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[J. W. Smith]

National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
Post office box 458 Athens, Ohio
45701-0458
Phone/Fax - 740-592-6326 or 1-800-396-6326
Email - Smithj at ohio.edu

Today it is cold outside but I have a warm spot in my heart because it is 
Veterans Day. When I graduated from high school the Air Force called me and 
they seemed very interested in having me join them at least until they 
found out that I was blind. I've always wanted to be a part of the Air 
Force and I have the utmost respect for our Veterans if you have not done 
so already please find a way to celebrate and commemorate this day and pay 
tribute to the men and women of our armed forces.

It has been a whirl-wind of activity for me since then end of the 
convention on November 2nd. I've been trying to finish out the quarter here 
at OU which thankfully ends for me on November 20th and I've been setting 
up our office in my home. Please note our new contact information at the 
beginning of this update and be patient with me as I have not yet received 
the computer and other equipment that I will use primarily in our office. I 
always believed that one should never take work home but it is clear to me 
that to do this job effectively I need to have as many options as possible. 
That is also why I want to use the email address listed above until I get 
the right one for my home computer.

I am pleased to announce that Barbara Pierce will be our news letter editor 
and I'm sure that she would want me to remind you of the November 15th 
deadline for material for the next issue. Please join me in expressing my 
deepest appreciation and love for Barbara and all that she has done and 
continues to do for this affiliate. Her gracious spirit and competent 
skills made our convention  as successful as it could be, I can only hope 
that with your help we can continue to blossom and grow especially since 
Barbara has provided so much fertile soil for us to plant future seeds of 
success. I am also pleased to announce that Eric Duffy will continue to 
spear-head our efforts in the areas of all things legislative and 
technological. I've also requested that he oversee our Brailling capacity, 
please join me in thanking him for 15 years of dedicated service to this 
organization.

Finally, remember that to be considered for the Washington seminar you 
should send me your name by December 1st. Also, attached to this update you 
will find two documents. The first week in January is Braille literacy week 
in Ohio and thus I am attaching a copy of our sample Braille literacy 
proclamation. We should make a concerted effort to get as many 
proclamations as we can next year in light of our Braille coin and the 
200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth. The second document with this 
update is the 2009 combined leadership list for those of you wanting a 
Braille copy of this I will send it to you just as soon as Eric gets them 
completed. I will not be writing an update each week probably every other 
week but be sure that I will keep you updated on any relevant issues. In 
fact, there may be times when I may write two or three updates in one week 
depending on what needs to be done at that time.

Dr. Smith 
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