<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks Bob,<div><br></div><div>Everyone: If you are able to join us for our advocacy day on the 21st, please let Bob know as soon as possible. The DD council is providing lunch, so they will need to know how many people are coming. We would like to have as many people as possible. Thank you to everyone who has already told Bob you are coming.</div><div><br></div><div>As a reminder, if you need help with transportation to the event, we can help both with finding drivers and paying for them. We received a grant specifically to pay for transportation, and I would hate to see us not use it. The more people we can have present, the stronger of an impression we can make.</div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to seeing everyone virtually tomorrow night and in person on the 21st.</div><div>Helen<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><div>On Jan 12, 2025, at 8:16 PM, Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <tall-corn@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Greetings, The second Legislative meeting of the year for the NFBI will be this Tuesday, January 14 at 7:00 pm. This meeting will revolve around the Legislative Day we have scheduled for January 21, the major legislation that we are working on again this year, and other legislative at the state level. Our Legislative Day with the Iowa development Disability Council will be the 21<sup>st</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of January and we will review what we what to see happen at that meeting. We will also review the accessible prescription bill and the mobile voting bill that we are working on in addition to watching any legislative proposals dealing with the Iowa Department For The blind and the education of blind youth in our state.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We need to remind everyone that is helpful for you to get the information about who legislative representative and senator are since when we talk to these people they need to know we have people who are constituents of theirs. In the next few days will we sending a sample letter to the list that will show a way to let your legislative people know who you are and possible people that may come to see them on your behalf.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">When you attend one of our monthly meetings we will give you the up-to-date information on what is happening and it also gives you the opportunity to let us know about legislative contacts that you have made.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Below are the different ways you may join us on Tuesday evening for this meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The ZOOM information is the same as it has been for meetings in December.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Iowa is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98254628861?pwd=DrrtEuEf7kbYfDlLAm6DaGuB8nGNVW.1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/98254628861?pwd=DrrtEuEf7kbYfDlLAm6DaGuB8nGNVW.1</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 982 5462 8861<br>Passcode: 1234<br><br>One tap mobile<br>+13052241968,,98254628861# US<br>+13092053325,,98254628861# US<br><br>---<br><br>Dial by your location<br>• +1 305 224 1968 US<br>• +1 309 205 3325 US<br>• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)<br>• +1 646 876 9923 US (New York)<br>• +1 646 931 3860 US<br>• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)<br>• +1 564 217 2000 US<br>• +1 669 444 9171 US<br>• +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)<br>• +1 689 278 1000 US<br>• +1 719 359 4580 US<br>• +1 253 205 0468 US<br>• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)<br>• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)<br>• +1 360 209 5623 US<br>• +1 386 347 5053 US<br>• +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose)<br>• +1 507 473 4847 US<br><br>Meeting ID: 982 5462 8861<br><br>Find your local number: <a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/u/acP1CmZgx1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://nfb-org.zoom.us/u/acP1CmZgx1</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bob Ray<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">NFBI Legislative Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:bray@nfbi.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">bray@nfbi.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(515) 334-7231<o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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