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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>I have cut and pasted and attached the agenda for our upcoming NFB of Ohio Convention. Please enjoy, and help us spread the word.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>JW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'>Dr. J. Webster Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>740-592-6326<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>“Changing what it means to be blind”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0F243E'>For more information go to nfbohio.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>AGENDA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>65th Annual Convention<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>November 4 to November 6, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Wyndham Garden Dayton South Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>31 Prestige Plaza Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Miamisburg, Ohio 45342<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>937-434-8030<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Convention Theme:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>BLINDNESS: THAT’S HOW IT IS AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Whether we finish the climb up the stairway to freedom and social acceptance (leaving behind the hostility and backlash) will be determined, not by the actions of others, but by our own behavior. This is our challenge and our confrontation. It is also the strongest possible proof of how far we have come. For the first time in history, the choice is ours. As other minorities have discovered, the final steps are the hardest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>There are several reasons why this is so: For one thing, the degradations and deprivations at the bottom of the stairs are (once they are pointed out and clearly delineated) so obvious and unjust that they are easily understood; and large groups of the general public can be touched in their conscience and enlisted to help, still keeping intact their sense of superior worth and special status. The minority is a long way down and poses no apparent threat, even by climbing a few steps up. At the top of the stairs, things are different. The discrimination is more complex and subtle, the prejudice less obvious, the threat to vested interest more real, and the violations of tradition more imminent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.75in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.75in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>-Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, Miami Beach, Florida 1979<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>A SPECIAL THANK YOU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The NFB of Ohio would like to thank the following contributers. </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Ohio Eye Care Specialists <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Dr. Edward R.Thomas, M.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Karen Warrner and her very, very good friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>TABLE OF CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>About the NFB of Ohio……………………………..Page 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>Navigating the Wyndham Garden Hotel………Page 4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>Convention Arrangements and Registration…Page 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>Friday, November 4………………………………...Page 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>Saturday, November 5……………………………..Page 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>Sunday. November 6………………………………Page 13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%'>2011 Board of Directors………………………….Page 15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>NFB-O CONVENTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>NFB PLEDGE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>I pledge to participate actively in the effort of the National Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>ABOUT THE NFB OF OHIO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind of Ohio is a statewide organization composed primarily of blind Ohioans. It is the state affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind, Inc., a national-membership organization which holds nonprofit tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code. It is not an organization speaking for the blind; it is the blind speaking for themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>We know that blind people have very often lived tragic lives, and we know that even now blindness can be defeating. But we also know why. Not blindness, but society's devastating attitude about it constitutes our burden. We, the blind of today, have carried out a revolution and have won our independence. We have written our own philosophy, we have found our own direction, and we have learned to speak with our own voice—the National Federation of the Blind. We have taken our future into our own hands, and we are changing what it means to be blind. We now imagine a future full of opportunity, and as the voice of the nation’s blind we invite you to help us make it a reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Navigating the Wyndham Garden Dayton South Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>by Barbara Pierce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The first thing you need to keep in mind about the Wyndham Garden is that it is a holodome property. That is, its central architectural feature is an atrium with recreational facilities: pool, hot tubs, pool table, and maybe a game room by convention time. The guest rooms on all three floors circle this atrium. The rooms on the inside of the circle have sliding glass doors that overlook the pool and room doors on the opposite wall that give access to the corridors that in turn give access to the outside and lead to the public rooms of the hotel. You cannot lock the glass sliding doors from outside the room, so you should not leave your room that way unless someone can lock the door from the inside after you leave.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The main entrance of the hotel is on its east wall, toward the north end. You pass through two sets of doors to reach the lobby. Just inside the inner doors of this main entrance, on both the left and right side, are small board-type meeting rooms, and the front desk is on the west wall of the lobby, not far in front of you. If you turn right (north) at the desk, you can turn left (west) at the north end of the desk and walk toward the ballroom, which runs north/south along the west side of the hotel. A foyer along the length of the ballroom gives access to the various sections of the ballroom on the west side of the foyer. If, instead of walking south along the ballroom, you turn first right and then left, you will find the restaurant and bar at the northwest corner of the building.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>To reach the guest rooms, return to the front desk and turn left so that you are walking south toward the atrium. On the right you will pass an archway that gives access to the ballroom foyer about halfway down its length. Continuing south along the carpeted corridor, you will find sectional seating in the middle of the hall at a point when the space opens into an art gallery. At the south end of this central seating you can angle east or west to find corridors giving access to the wooden room doors, which have raised and Braille room numbers as required by the ADA. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>If you choose to go straight south instead of angling, you will reach the northernmost of the two elevators. Turning left or right at the elevator will take you straight east or west to doors giving access to stairwells. The one on the east side is door 1, and the one on the west end is door 4. At the ground-floor level these stairwells, as well as doors 2 and 3 at the far ends of the corridors, each contain a door to the outside, a door to the atrium, the door you just walked through, and a door to the connecting guest-room corridor. The stairs to the upper floors are also in this uncarpeted area. By the way, your room key will open the outside doors, which are kept locked. You will find the box for inserting the key card to the right of the door on the outside. The grassy dog relief area is just outside door 4. A trash receptacle will be available outside that door.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>To grasp the guest-room layout, think of the hotel as an arrow with the corridor leading from the front desk to the elevator already mentioned as the shaft of the arrow. The arrowhead is the guest-room area with the pool atrium in the center of the arrowhead. Parallel corridors make a circuit around the arrowhead with a flattened tip, that is, not coming to a point. The south elevator actually faces south and is located at the extreme southern end of the hotel. The innermost of the parallel corridors circles the atrium with a chest-high wall separating the hallway from the drop to the atrium. The outside wall of this corridor contains the glass sliding doors to the rooms. Most of the ground-floor rooms are located only on the outside wall of the hotel, though near the northern elevator the wheelchair-accessible rooms are located on both sides of the outer hallway. If you need an accessible room, be sure to mention that fact when you make your reservation. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>If you take the time to study this description, it should give you a place to begin learning the layout of the convention hotel. Remember that we will be at this facility for the next four years, so you will have plenty of time to become familiar with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> If you have any questions about convention arrangements, contact Mary Pool or Sheri Albers, co-chairs of the convention committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Registration and Literature<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> NFB literature will be available during registration hours in the Chandelier Area Friday, November 4th, between 1:30 and 4:30 and 5:30 to 6:30 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>pm</span> and Saturday, November 5th, between 8:30 and 9:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>am </span>and 1:30 and 2:00<span style='font-variant:small-caps'> pm.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Attention First-Time Convention Attendees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> All those attending their first NFB of Ohio convention are invited to stop at the literature table Friday afternoon to pick up a first-timer's ribbon and to have their names entered for a special door prize drawing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Door Prizes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Door prizes should be labeled clearly in print and Braille with the donor's name and the amount of cash or type of gift. Paul Dressell is in charge of door prizes. They may be brought to him directly or left in Convention Registration with Anna Wiederhold.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Guide Dogs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>If you have a problem with your dog or need advice or assistance, contact Deanna Lewis (513.328.7976), president of our guide dog division, or Debbie Baker. The relief area is located outside of door 4. A trash receptacle will be outside the door for your convenience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Friday, November 4<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>11:00–4:00 PM Exhibits and Technology <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Plaza E<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>12:00–1:00 PM Board Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>1:30–4:30 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span>Convention Registration<span style='font-variant:small-caps'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Chandelier Area <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>1:30–3:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span>Membership Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Richard Payne, Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Plaza D<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:00–5:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span>Annual Parent Division Seminar<span style='letter-spacing:-.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Carol Akers, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in'> Directors<o:p></o:p></h1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>3:30–5:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Blindness and NFB Philosophy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> A Seminar for Newcomers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>5:30-6:30 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Convention Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Chandelier Area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>7:00-8:00PM Members at Large Chapter Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Colleen Roth, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>7:00-8:30 PM Hobby Lobby Demonstrations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Sheri Albers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Main Cafe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>8:00<span style='font-variant:small-caps'>-8:30 PM</span> Resolutions Committee Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Paul Dressell, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>8:00-9:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span> Ohio Association of Blind Merchants Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Steve Vincke, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>North Octagon (Two steps to enter room)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>8:30 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Nominating Committee Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Eric Duffy, Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Directors<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:00-11:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span> Hospitality<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Hosted by the Miami Valley Chapter and Merchants Division: Everyone Welcome <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Patterson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:30-10:15 PM Radio Play Performance (NAPUB Fundraiser-$5.00) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Plaza D<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Saturday, November 5<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>7:00-8:00 AM Diabetes Action Network of Ohio (DAN) Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Wanda Sloan, President <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Garden Bistro<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>7:30–8:45 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> National Association to Promote the Use of Braille (NAPUB) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Continental Breakfast Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Barbara Pierce, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Plaza D<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>8:30–9:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Convention Registration<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Chandelier Area <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Annual Convention of the NFB of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Call to Order by J.W. Smith, President <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Plaza C<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:05 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Welcome to Dayton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Richard Payne, President, Miami Valley Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:15 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Convention Arrangements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Mary Pool, Co-Chair, Convention Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:20 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Roll Call of Chapters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Shelbi Hindel, Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:25 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM </span>National Report <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Ever Lee Hairston, NFB Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>10:20 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM </span>Report from the Talking Book Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Tracy Grimm, Ohio Library for the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Blind and Physically disabled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>10:40 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>AM</span> Did It Anyway <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Sheri Wells-Jensen, Phd., Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>11:00AM Report from the Bureau of Services for the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Visually Impaired<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Dan Connors, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-103.5pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>11:20 AM Supported Employment: Panelists<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Joel Zureick, Director of Career Services, Cleveland Sight Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Peggie Keating, Senior and Adult Services Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Suzanne M. Turner, Benefit Counselor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'>11:45 AM Recess </span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'> (Those who have ordered boxed lunches<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'> can pick them up in the Chandelier Area.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'> Only those with tickets will be served.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>12:00-1:45 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Exhibits and Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Plaza E<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>12:00–1:45 PM Parents of Blind Children Division Lunch Meeting, Carol Akers, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Plaza D<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>12:00–1:45 PM<span style='font-variant:small-caps'> </span>Ohio Organization of the Senior Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Barbara Fohl, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>12:30-1:45 PM Student Division Pizza Party<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Beth Debus, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Patterson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>1:30–2:00 PM Convention Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Chandelier Area <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Call to Order of General Session and Announcements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Plaza C<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:05 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> The Year in Review<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> J.W. Smith, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:30 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> The Ultimate Mentoring Experience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Barbara Pierce, President Emerita <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>2:50 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Rehabilitation Then and Now <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Dr. Mary-Anne Joseph, Rehabilitation Counselor, Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>3:10 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Training at the Louisiana Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Everett Gavel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>3:30 PM On Inclusion and Diversity <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Katherine H. Betts, Intercultural Specialist, Multicultural Center, Office of Student Life: The Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>3:50 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM </span> Blindness and Diabetes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Dr. Sandra Kimball<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>4:10 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Wright State Research Institute: New Opportunities For Partnerships by<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Eric Duffy, Research Scientist, and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Amy Neidhard-Doll, PhD., PE, Director Rehabilitation Engineering and Technology Program Wright State Research Institute Wright State University Research Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Wright State Research Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Research Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical, industrial, and Human Factors Engineering College of Engineering and Computer Science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>4:40 PM Reports, Resolutions, and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Questions from the Audience<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>4:55 PM Recess<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>6:00–7:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Social Hour <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Prefunction Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>7:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Annual Banquet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Eric Duffy, Master of Ceremonies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Plaza BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Banquet Address<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Ever Lee Hairston, NFB Board Member <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Affiliate Awards and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Scholarship Awards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Honor Roll Call of Chapters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>10:00 <span style='font-variant:small-caps'>PM</span> Post-Banquet Party<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Games, Music, and Karaoke <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> until 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Rockie’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span 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Box 458, Athens, Ohio 45701-0458<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>jwsmithnfb@frontier.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>First Vice President: Eric Duffy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(614) 377-9877<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>48 W. Longview Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>eduffy@pobox.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Second Vice President: Barbara Fohl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(440) </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>964-7824 </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1116 Thayer Ave., Ashtabula, OH 44004<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>barbfohl@pobox.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Secretary: Shelbi Hindel <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(614) 558-8059<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>185 Crestview Road, Columbus, OH 43202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>shelbiah@att.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Treasurer: Sherry Ruth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(440) 324-4218<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>6922 Murray Ridge Rd., Elyria, OH 44035<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>babyruth2@windstream.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Members at Large</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2009-2011</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sheri Albers, (513)-886-8697<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>9824 Dartmouth Way, Loveland, OH 45140<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>salbers1@cinci.rr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Annette Anderson, (216) 381-1735<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1623 Maple Rd., Cleveland Hts, OH 44121<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>afanderson@pobox.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Debbie Baker, (937) 206-2935 or (937)-471-5193<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1107 Burt St., Springfield, OH 45505<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>lahm@pobox.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Richard Payne, (937) 829-3368<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1019 Wilmington Ave., Apt. 43, Kettering OH 45420<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>rchpay7@sbcglobal.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mary Pool, (330) 455-2831<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>131 5th St, N.E., Apt. 315, Canton, OH 44702<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>William Turner, (216)-355-4577<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1064 E. 167<sup>th</sup> St., Cleveland OH 44110-1523<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>William.h.turner@ssa.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2010-2012</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Bruce Peters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>(330) 780-5827<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1670 Liberty Dr., Akron, OH 44313<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Crystal McClain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p 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Rd. 181, Bellefontaine, OH 43311<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>mcmcclain@columbus.rr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:.5in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>