[Mn-at-large] Fwd: NFB President’s Notebook - week of 05/ 15/2017

Wed May 17 02:38:38 UTC 2017

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>President's Notebook
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>National Federation of the Blind
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>Mark A. Riccobono
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><mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>(410) 659-9314
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>Dear Fellow Federationists,
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>Listed below are a number of important things to 
>give attention to. Allen Harris reports that the 
>Jernigan Fund Committee has delivered news to 
>each of this year's recipients. Therefore, if 
>your affiliate has been holding off on 
>convention funding until the Jernigan 
>Scholarships have been completed, you need wait no longer.
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>In the midst of all of the Federation activity, 
>I would like to note today is Oriana's seventh 
>birthday. A day she now shares with NFB second 
>vice president Ron Brown and board member Carla 
>McQuillan. Warmest birthday wishes to these three Federationists!
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>News:
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>The May Presidential Release can be downloaded 
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><https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/presidential-releases-en/pr461.mp3>https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/podcast/presidential-releases-en/pr461.mp3.
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>Affiliate Website Support:
>Dialing 311 for information? Searching the 
>yellow pages? These are increasingly things of 
>the past. Many people find us using the 
>internet, coming first to our website. An 
>easy-to-use, eye-catching website is crucial for 
>assisting members and attracting newcomers. We 
>would like to make managing your website easier.
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>The Jernigan Institute can purchase, manage, and 
>renew your domain name at no cost to the 
>affiliate. You may host your website for free on 
>the NFBNet server. And we are now providing 
>website themes for both Drupal and WordPress, 
>two popular management platforms for managing 
>your website. The themed templates mirror the 
>layout of <http://www.nfb.org>www.nfb.org and 
>help to provide a consistent branded look across 
>our affiliates and divisions. While we cannot 
>provide support for the WordPress theme, limited 
>support will be available for the Drupal theme.
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>Additionally, we will be offering training to 
>interested affiliate webmasters at the Jernigan 
>Institute this summer. On August 25-26, 
>attendees will become familiar with the Drupal 
>theme and learn to build a working affiliate 
>website on the Drupal platform. More details 
>about this training will be sent in the near future.
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>If you are interested in receiving the website 
>themes or sending a webmaster for Drupal website 
>training, contact John Berggren (extension 2329 
>or <mailto:jberggren at nfb.org>jberggren at nfb.org) for additional information.
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>Dare to Be Remarkable Call for Presentations:
>We are soliciting proposals for presenters at 
>the three-day, national training conference for 
>education and rehabilitation professionals who 
>work with blind transition-aged students or 
>adults.  More information, including proposal 
>details and event registration, can be found at 
><https://nfb.org/dare-be-remarkable-call-presentations>https://nfb.org/dare-be-remarkable-call-presentations. 
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>Strengthening Our Partnership with Target:
>The relationship that the National Federation of 
>the Blind shares with Target Corporation is a 
>positive, productive one, as demonstrated by our 
>selection of Target as one of our partners in 
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><https://nfb.org/national-federation-blind-strategic-nonvisual-access-partner-certification>Strategic 
>Nonvisual Access Partnership (SNAP) program. 
>This is our way of acknowledging our support of 
>Targetâ€™s commitment to the enculturation of 
>accessibility throughout their organization. 
>This extends beyond website and app 
>accessibility into policy and practice. We have 
>recently been informed of a problem with 
>accessibility in one of the Target retail 
>stores, where a blind patron was not provided 
>appropriate assistance while shopping in the 
>store. We are working collaboratively with 
>Target to resolve this matter, and we would like 
>to know if there are others that are 
>experiencing problems obtaining shopping 
>assistance at their local Target retail store. 
>We are equally interested in hearing examples of 
>how your local Target store provides quality 
>service to their blind customers. Please email 
>your comments to 
><mailto:mkroeger at nfb.org>mkroeger at nfb.org, or 
>call Melissa Kroeger at (410) 659-9314, extension 2207.
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>NOPBC Seeking Recommendations for PLP at National Convention:
>The National Organization of Parents of Blind 
>Children (NOPBC) is seeking recommendations for 
>our next Parent Leadership Program (PLP) to be 
>held at the 2017 National Convention in Orlando. 
>Do you have a parent who shows the commitment 
>and leadership potential to found or strengthen 
>a parents division in your state?  If so, please 
>send the parentâ€™s name and contact information 
>to the NOPBC, and they will send that parent an 
>invitation to become a part of the PLP. Parents 
>from your state who are already in the program 
>will also be sent invitations. The NOPBC will be 
>able to provide a small travel stipend for 
>unreimbursed expenses for parents who need it.
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>To participate in PLP, parents will need to 
>arrive in Orlando by Sunday, July 9, so that 
>they can attend the NOPBC Seminar on Monday, 
>July 10, along with special PLP meetings, mentor 
>matches, and other NOPBC and NFB events 
>throughout the week. To make a recommendation, 
>send the parent's contact information to Carol 
>Castellano at 
><mailto:carol_castellano at verizon.net>carol_castellano at verizon.net, 
>or call her at (973) 377-0976.
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>Reminders:
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>Affiliate Exhibits at National Convention:
>If your state affiliate or division would like 
>to have a table in the exhibit hall, please 
>remember to reserve your spot by May 31, 2017. 
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><https://nfb.org/national-convention-exhibitor-application>register 
>online. If you have any questions, please 
>contact Anna Adler at (410) 659-9314, extension 
>2282, or <mailto:AAdler at nfb.org>AAdler at nfb.org.
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>Dates to Keep in Mind:
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>Â·        <http://nfb.org/state-conventions>Spring conventions
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>Â·        June 4, 2017: <https://nfb.org/dot-dash>6K Dot Dash
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>Â·        July 10-15, 2017: 
><https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm16/bm1611/bm161101.htm>National 
>Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida
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>Â·        July 23-29, 2017: 
><http://www.blindscience.org/nfb-youth-slam>Youth Slam, Towson University
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>Â·        September 12-17, 2017: 
><http://blindmerchants.org/blast-2017/>BLAST, Nashville, Tennessee
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>The National Federation of the Blind knows that 
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
>you or your future. Every day we raise the 
>expectations of blind people, because low 
>expectations create obstacles between blind 
>people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
>want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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>The National Federation of the Blind knows that 
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
>you or your future. Every day we raise the 
>expectations of blind people, because low 
>expectations create obstacles between blind 
>people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
>want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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>Mark A. Riccobono
>President
>200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
>(410) 659-9314 | 
><mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>The National Federation of the Blind is a 
>community of members and friends who believe in 
>the hopes and dreams of the nationâ€™s blind. 
>Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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