sign up for Washington Seminar ASAP. The deadline for registering a hotel room at the Holiday Inn Capitol is December 31.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; background: white;">To book a room for the 2025 Washington Seminar please use our dedicated </span><a href="https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/find-hotels/select-roomrate?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qIta=99801505&icdv=99801505&qSlH=WASSM&qCiD=30&qCiMy=002025&qCoD=07&qCoMy=012025&qGrpCd=NF5&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=HI&qDest=550%20C%20Street%20S.W.,%20Washington,%20DC,%20US&srb_u=1&qChAge=&qRmFltr=" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); background: white;">booking link</span></a><span style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; background: white;">, or call 877-834-3613 and provide our group code, NF5. The room rate for 2025 is 194.00 dollars per night, plus taxes and fees.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">As a reminder, the dates for Washington Seminar are February 3 at 5PM for the Great Gathering In, and appointments will be conducted on February 4<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and 5<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">We also need to schedule appointments and I need to know which constituents are attending. So please have everyone register ASAP using this form:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nfbv.org/washington" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;">https://nfbv.org/washington</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Please let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Deepa Goraya<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">Co-Legislative Director<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span>Deepinder K. Goraya, Esq.</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>