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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Ohio Virtual and In-Person Conventioneers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Read the info below. If you have any questions, please reach out to President Payne or Suzanne Turner.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>///<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2 style='line-height:115%'>Convention:<o:p></o:p></h2><h3><b>Deadline Approaching for National Convention Registration:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Get access to the latest information as it is made available and more for the 2024 National Convention. Online registration ($25) closes May 31. Onsite registration ($30) will be available in Orlando. Plan to register early to avoid the increased registration fees. </span><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=592"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Register for the 2024 National Convention now!</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Reminder: Promote the convention using the hashtag #NFB24 on affiliate and division social media accounts. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>Convention Resolutions:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The national convention is just six short weeks away! Our Resolutions Committee, chaired by Donald Porterfield, is currently accepting proposed resolutions for the convention to consider. Proposed resolutions should be emailed to the committee at </span><a href="mailto:resolutions@nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>resolutions@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. Don’t forget, the deadline to submit a resolution is Tuesday, June 4, at midnight, eastern. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>Register Affiliates and Divisions to Exhibit:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span class=Heading3Char>The National Federation of the Blind state affiliates and national divisions have the</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> opportunity to promote special offerings and resources in the National Convention Exhibit Hall. Online registration is available and required to secure a table. When filling out the application, be sure to choose "NFB affiliate exhibitor" as the exhibitor type. Space is limited, so apply today!</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><a href="https://nfb.org/form/affiliate-and-non-affiliate-exhi"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Learn more and complete the National Convention Exhibitor Application now</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This year’s exhibit hall will take place on July 4 and 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on July 6 from noon to 1:45 p.m. and 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. <span style='color:black'>If you know any vendors or service providers who might be interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the national convention, please share the convention information with them. The deadline to apply is May 31. Thank you for all of your work—we're looking forward to another great convention. If you have any questions, please contact Rachel Held at </span></span><a href="mailto:rheld@nfb.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>rheld@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> or 410-659-9314, extension 2423.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><span class=Heading3Char><b>National Convention Career Fair:</b></span><o:p></o:p></h3><h2 style='margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#242424;font-weight:normal'>Be sure to register for the in-person career fair at the National Convention, our largest gathering of blind people in America. We expect employers from a variety of industries from around the country to attend. Jobseekers, find that dream job. Employers, add notable talent to your team. Wednesday, July 3, 2024, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., eastern. Registration ends May 31. </span><o:p></o:p></h2><h2 style='margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#242424;font-weight:normal'> </span><o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=33724&qid=9768544" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005AA3'>National Convention Job-Seeker Registration</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=597"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#005AA3'>National Convention Employer Registration </span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please direct all questions to </span><a name="_Hlk145497174"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lia Stone, employer liaison, at </span></a><a href="mailto:evangeliastone@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>evangeliastone@gmail.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>or Jennifer Wenzel, jobseeker liaison, at </span></span><a href="mailto:jenwen319@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>jenwen319@gmail.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>.</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145497174'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>DeafBlind Division Needs SSP Volunteers:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The DeafBlind Division is seeking volunteers to assist deafblind members as SSPs. There is a </span><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/support-service-provider-volunte"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>sign-up form on the convention website</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. Anyone that needs more information should reach out to Maurice Mines at </span><a href="mailto:nfbdbpresident@mmines.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>nfbdbpresident@mmines.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>Calling All Door Prizes:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><h3>The NFB door prize team is hard at work planning for this year’s convention. If your affiliate or division wants to donate to the in-person door prizes, you can deliver it to Bennett Prows or Kenia Flores on the stage before or during breaks of the general session. Please label the prize in Braille and print, so our team knows what it is and who donated it. If you are donating cash, put it in an envelope labeled with the amount and who it is from—our team wants to acknowledge your generosity. <o:p></o:p></h3><h3> <o:p></o:p></h3><h3>Our registered virtual attendees are also eligible to win Visa gift cards or Independence Market gift certificates. You can help NFB with virtual door prizes by writing a check payable to National Federation of the Blind and mailing it to 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230, Attention: Fiscal Services – Virtual DP, and write Virtual Door Prizes in the check memo.<o:p></o:p></h3><h3><b> </b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>Honor Roll Call:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Convention time is here, which means it’s Honor Roll Call time of year! The Honor Roll Call is an opportunity for affiliates and national divisions to support our sustaining funds: Kenneth Jernigan Fund, SUN shares, White Cane Fund, and Jacobus tenBroek Memorial Fund. To make your 2024 contributions, write a check payable to National Federation of the Blind and mail it to 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230, Attention: Fiscal Services – Roll Call, and write Roll Call in the check memo. Please send an email to </span><a href="mailto:rollcall@nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>rollcall@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> detailing the amount to go to each fund and the name of the organization, so we record the contributions correctly. All preconvention contributions will be acknowledged on our website. If your organization is making a pledge to be paid later this year, please send an email to </span><a href="mailto:rollcall@nfb.org"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>rollcall@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> telling us how much is being pledged for each fund and when we can expect the check. All pledges should be fulfilled by August 31. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>PAC Prizes:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Before you start Packing for convention, please consider supporting the PAC program with a contribution toward the PAC gift card prizes. During the convention, those who participate in PAC by either signing up or increasing their donation are eligible to win Visa gift cards. Please support our PAC program with a donation to the prize fund. Checks for PAC prizes are to be payable to National Federation of the Blind and mailed to 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore MD, 21230, Attention Fiscal Services-PAC; include “PAC prizes” in the check memo. Also, please send an email to </span><a href="mailto:PAC@nfb.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>PAC@nfb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> to let us know to expect your organization’s support. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b>Dream Big! Give $25 Drive Toolkit:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=xmsonormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424'>Our Give $25 Drive launched on May 16 with a couple of new twists. Contributors can win a Monarch tactile display or a trip to the 2025 National Convention. Supporters can also give their chances to win in honor of someone else, which gives the honoree more chances to win. Our affiliates can magnify messaging about the drive by liking and sharing posts, but affiliates can also post directly on the affiliate social media channels. To make that easier, a toolkit is attached to this email. Please help this to be our biggest drive ever and post to as many of our NFB affiliate channels as possible. You can also visit </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://nfb.org/give25"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://nfb.org/give25</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424'> to see our Dream Big! Give $25 Drive landing page and </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://nfb.org/give25donate"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://nfb.org/give25donate</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424'>to see our contribution form.</span><o:p></o:p></p><h3><b> </b><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><b>Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Finalists:</b><o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>The National Federation of the Blind announced the finalists for its annual scholarship program, which provides financial assistance and connects students with blind mentors and other resources. </span><a href="https://nfb.org/about-us/press-room/2024-nfb-scholarship-announcement"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Congratulations to the thirty outstanding finalists.</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>