[Mn-at-large] Fwd: NFB President’s Notebook - week of 04/ 16/2018

Tue Apr 17 02:08:27 UTC 2018

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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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>I hope this message finds you doing well and 
>with your taxes filed. We are now entering that 
>window of time where the preparations for our 
>national convention compete with all of the 
>other great things that are happening. We are 
>juggling many things while preparing for the 
>convention, including an important hearing on 
>the Marrakesh Implementation Act this week. Your 
>convention ideas are still welcome.
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>In preparation for the national convention, I 
>note that we have some new delegates to the 
>convention. If our new delegates are interested 
>in having a call to discuss the responsibilities 
>of the delegates, please let me know. In the 
>meantime, I encourage all affiliates to be 
>thinking about their gifts to the national 
>organization. We cannot continue to raise 
>expectations without the funds to allow us to be 
>in the right places at the strategically right 
>time. Contributions from affiliates to the 
>national organization make a difference in our 
>having funds to carry out the work directed by the convention.
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>Critical Actions This Week:
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>Marrakesh Treaty Update:
>On Wednesday, April 18, the US Senate Committee 
>on Foreign Relations will be holding a hearing 
>regarding the Marrakesh Treaty. The hearing will 
>be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Senate Dirksen 
>Office Building, room 419. Scott LaBarre will be 
>testifying on behalf of the National Federation 
>of the Blind. Those in the local area who are 
>available should consider attending. The hearing 
>will also be live-streamed at 
><https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818>https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818. 
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>News:
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>Proposals for Tactile Graphics Symposium Presentations Now Being Accepted:
>The Tactile Graphics in Education and Careers 
>Symposium will take place at the National 
>Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute on 
>October 11-12, 2018. Proposals for general 
>session and breakout session presentations will 
>be accepted until May 7, 2018. For additional 
>information about the symposium, please visit 
><https://nfb.org/tactile-graphics-education-and-careers-symposium>https://nfb.org/tactile-graphics-education-and-careers-symposium.
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>Links to News:
>There was an article about the subminimum wage 
>ban for which the NFB of Washington advocated in 
>Seattle that can be found at 
><http://kuow.org/post/seattle-bans-subminimum-wages-people-disabilities>http://kuow.org/post/seattle-bans-subminimum-wages-people-disabilities.
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>Also, over the weekend there was an article and 
>video about a 
><https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-council-bill-aims-to-introduce-braille-education-to-kids/65-538135933>new 
>Braille standards proposal in DC.
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>Dates to Keep in Mind:
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>    * May 1, 2018: Deadline for 
> <http://www.blindscience.org/nfbeq>NFB EQ program applications
>    * May 1, 2018: Deadline for 
> <https://nfb.org/divisions-and-committees#DistinguishedEducatorBlindChildren>Distinguished 
> Educator of the Year nominations
>    * May 31, 2018: Deadline for 
> <https://convention.nfb.org/>preregistration for 2018 National Convention
>    * July 3-8, 2018: 
> <https://nfb.org/convention>National Federation 
> of the Blind National Convention, Orlando, Florida
>    * July 29-August 4, 2018: <http://www.blindscience.org/nfbeq>NFB EQ
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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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