[Iabs-talk] 2015 NFBI State Convention - Thank you

[Leslie Hamric]

And I would like to thank Denise for letting me do the welcome and invocation.
Leslie

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> On Nov 3, 2015, at 6:44 AM, Denise Avant <davant1958 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Good morning fellow federationists,
> 
> I want to thank all of you for attending our 2015 convention. I also want to thank all of our presenters, including  John Gordon, Chief of BBs, Janet Sherburne, former Assistant Bureau Chief, Byron Harden, I See Music, LLC, and Alan West of the Chicago Park District.
> I think we had a successful convention, and I am looking forward to next year’s convention. In Illinois, it is truly a team effort.
> Special thanks go to the following people:
> James Gashel our national representative
> Susan Gashel
> Dick Davis of Blind Inc
> Candace Chapman our NABS  representative
> debbie Stein for all of the work you do  with the parents and student events at convention and elsewhere
> Patti Chang for organizing the hotel and registration, and all of the many other things you do
> Francisco Chang for transporting  our equipment and materials to the convention, and for giving those of us who need it a ride to convention, and for handling kid camp
> Jana Stein for handling kid camp
> Byron Lee for managing our sound and for handling our website content
> Marco Giannotti and Nancy Gardner for handling our door prize table
> Glenn Moore and all of the public relations committee for getting out the word about the convention
> Mary Grunwald for handling the sales table
> Katie Leinum President of IABS
> Adrienne Falconer 1st Vice President of IABS and  NFBI  board member
> Roberta Reif for handling the info table, and for just being wherever we need you to be
> Bill Reif for all of the brailing of our convention materials
> Cathy Randal for raising all of the money for academic scholarships and our many other programs
> Robert Gardner for your tireless promotion of Braille literacy
> Dan Tevelde and Christopher Milsap for your presentation on adaptive options for blind and visually impaired computer users
> Linda Hendle for handling the at large dinner, which was a great success
> Ronza Othman, who though she could not be present at convention, listened on the stream and tweeted out the highlights of our convention
> Thanks to anyone who worked in kid camp, and anyone who helped setup and break down all of our sound equipment.
> 
> Denise R. Avant
> President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois
> Live the life you want
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