[il-talk] final agenda
Patti Gregory-Chang
pattichang at att.net
Sat Sep 24 18:23:21 UTC 2011
Attached and pasted in is our final agenda for convention 2011. This is
going to be an awesome convention.
2011 National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Convention
>From Dream to Reality
AGENDA
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF ILLINOIS
Annual Convention
October 7 - 9, 2011
Rock Island Holiday Inn
226 17th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
309 794-1212
Members of NFBI wish to thank the following donors for their generous gifts:
Mr. Harold W. Knapheide III, in honor of his mother, the late Mary McDill
Knapheide
The Family of Elsie Kadel in memory of Elsie Kadel
The National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund
Richard Lansden, trustee, The Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust
J. Milton Harris/Alice Chenault Foundation
The Aileen S. Andrew Foundation
Walter M. Florie Jr., Board Member, Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation
Elick and Charlotte Lindon Foundation
Announcements you wish to be made from the convention floor during sessions
MUST be submitted to the information desk in the convention hall. Roberta
Reif is coordinating our registration/information desk this year.
If you wish to reach President Patti Gregory-Chang during sessions, please
convey your requests to the information desk.
Braille, print, and recorded literature is available at tables in the
convention hall. Please take all you can carry and distribute our positive
message of blindness far and wide!
Smoking is not permitted in convention sessions.
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
Patti S. Gregory-Chang, President
6919 W. Berwyn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60656 (773) 307-6440
NFB of Illinois web site: www.nfbofillinois.org
Hotel Layout:
The address of the hotel is 226 17th Street, Rock Island, Illinois. The
hotel is familiar to many of us, as this is our fourth convention here. We
last met at this hotel in 2007. Whether you are a first-time attendee or a
veteran who would like to refresh your memory, here is a brief description
of the hotel layout.
The hotel stands on the northwest corner of 17th Street and Third Avenue,
with 17th Street running north and south and 3rd Avenue running east and
west along the front of the building. As you enter the front door of the
hotel, the elevators will be directly across from you. Stairs in the middle
of the hotel lobby lead to the second floor. On Friday afternoon, there will
be a table for registration and information in the lobby until 4:30.
>From the front door, if you turn slightly left, you will find the check-in
desk along the left wall. Once you have checked in, turn right and walk to
the end of the desk. You will be in front of the elevators.
To the right of the elevators is a long carpeted hallway. Before you enter
this hallway, you will find on the right a coffee room, followed by an ATM,
and then a women's bathroom. As you proceed through a set of doors, a men's
bathroom will be on the right.
To get to Bennigan's Restaurant, walk down the carpeted hallway, pass
through a door, make a right, and continue straight down an uncarpeted hall.
Make a left, and you will be at Bennigan's. Across from Bennigan's are men's
and women's bathrooms.
All convention meetings will take place on the second floor of the hotel.
Once you get off the elevator on the second floor, you will be directly
across from the stairs. The staircase is in a square in the middle of the
floor. As you get off the elevator, make a left. If you make a 180-degree
turn, you will be at Sicily Sacks, our Hospitality Room. If you get off the
elevator, turn left, and continue straight down the hallway, you will find
another set of bathrooms. To reach the Fitness Center, continue down this
hallway, make another left, and keep walking. There are treadmills, bikes,
and a Stair Master in the Fitness Center. If you keep going straight rather
than making a left into the Fitness Center, you will come to an indoor pool.
You can walk around the pool, which is rectangular. As you walk you will
come to sliding glass doors that lead onto the balcony.
To reach our meeting rooms, get off the elevators, walk 8-10 feet to the
left, and then turn right. As you go down this hallway, you will find the
Barcelona and Nice Rooms on the left, followed by men's and women's
bathrooms. Genoa is at the end of the hallway. On the right at the end of
the hallway is Florence. There is also another door leading out to the
balcony. Florence is the room where our General Sessions will be held, as
well as the meeting of the Resolutions Committee, IABS Idol, the Student
Lunch, and a Friday-afternoon seminar. Barcelona will be used for Exhibitors
on Friday afternoon and for Kids Camp on Saturday. The Significant Others
meeting will take place in Nice.
If you turn right when you get off the elevators on the second floor, the
registration area will be off to the right. Venice will be the first room
after you turn right off the elevators. This is the room where the Parents
and Student Breakfasts are being held. Tuscany, the room where the Parent
Lunch and Teen Scene will take place, is straight across from the elevators.
A dog relief area has been designated just outside the hotel. To get to this
area, go out the main door and make an immediate left. Walk to 17th Street
and make a right. Cross the driveway, which is the entrance to the hotel.
There you will find some mulch, which runs from the driveway entrance to the
corner of 17th Street and Third Avenue.
Have a great convention, everyone!
REGISTRATION/INFORMATION AND SALES TABLES
The Registration/information desk will be in the hotel Main Lobby on Friday
Oct. 7 from 12:00 to 4:30, and in Florence during general sessions.
Registration will be on the 2nd floor in the foyer on Friday from 5:00 to
6:30 and 8:00 to 8:30 as well as on Saturday from 8:00 to 9:00. Sales
tables for NFBI and IABS will be in the back of Florence during general
sessions.
Welcome to our 2011 State Convention of the National Federation of the Blind
of Illinois!!!
Friday, October 7th, Afternoon
12:00-4:30 Registration
Roberta Reif, Registration Coordinator
Hotel Lobby, 1st floor
2:00-5:00 Exhibits
Barcelona
Center for Sight and Hearing
EnVision America
Independent Living Aids
National Service Inclusion Project
NFB-Newsline
Voices of Vision Talking book Center
2:00-4:30 Employment Seminar
Florence
2:00-2:30 Obtaining Good Skills Through Rehabilitation Centers
Pam Allen, Director Louisiana Center for the Blind
2:30-3:00 Resumes and Interviews
Patti S. Gregory Chang, President, NFBI
3:00-3:30 NFB-Newsline - Job Searches and More
Dave Meyer, Newsline Coordinator
3:30-4:00 Schedule A and Federal Hiring and
Rehab Can Help with that First Job
Ronza Othman Esq., IABS Treasurer
4:00-4:30 Blindness on the Job - From Beginning to Exit Interview
Steve Hastalis, Chicago Chapter Treasurer
Friday, October 7th, Evening
4:45-6:45 Join us to go out to Dinner
Choose one of three local restaurants
Blue Cat, Huckleberry's, or Rock Island Brewing
Co.
Bob Gardner, Blackhawk Chapter President
Meet in the hotel lobby
4:45-6:45 Join Our At-Large Chapter for A Get-To-Know You
Dinner
Presidential Suite
4:45-6:45 Scholarship Dinner (Winners and Committee)
Nice
5:00-6:30 Registration
Roberta Reif, Registration Coordinator
2nd Floor, Foyer
7:00-8:00 Resolutions
George Villa, Chair NFBI Resolutions Committee
Florence
8:00-8:30 Registration
Roberta Reif, Registration Coordinator
2nd Floor, Foyer
8:30-11:00 IABS IDOL
Liz Bottner, IABS President
Ronza Othman Esq., IABS Treasurer
Florence
Saturday, October 8th, Morning
7:00-8:30 Parents of Blind Children Breakfast
Nelly Gamino, Parent
Debbie Stein, NFBI 1st Vice President
Masters of Ceremony
Venice
7:30-7:45 What Can the NFB Do for Your Family? Debbie Kent Stein, Editor,
Future Reflections Magazine; Illinois Liaison to the National Organization
of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC).
7:45-8:00 Braille Readers Are Leaders! Elissa Edwards and Stephanie
Backay, Illinois Braille Readers Are Leaders Winners, 2011
8:00-8:20 Leadership and Advocacy in Washington
Matthew Miller, LAW Program Attendee, 2011
8:20-8:30 Questions
8:00-9:00 Registration
Roberta Reif, Registration Coordinator
2nd Floor, Foyer
Later registration- see Roberta Reif at
Information
desk
8:45-5:15 NFBI Kid Kamp
Barcelona
Janna Stein, Director
8:45-9:00 Parents sign kids in, free play
9:00-9:30 Halloween show & tell
9:30-10:00 Read story aloud with children participation
10:00-10:30 Art project, clean up
10:30-11:00 Snack, clean up
11:00-11:30 Scavenger hunt in room and around hotel (adult
supervised)
11:30-12:00 Free play
12:00-12:45 lunch/clean up
12:45-2:00 Movie
2:00-2:30 Art project
2:30-3:00 Indoor sports, jeopardy
3:00-3:30 Story
3:30-4:30 Music, musical chairs
4:30-5:00 Snack
5:00-5:15 Clean up
9:00-11:00 General Session
Patti Chang, Esq., NFBI President
Florence
9:00-9:05 Call to Order & Welcome
Moment of Silence
9:15-9:30 Welcome to the District
Hon. Representative Bobby Schilling,
United States Congressman 17th District
9:30-10:00 National Report
Pam Allen
Director Louisiana Center for the Blind
10:00-11:00 Youth Slam Participants
Ambrielle Borders
Kevin Cuthbertson
Alyssa Henson
Katie Leinum
Jessica Lopez
11:00 Announcements and adjournment for lunch
Saturday, October 8th, Luncheons
11:30-1:30 IABS Luncheon
Anyone interested in students issues is
welcome.
Dale Sczwek, Master of Ceremonies
IABS Membership Committee Chair
Florence
Welcome; Opening Remarks
Patti Gregory-Chang, Esq. - NFBI President
Liz Bottner - IABS President
Dream to Reality through Excellent Instruction -
Excellence in Teaching Awards Presentation
Alyson Slaughter, Esq. - IABS Board member
Dream to Reality through Scholarship - 2011 NFBI
Scholarship Program
Debbie Stein - Chairperson, NFBI Scholarship Committee
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Scholarship Class of 2011
Vandana Chaudry, Doctoral Candidate
University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Social Work
Megan Dowell, Sophomore
Olivet Benedictine University
Michal Nowicki, Junior
University of Illinois at Chicago
Rose Sloan, Junior
Northwestern University
Muhammad Saif Ullah, Junior
Loyola University
Dream to Reality Luncheon Keynote Address
Darian Smith - NABS Second Vice President
Closing Remarks
Chris Jeckel - IABS Board Member
12:30-3:00 Parents Luncheon and Seminar
Anyone interested in parent issues is welcome.
Tuscany
1:00-1:10 Janice Pope, Independent Living Aids ((ILA)
1:10-1:30 Karen Odean, Voices of Vision, National Library Service (NLS)
1:30-2:15 "Partners in Advocacy," a Panel:
Serena Preston, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Rehabilitation
Coordinator, Illinois School for the Visually Impaired (ISVI), Jacksonville,
Illinois
Pamela Allen, Director, Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston, Louisiana
Joanna Graham, Parent, Macomb, Illinois
2:15-2:30 Questions
Saturday October 8th, Afternoon
2:00-5:00 General Session
Florence
2:00 Call to order and announcements
2:00-2:45 Employment Panel
Laura Martinez, Chef Charlie Trotter's Restaurant
Bart Hickey, B.A.T. Automotive
2:45-3:15 Rehabilitation under Kris Smith
Bettye Odem-Davis
3:15-3:35 Lois Barnhart
Serve Illinois Inclusion Officer
National Service Inclusion Project
3:35-4:00 The Library for the Blind
Karen Odean, Director
Voices of Vision Talking book Center
4:00 4:30 Chapter Reports
Liz Bottner, IABS
Bob Gardner, Blackhawk
Bill Isaacs, Kankakee Chapter
President
Leslie Hamric, At-Large
Dave Meyer, Chicago
Bill Reif, Ferris Wheel
Alyson Slaughter, Four Rivers
4:30-5:00 Guide Dogs and Canes
Dale Sczwek, IABS Member
Debbie Pittman, NFBI Secretary
Debbie Stein, NFBI 1st Vice President
Chris Jeckel, IABS Board Member
Steve Hastalis, Chicago Chapter
Treasurer
5:00 Announcements and Adjournment
Saturday October 8th, Breakouts
3:00-5:00 Teen Scene
Liz Bottner, IABS President
Tuscany
4:00-5:00 Significant Others Breakout
All who have a significant other: spouse, sibling, child, parent, etc. are
encouraged to attend
Francisco Chang and Bob Gardner
Nice
Saturday, October 8th, Evening
5:00 - 6:30 Scholarship Committee Meeting
Room TBA
6:00-7:00 Hospitality
Sicily Sax
7:00-10:00 Annual Banquet
M.C. Robert Gardner, NFBI, 2nd Vice President
Florence
Welcome to Blackhawk and Invocation
Bob Gardner, Blackhawk Chapter
President
Welcome to the District
Hon. Senator Mike Jacobs
Illinois Senate, 36th District
15 for Funds
Denise Avant, NFBI Board Member
Talking Lab Quest Award
Cary Supalo
President Independent Science LLC
Banquet Keynote Address
Pam Allen, Director Louisiana Center for the
Blind
Scholarship Awards
Debbie Stein, Scholarship Committee
Chair
10:00-12:00 Hospitality
Sicily Sax
Sunday, October 9th, Morning
7:00-8:30 Student Breakfast and IABS Business Meeting
Liz Bottner, IABS President
Venice
Welcome
Liz Bottner - IABS President
Treasurer's Report
Ronza Othman, Esq. - IABS Treasurer
President's Report
Liz Bottner - IABS President
Future of IABS: Open Discussion
Chris Jeckel - IABS Board Member
Elections
Liz Bottner - IABS President
Closing Remarks
Rose Sloan - IABS Second Vice President
9:00-12:15 General Session
Florence
9:00-9:05 Call to Order
9:05-10:00 Braille is Beautiful - a dramatic presentation
by talented Braille readers
10:05-10:30 Treasurer's Report
10:30-11:00 President's Report
Patti Gregory-Chang, Esq., NFBI
President
11:00-11:30 Resolutions
George Villa, Chair NFBI Resolutions Committee
11:30-11:55 Elections
Election of Treasurer to complete last year of term.
Election of two members of the Board of
directors to fill seats currently held
by Denise Avant and Bill Reif
Election of Delegate and Alternates to
2012
National Convention
11:55-12:00 Closing Remarks and Announcements
12:00 Adjournment
Thanks to the Special Events Committee and all others who have served on
committees, worked registration and information tables, secured door prizes,
and appeared on the agenda. You have helped make this convention a
tremendous success.
NFB of Illinois
President: Patti S. Gregory-Chang, Esq.
NFB PLEDGE
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.
P.S. Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund
via your phone bill.
P.S.S. National Federation of the Blind of Illinois is now on twitter at
www.twitter.com/nfbi.
We also have a facebook page. Just search for our full name.
Patti Gregory-Chang, Esq.
Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee
scholarships at nfb.org
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattichang at att.net
www.nfbofillinois.org
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