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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><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please see the below from Emily Wharton, and if you are interested in serving in this capacity, please feel free to fill out the interest form. This is a time-sensitive item so please consider this without delay! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Scott Van Gorp, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of Iowa<br>Phone: 515-720-5282<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:svangorp@nfbi.org">Email</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbi.org/"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Website</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-Of-the-Blind-Of-Iowa-372681823082570/posts"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Facebook</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br></span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://twitter.com/nfb_iowa"><i><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Twitter</span></i></a></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><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></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Emily Wharton <Emily.Wh</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Emily Wharton <<a href="mailto:Emily.Wharton@blind.state.ia.us">Emily.Wharton@blind.state.ia.us</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 5:11 PM<br><b>To: </b>Emily Wharton <<a href="mailto:Emily.Wharton@blind.state.ia.us">Emily.Wharton@blind.state.ia.us</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Time sensitive: Iowa Commission for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello,, I am asking for your help with something critical to the Iowa Department for the Blind and the future of services to blind Iowans. It is extremely important that blind people who have knowledge of IDB services and a belief in the capacity of blind people to sign up for appointment to the Commission Board. Please share this with any blind Iowan you know who would be a good fit and is able to carry forward the mission that we all care so much about. To sign up, register with the Iowa Talent Bank and indicate interest in serving on the Iowa Commission for the Blind. We really need folks to do this as soon as possible. The link is below and if you have any problems or issues, the individual at the Governor’s Office in charge of Boards and Commissions is Megan Hall <a href="mailto:Megan.Hall@governor.iowa.gov">Megan.Hall@governor.iowa.gov</a> </span><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black;background:white'>515.725.3517. If you have any questions, please give me a call. Thank you so much for your help. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://talentbank.iowa.gov/create-account">https://talentbank.iowa.gov/create-account</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sincerely,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Emily Wharton MFA CPM</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Director, Iowa Department for the Blind</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>515.802.7313</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="mailto:Emily.wharton@blind.state.ia.us"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Emily.wharton@blind.state.ia.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Web: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://blind.iowa.gov"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>https://blind.iowa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.“ – Frederick Douglas</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><img border=0 width=150 height=150 style='width:1.5648in;height:1.5648in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8D289.904BD130" alt="IDB Logo"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>A proud partner in the America’s Job Center Network-- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>