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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Members of our Federation Family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking back on this year’s NFB of Iowa convention has many found memories for those of us who were there. If you missed it, you really did miss an exciting convention. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let us consider some of our firsts this year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of course this was our first attempt at a virtual convention. It had a few problems but for the most part it went exceptionally well. One area of concern for us going into the convention was voting but I believe that the system we used for voting may well be as good of system as we could have done virtually or in peson.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Who would have believed that we could have fifty-fifty raffles that would have allowed us to raise close to $500 for the affiliate and the same amount for the winners. Sharonda Goode does an excellent job of things like this and she made it work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Of course we had a well balanced agenda with things for everyone and a banquet that was certainly memorable. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have checked on other state conventions this fall and one thing that really stood out for ours was the contributions ofJoe Goode plugging in crowd noise, applause and other convention sounds that added to the atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to the people mentioned and all of the officers and convention planning committee this year’s convention is one that will go down in our history very well. Did I mention of number of door prizes and their excellent quality? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At any rate, we need to be proud of how our convention came off and we now have to raise our standards even higher for the years to come.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>