<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">We all have questions right? See below and don't be shy.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Chris Walker<div>Vice president, Winchester Federation of the Blind of Virginia<br>540-303-0080<br>chrisvinson1@gmail.com</div><div>nfb.org</div><div>NFBV.org</div><div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "tracy.soforenko--- via NFBV-Announce" <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 14, 2024 at 6:15:56 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Sarah Patnaude via NFBV-Announce <nfbv-announce@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> andrewcars6@yahoo.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBV-Announce] Submit your questions to the NFBV24 Ask the President Town Hall - deadline 10/15</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> tracy.soforenko@gmail.com<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: Wingdings; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">From Annette Carr and Andrew Barksdale<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">You still have time to submit your question but the door is closing fast. The deadline is Tuesday, October 15.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As the Car Talk Guys used to say, “Stump the Chumps.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We are pleased to launch a new segment at the NFBV24 Convention, “Ask The President” Town Hall.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This is your chance to get it all out there and ask NFB of Virginia President Tracy Soforenko and NFB Executive Director for Blindness Initiatives Anil Lewis those burning questions you have been dying to know the answer to. Individuals or Chapters can submit 1-3 questions to be asked of Tracy or Anil during the Town Hall to be conducted on Sunday, November 3. Questions must be submitted by October 15, and the planning committee will select the questions that will be used. Questions must be respectful, but there is nothing wrong with making Tracy blush. A chapter might choose to discuss potential questions at an upcoming Chapter meeting, and submit up to 3 questions for consideration. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Submission instructions:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Provide name, e-mail address and phone number for yourself or for the person willing to ask the questions during the November 3 Town Hall.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Include the name of the Chapter you are affiliated with.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Indicate whether the submission is on behalf of the Chapter or an individual.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">1-3 well thought out questions. Indicate if the questions is for Tracy and/or Anil. <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Andrew Barksdale will be compiling questions. Please email your questions to him by October 15 at <a href="mailto:andrewcars6@yahoo.com">andrewcars6@yahoo.com</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in">You will be contacted prior to the Convention if your question is selected. On Sunday morning November 3, Annette Carr will moderate the Ask the President Town Hall, and if your question is selected you will get to ask it during the session.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBV-Announce mailing list</span><br><span>NFBV-Announce@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbv-announce_nfbnet.org</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>