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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Kansas Federation family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here are just a few items to keep in mind as we make preparations for the 2018 state affiliate convention which begins on Friday November 2 and ends on Sunday November 4 at the Hotel Old Town Wichita, 830 E First Street at First and Mosley. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> •Hotel room reservations. If you plan to stay at the hotel and have not reserved a room, you will need to take care of this immediately as the available block of rooms will close on Thursday and the hotel is almost filled up. The cost is $119 per room per night, with options of a king sized bed or 2 queens. You may reserve your room by calling (316) 267-4800. If your lodging expenses are covered by the state organization DO NOT make a reservation as Donna Wood has already done this for you. If you have questions as to whether Donna has reserved a room for you, you may call her at (316) 640-0650 or inquire via email at <a href="mailto:donnajwood@cox.net">donnajwood@cox.net</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Convention registration. You have the option of pre-registering or registering for the convention at the hotel on Friday evening or Saturday. Note it will be $5 cheaper to register ahead of time. The registration form can be found at our NFB of Kansas website at <a href="http://www.nfbks.org">www.nfbks.org</a> where you may download the form in Microsoft Word file format. You may register more than one person using the same form, but be sure to list everyone by name with contact information for each person and be sure to declare the total amount to be paid to Robert Fuller, our state treasurer who is in charge of registration. You may send a hard copy of your registration wit payment to NFB of Kansas c/o Robert Fuller, 1812 Ississippi, Lawrence KS 66044 or via email at <a href="mailto:treasurer@nfbks.org">treasurer@nfbks.org</a>. You may also pay via Paypal by entering <a href="mailto:treasurer@nfbks.org">treasurer@nfbks.org</a> as the payee. If you do not have a Paypal account, you may create one by logging into <a href="http://www.paypal.com">www.paypal.com</a>. As a heads-up warning, you may need some assistance conquering a one time captcha when you create your account. Fortunately, you will not experience a captcha problem when sending or receiving funds through Paypal. Registration fees for 2018 are $5 for earlybird registration and $10 at the registration desk, $15 for the Saturday luncheon, and $30 for the Saturday evening banquet. A complementary breakfast is provided for Saturday and Sunday mornings. For those who are coming on Friday afternoon we invite you to partake of the food and libation in the hospitality area where the very tasty and substantial hors d’oeuvres will make for a very satisfying evening meal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Resolutions and nominating committee. Chapter presidents are kindly and gently reminded to designate representatives to these 2 committees which will meet on Friday evening starting at 7:00pm. You may appoint one of your members for both committees if you wish as the nominating committee will meet immediately after the resolutions committee concludes. We invite and encourage you to prepare resolutions for our consideration at the business meeting on Sunday morning. Resolutions must meet the following requirements:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> –state a problem or concern in blindness policy either by a public or private entity such as a college or university, a place of employment, a retail sales firm,or a technology company or vendor;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> –must include at least one “whereas” (statement of problem) clause, and at least one “be it resolved” clause (policy change requested or demanded;)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>–<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The author or designated spokesperson must be present at the resolutions committee markup session on Friday evening to explain the resolution after the language is read.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> •Schedule and upcoming highlights. Pre-convention activities will begin on Friday at 1:30 with a blindness techknology seminar to be conducted jointly by Mika Pyyhkala and myself. We will cover some basics and latest developments on various techknology platforms and devices including screenreaders, the Aira and Orcam navigational systems, Siri for iOS devices, and the KFNB reader, to name a few. The theme of the 2018 convention will be the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the founding of the Kansas NFB affiliate. Three fabulous guest speakers will take us for a walk down memory lane to reminisce about the early days of the Federation in Kansas after a seven year blackout period when the Kansas affiliate broke away in the “civil War” of 1961 to help form the American Council of the Blind (ACB.) Anil Lewis, executive direcgtor of the NFB Jernigan Institute will be our national representative. We look forward to welcoming Anil back to Kansas since he appeared as our national representative at our 2009 convention in Salina.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this gives you the information you neet to get ready for convention and I look forward to seeing you all there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob Tabor | First vice president National Federation of the Blind of Kansas<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(785) 865-9959<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob.tabor@sbcglobal.net<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>