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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope your week has started off well. I just wanted to send you a quick note regarding the Washington Seminar. Many of you may have already seen the announcement that Norma posted to the members list regarding financial assistance, and criteria for selection. However, I just wanted to check in with you all regarding the seminar. I am allowed to submit a list of a few names for consideration, if you are interested in going, and want to go under the umbrella of TABS, please indicate this to me as soon as possible. The dates for the NFB Washington Seminar are Monday January 26 through Thursday January 29, although we intend to have all of our work completed by Wednesday evening.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the relevant section regarding state assistance for the seminar from Norma’s email:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>If you wish to apply for assistance to the Washington Seminar, please do the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Contact your chapter or division president to let them know you would like to have your name added to the list they have been asked to submit to me. Please notify them prior to December 1, 2014 because I have asked them to submit their lists by that date.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Once you have spoken with your current chapter or division president, they will tell you that you must submit a short essay to me. This essay should be one or two paragraphs in length, and it should tell me how you will benefit by attending the seminar and how you think the organization will benefit by your attendance. Please be sure your name is on your president's list prior to sending the essay.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>I have told the chapter and division presidents that members who receive assistance will be notified by December 5, 2014. I will do my best to accommodate everyone, but please be aware that if more than ten names are submitted for consideration, I will have to make tough decisions about who will receive help. Please know that if I am not able to select you, it has nothing to do with your value to our organization. Instead, it has to do with how many resources were allocated to this effort.<br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Should you want to participate, after letting me know that you are interested in attending, email Norma at <a href="mailto:ncrosby@nfbtx.org">ncrosby@nfbtx.org</a> with your essay.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Additionally, don’t forget that the Austin Chapter of the NFB of Texas, and the Texas Association of Blind Students each award a scholarship to attend the Washington Seminar. You can apply to both scholarships through the same form located at: <a href="http://nfbaustin.org/content/glen-and-norma-crosby-scholarship">http://nfbaustin.org/content/glen-and-norma-crosby-scholarship</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks y’all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...Gabe<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gabe Cazares<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, Texas Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A Division of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>