<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Congratulations Shane on your appointment as president for the remainder of this term. Thank you for stepping up cheerfully,<br><br><div dir="ltr">Reverent Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, 937-657-5134,<div>Dr.Carolyn.peters@gmail.com </div><div></div><div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 2, 2023, at 4:53 AM, Shane Popplestone via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><style id="">#x12f3ed8e8b8e4be3bdbcfca2a2896de8 p.MsoNormal { margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
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<div>Good morning fellow federationists,</div><div>This message is to let you all know that after careful deliberation and discussion between myself and Emily <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kiehl </span>it has been determined that due to a number of changes in her personal life she cannot carry on as President of The Ohio association of Blind Students for the remainder of her elected term.</div>
<div>During our business meeting conducted on September 1, 2023, Emily officially tendered her resignation as president and nominated me to fill that position for the remainder of the 2023-2024 year.</div><div>Our constitution does permit us to have simply made the change as at the last election I was elected the OABS Vice President, , but for transparency<span> we held a vote by all members present to officially appoint me as president of OABS for the remainder of the term.</span></div><div><span>This motion passed and effective immediately I will be serving as your OABS president for the remainder of the term.</span></div><div><span>I am humbled and honored that Emily and the entire devision feel I'm up to the task of carrying the devision forward, but I've got rather large shoes to fill with Emily's departure, but with the support of the rest of my board, the devision, and every single person at a state and national level, I hope to do the devision, NFB Ohio, and the NFB as a whole, proud.</span></div><div><span>Before anyone asks, Emily will still be a member of the devision, and will still support us going forward, it just means she will no longer be the president of the devision.</span></div><div>I ask that you give me a few days to get myself acclimated to the position, and to permit myself and my board to do the internal work required for this transition, before you bombard me with stuff.</div><div>If the Ohio affiliate, or nabs, needs to reach me and wishes to assist with this transition, those members have my information and are welcome to reach out to help make this transition as seamless as possible.</div><div>I'll be the first one to admit, being acting president is a lot different then being the actual president of a devision, and to say I'm nervous, is an under statement.</div><div>I don't know what to expect, but with the support of each and every one of you, I think I'm up to the task.</div><div>Take care.</div><div id="signature_old" style="clear:both"><div dir="ltr"><div>Shane Popplestone</div><div>President of the Ohio Association of blind students</div><div>Co-chair of the ohio newsline committee</div><div>member of the Grater Akron Chapter</div><div>member of Ohio Association of Guide Dog users</div><div><a href="mailto:spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com">spopplestone.nfb@gmail.com</a></div><div>234-716-2208</div><div>You can live the life you want!</div></div></div><div><br></div>
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