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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings this is a reminder.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>You will find a list of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio’s state committees in the body of the email and attached,<o:p></o:p></p><p>I am looking to fill the committee assignments before December first so if you wish to chair reach out to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p>The same thing goes for serving on next year’s committees.<o:p></o:p></p><p>If you have any questions, please contact me off list.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Here are the NFB-O committees for 2025 together with the committee charges.<o:p></o:p></p><p>1: AWARDS COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To oversee the awards process, to provide information and feedback when necessary, and to make reasonable judgments about NFBO awards.<o:p></o:p></p><p>2: BELL coordinator,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To communicate and help with planning the in-house bell program and to organize the bell Academy and plan efficient ways to promote and execute the important program. <o:p></o:p></p><p>3: CONSTITUTION Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To make sure that all NFBO constitutions follow the state and national constitutions, both philosophically and rhetorically.<o:p></o:p></p><p>4: RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To oversee the submission process and to write and distribute clearly articulated and philosophically sound resolutions. <o:p></o:p></p><p>5: DEAF-BLIND Committee <o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To aid and provide information to those who are in this unique community and to serve as a vehicle to foster a positive relationship for the deaf-blind community. <o:p></o:p></p><p>6: Fundraising and FINANCING THE MOVEMENT COMMITTEE, including, (PAC)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To make members aware of specific organizational fundraising opportunities and to implement strategies to increase participation. <o:p></o:p></p><p>7: LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To increase the organization’s visibility and effectiveness in the state legislature and to continue to support our efforts in Washington throughout the year. <o:p></o:p></p><p>8: MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To implement effective strategies to recruit and retain members and to reinvigorate the chapters and divisions of NFBO. <o:p></o:p></p><p>9: NEWSLINE and web site committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To assist the state president with updating the content on the Newsline service and our web page, as well as, promoting and advertising NEWSLINE.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>10: PROMOTION AND PUBLICITY Committee <o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To develop content and suggest creative ways to promote NFBO branding. Responsibilities include but are not limited to research, audience preferences and discover current trends, create engaging text, image and video content, design posts to sustain readers’ curiosity and create buzz around current issues, stay up to date with changes in all social platforms ensuring maximum effectiveness, train leaders how to use social media in a cohesive/beneficial way, and oversee social media accounts. Members on this committee should be proficient computer users.<o:p></o:p></p><p>11: SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To conduct the affiliate scholarship program and to develop and implement effective strategies to increase the visibility of the program and increase participation. <o:p></o:p></p><p>12: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: to provide education and training, guidance and advocacy where needed. Our diverse community includes, but is not limited to, the intersectionality of ability, age, religion, race, ethnicity, culture, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation.<o:p></o:p></p><p>13: Employment Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To inform the president about policies, legislation, strategies, and initiatives on why NFBO should be involved to improve employment opportunities for blind persons throughout the state and beyond; the importance of holding various platforms on accessible technology, socializations skills, resume writing, career exploration and preparing employers for interviewing and hiring blind people; also prepare members for the National and various Career Fairs through, Learning about new employment resources. Networking and interviewing techniques; finally educating members on the significance on how to advocate for reasonable accommodations, rehabilitation services and other vital resources to aid one in being productive and successful in obtaining and maintaining a career. <o:p></o:p></p><p>14: Randolph-Sheppard Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p>Details<o:p></o:p></p><p>Charge: To work hand-in-hand with the National Association of Blind Merchants and the Ohio Vendors Representative Committee to maximize opportunities in Ohio’s Business Enterprise Program, to advocate for blind licensees and prospective licensees in the program, to keep the NFB of Ohio Board of Directors informed regarding current issues surrounding the program, and to sponsor and provide ongoing training and education regarding entrepreneurship and other topics of interest to blind vendors.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Richard Payne, President <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>937/829/3368</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#467886'>Rchpay7@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.nfbohio.org"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#467886'>www.nfbohio.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>