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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As your friendly neighborhood all-things-TABS administrator, I would like to remind those of you students and related professionals who are attending our state convention that TABS will be holding our annual business meeting that first night of convention. We will meet Friday November 9, 2012 in the Port Arthur Room, the meeting will be called to order promptly at 7:00 PM, we’ve got a jam packed and totally action filled agenda prepared, and we’re so thrilled about it! We hope you are as well!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, we would like for you to make your life and ours a little easier, in order to run for a position on our board, or to be able to vote you must be a TABS member. It’s very easy to become one, all you have to do is register with us, and pay your $5.00 dues! This year, thanks to the awesome work of our webmaster, Mr. Thomas Stivers, we have made it even easier for you to accomplish this task. You can preregister today! Avoid a line, just walk up to our table, give us your name and your money, and you’re done! You don’t even need to pay when you register online, just be sure to bring cash with you when you check in with us at the meeting, see? Super easy! Take advantage of this convenient method and preregister for our meeting today!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbtx.org/tabs/2012-tabs-business-meeting">http://www.nfbtx.org/tabs/2012-tabs-business-meeting</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As an added incentive, if you preregister before November 7, your name will be entered twice into our door prize drawing that will be happening throughout the night. I have already started brailing name cards for the door prize drawing, make me Braille yours out too, preregister!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you’d like to see what will be covered at our meeting, be sure to take a look at our agenda by visiting us online at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbtx.org/tabs/2012-tabs-business-meeting-agenda">http://www.nfbtx.org/tabs/2012-tabs-business-meeting-agenda</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions about the TABS preregistration, or the TABS business meeting feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See yall in Beaumont!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lets Geaux!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Support fair wages for workers with disabilities! (H.R. 3086)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.nfb.org/fairwages<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gabriel M. Cazares, 1st Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Texas Association of Blind Students - TABS (A Division of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.nfbtx.org/tabs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: 713-581-0619<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>