<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Be where the Northern Virginia Federationist action is if you are staying in northern Virginia during the National Convention in New Orleans.<div>Who wants to hang out at home when you can gather with us, have good food. lots of laughs, and listen to the goings-on at the 2025 National Convention banquet?</div><div>Please note: The banquet takes place on July 13, and you will want to be settled in before it starts. More details will be sent upon receipt of your RSVP.</div><div>Hurry and reserve your spot: Please note that paratransit does not travel to the location, esteemed Treasurer Ameenah Ghoston\u2019s home. Also, just FYI, you probably want to prepare accordingly if you are allergic to kitties; like all phenomenal human beings, Ameenah is a cat mama.</div><div>No, you don\u2019t have to be a cat mama to be a phenomenal human being, but you are almost certainly a phenomenal human being of exquisite taste if you are a cat parent. Just saying. </div><div>Sign up for the banquet watch party:</div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN2ThTKNmSaMkl5QqkKBVOofZSQKOefurF4bWETq_KdhKDYQ/viewform"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN2ThTKNmSaMkl5QqkKBVOofZSQKOefurF4bWETq_KdhKDYQ/viewform" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#DEDEDE;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:300px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:157px;" width="300" height="157" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="Jvh212HHMJzyIxh8le9PTuy8lSDRGk_oe1bZJOTe5kb32YyIGAJcgk_-xhdIs361okVJpnDz4sxesDY=w1200-h630-p.png" src="cid:F844E0C3-6DFE-4F59-87C1-15748996E057"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#DEDEDE" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(222, 222, 222, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN2ThTKNmSaMkl5QqkKBVOofZSQKOefurF4bWETq_KdhKDYQ/viewform" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#000000" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);">Virtual NFE banquet watch party of the Fairfax chapter</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdN2ThTKNmSaMkl5QqkKBVOofZSQKOefurF4bWETq_KdhKDYQ/viewform" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#3E3E3E" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.756863);">docs.google.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div></body></html>