From JKTomasell at aol.com Thu Jun 3 19:36:39 2010 From: JKTomasell at aol.com (JKTomasell at aol.com) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:36:39 EDT Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Invite to the June NFBC SF Chapter Meeting Message-ID: Come one, Come all! The San Francisco Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of California would like to extend an open AND FRIENDLY invitation to all whom are interested to join us for our monthly chapter meeting. Who: The membership and officers of the San Francisco chapter of the National Federation of the blind of California (NFBCSF) When: Saturday June 19, 2010 from 1-3 pm. Where: The San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired 214 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA 94102 (415)431-1481. Why: to discuss matters of concern, share stories and experiences, as well as become more socially connected to other blind and visually impaired persons in the San Francisco bay area. How: Just show up! - We are located Between Grove and Hays near San Francisco City Hall. We are accessible by SF muni lines 47, 49, 31 and F Market. Also accessible via BART and Muni metro subway lines at Civic Center station At our upcoming meeting we will have: Discussions about current chapter business, updates on current organizational and state Affiliate goings-ons. If you have any questions about the NFBC San Francisco Chapter please contact our chapter president Eric Holm either at (415)425-5613 or at ericholm at att.net. We welcome your presence, energy, ideas and enthusiasm; and look forward to seeing you at our next NFBC San Francisco chapter meeting!!!! Sincerely, Jaime Tomasello, Secretary of the NFBC San Francisco Chapter From jsorozco at gmail.com Wed Jun 9 13:47:35 2010 From: jsorozco at gmail.com (Joe Orozco) Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:47:35 -0400 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] FW: TABS Southern Strums Message-ID: Subject: [Nabs-presidents] TABS Southern Strums Southern Strums Comes to Dallas Texas. From the Desk of the President: The Texas Association of Blind Students is pleased to announce the return of Southern Strums! Southern Strums is TABS' biggest fundraiser of the year and our biggest event second only to our Spring Conference. Southern Strums provides a showcase for blind musicians to play for convention goers from all over the United States. The event will be held on Monday July 5,2010 from 7:00pm-11:00pm. at *Uptown Bar* & *Grill* www.uptownbarandgrill.com 2523 McKinney Avenue Dallas, TX 75201-1964 (214) 969-9433 The Uptown Bar and Grill boasts it has the "best burgers in Dallas" and offers half price burgers on the day it hosts our Southern Strums. The venue is conveniently located just 2.5 miles away from the Hilton Anatole Hotel. Get Directions from Mapquest Here . We are aware that the hotel does not have a shuttle, and so TABS is pleased to announce that we will be providing transportation between the bar and hotel from 6:30pm-11:15pm at no cost to those who purchase a Southern Strums ticket. Come support our Student Division while enjoying great food, drinks, music and mingling all for just $5! For more information, please visit: www.nfb-texas.org/tabs.html if you would like to participate in Southern Strums, email Juan Munoz at jcmunoz1989 at gmail.com Juan Del Rosario President Texas Association of Blind Students 7823 Comal St. Houston TX. 77051 Phone; 713-320-5519 Email; delrosariomartinez.juan at gmail.com -- -Juan Del Rosario President Texas Association of Blind Students www.nfb-texas.org/tabs.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Southern Strums Comes to Dallas Texas.doc Type: application/msword Size: 33280 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00085.txt URL: From kevanworley at blindmerchants.org Fri Jun 18 16:15:05 2010 From: kevanworley at blindmerchants.org (Kevan Worley) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:15:05 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] The Indomitable Spirit of Ray McGeorge to Live in Our Hearts Forever Message-ID: <7418915E8DF24F1897E9BD797256D3C0@Kevan> To our Federation Family, I have been asked by our beloved colleague and friend, Diane to write to all of you with the very sad news that Ray passed away at 8:30 mountain time this morning, June 18th. He was with Diane. He was surrounded by friends and his beloved Federation family. As most of you know, Ray became ill over five weeks ago, and was rushed to the hospital. While at the hospital, later that week, Ray suffered a severe stroke. One week ago, Ray was transferred to the hospice at St. John's. Many of us have been at Ray's side and we know that many hundreds, if not thousands of you have been sending up your prayers for Ray and Diane. Diane has been overwhelmed and appreciative, beyond words of all of your love and heartfelt expressions of support for her and Ray. We will be sending information about memorial services. It is not my place to get into all of those details in this writing. Please circulate this sad notice to all of our friends and colleagues. I can tell you that throughout the sadness we now know that Ray is at peace. I can also tell you that Diane is now visiting with Dr. Mauer. Arrangements are being finalized. Yours in love, Kevan From jsorozco at gmail.com Fri Jun 25 17:53:05 2010 From: jsorozco at gmail.com (Joe Orozco) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:53:05 -0400 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Online Privacy Survey Message-ID: <5E59923AC63C496AB8589D540369160C@Rufus> Dear all, Our office is currently exploring ways to engage disability groups in the evaluation of accessibility features at popular websites. We are involved in active discussions with Facebook about their privacy settings, many of our recommendations already having been implemented, and we hope to use the momentum of these discussions to spearhead talks about accessibility. Please help us cement our privacy concerns by taking this brief survey. Your input is very much appreciated and will hopefully be a great starting point with talks of accessible websites in the very near future. My employer has not generally concentrated on the disability community as part of its work, and I hope that feedback from you guys will help it make accessibility issues a more prominent part of our activities. The survey can be found at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/online_privacy Sincerely, Joe Orozco From dsmithnfb at gmail.com Tue Jun 29 19:42:11 2010 From: dsmithnfb at gmail.com (Darian Smith) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:42:11 -0700 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] A few reminders from the nabs board. Message-ID: Hello fellow students, We are fast approaching convention (can you believe it?) A few announcements/reminders from the national Association of Blind Students: 1. Don?t forget to register online for the nabs meeting that will take place on Sunday, July 4. Registration is at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7; but if you want to be sure to avoid the long lines, simply go to www.nabslink.org and look for the ?become a member of the national association of blind students? link on the home page. Once you do that, all you will have to do is pay your $5 registration fee and you?ll be good to go! 2. On Saturday evening from 8:00 to midnight, NABS will be hosting a Student Hospitality Night in the Affiliate Action Suite, Room 2372. Drop in for snacks, games, and the chance to meet and mingle with other blind high school, college, graduate and nontraditional students. Feel free to drop in and out while also enjoying salsa dancing, karaoke, or the Rookie Roundup, a gathering for first-time convention attendees. Should you have any questions about any of our nabs events, please feel free to contact any of the nabs board and we would love to answer them for you! -- Darian Smith Board member National Association of Blind Students Skype: The_Blind_Truth Windows Live: Lightningrod2010 at live.com Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/goldengateace ?We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.? - Teilhard de Chardin From graduate56 at juno.com Wed Jun 30 06:42:38 2010 From: graduate56 at juno.com (Melissa Green) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:42:38 -0600 Subject: [Ccb-alumni] Colorado asociation of blind students 5050 Raffle Message-ID: The Colorado Association of Blind Students, (CABS), is holding a fifty-fifty raffle! The proceeds from this Raffle will be used to support OUR mentoring Program, which allows CABS members to mentor blind students in the state of Colorado, and at the state school for the blind. We are selling 1 ticket for $2, and five tickets for $3. The drawing will be held at the Colorado state Convention on October 30, 2010. We offer three convenient ways to purchase tickets. 1.. Those attending National Convention in Dallas can buy tickets at the Colorado table and from CABS members throughout the convention. 2.. You may purchase tickets through PayPal at the following address: Colorado.students at gmail.com And You can send a check or money order to the following address: Cabs fifty-fifty Raffle Attn: Melissa Green 2315 9th ave., Apt. 3306 Greeley, CO 80631 Checks and money orders should be made payable to: Colorado Asociation of Blind Students. If you purchase tickets with a check or money order, please drop me an email with your name and phone number to let me know that you have sent money to purchase tickets. This information will only be used to notify you whin your check or money order is received. Please send your name and phone number to: colorado.students at gmail.com, and place the words "raffle tickets" in the subject line. Warmly, Melissa Green Cabs First vice president The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Follow Cabs on twitter at: co blindstudents ____________________________________________________________ TODAY: iPads for $123.74? ALERT: iPads are being auctioned for 95% off today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c2ae8986eeb65557cst06vuc