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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>Good Evening Federation Family:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This year’s convention was a great one, and I appreciate all of you who were able to attend both in person and on Zoom. We had a few challenges along the way, but we persevered! I wanted to take a moment to announce the results of this years elections. Those reelected to the board for two-year terms were as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, Scott Van Gorp<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First Vice-President,, Cindy Ray<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Second Vice-President, Kim Brown<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Secretary Terri Wilcox<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Treasurer, David Hammel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Board Member, Tom Venesky<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Serving his first term, Enrique Mejia was elected to the board this year.\ <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The At Large chapter also held its annual meeting at convention, and their have been some changes in leadership. April Enderton has decided to step down as president, and Chelsea Van Gorp was elected to succeed her. I want to take this time to thank April for her leadership of the At Large chapter since its founding, and I know she will do whatever she can to continue working with that chapter and the movement. I’ll let Chelsea introduce the rest of that board as she sees fit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks also to Stacie Gallegos for her work helping to host this year’s convention on Zoom. This was a bit of a challenge with some circumstances on the ground that were beyond our control, but you kept things going in the zoomiverse as I referred to it, and your work has not gone unnoticed. Thank you and RGA Tech Solutions for your assistance! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One more thing I’d like to do here is publicly thank Sharonda Goode for her service to the board one more time. Sharonda has moved to Arizona and continues to faithfully serve the Federation from there. Thank you once again for your service Sharonda. I know you will continue to serve the movement proudly!\If you missed the convention, you missed a good one! We’re already thinking about where we go from here, and we’d like to have you join us! Let’s go build the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></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>