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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Evening Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are still working on finalizing state convention details, but the contract has been signed an the room block is now available for reservations at the Holiday Inn and Suites Des Moines Northwest in Urbandale for our convention from October 25-27, 2019. You can reserve rooms for the nights of October 24th, 25th, and 26<sup>th</sup> at the convention rate of $83.00 plus tax which at present is 12%. The room reservation deadline is October 3, 2019. You can reserve your room using one of the following methods.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Call the hotel directly at (515) 2784755 or the worldwide reservations number 800-HOLIDAy <b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(800-465-4329) and mention you are making reservations for the 2019 convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa. Our group code is NFB. You can also make reservations by visiting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.holidayinn.com/desmoinesia"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'>www.holidayinn.com/desmoinesia</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> The group code for web reservations is also NFB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are still working on registration and meal pricing and hope to have that out very soon as well as methods for submitting convention registrations. I am working on the convention program, so if you have any ideas of things you’d like to see included, please get those to me as soon as possible!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will have more convention announcements coming later this week, so stay tuned! Let’s make this convention one to remember! I look forward to seeing all of you there! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Email</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Website</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Facebook</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Twitter</span></i></a><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i><br>The National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>