[Mn-at-large] Fwd: NFB President’s Notebook - week of 04/ 23/2018

Tue Apr 24 01:50:27 UTC 2018

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>President's Notebook
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>Mark A. Riccobono
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><mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>officeofthepresident at nfb.org
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>Dear Fellow Federationists,
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>We had a great time last week with the hearing 
>about the Marrakesh Treaty. It was a historic 
>step on a long journey that is not yet done for 
>us. It is worth pausing to recognize that 
>progress is often slow but our progress is 
>always advancing, due to the commitment of so 
>many great Federationists. A considerable amount 
>of credit goes to Scott LaBarre and Marc Maurer 
>for their detailed attention, skillful 
>negotiation, and visionary leadership in this 
>process. Thank you to those who came to the hearing from around the Federation.
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>Please continue to send me those thoughts about 
>the national convention. The time is drawing 
>near to finalize the agenda and start making 
>plans for the presentations at the convention. 
>This week our Bolotin and scholarship committees 
>will meet to discuss those important aspects of 
>our convention. This being our last year in 
>Orlando for a while, I hope that you are 
>encouraging people to be with us at our family reunion.
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>News:
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>Marrakesh Treaty Update:
>After a very successful hearing last week (audio 
>recording available at 
><https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818>https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/treaties-041818), 
>both the Senate Foreign Relations and Judiciary 
>committees are poised to vote on the Marrakesh 
>Treaty and its implementing legislation. In 
>preparation for that vote, we have been asked to 
>redouble our efforts to build bipartisan 
>cosponsor support for S. 2559, the Marrakesh 
>Treaty Implementation Act. Over the next few 
>days, affiliates who have representation on 
>either of these committees will be contacted by 
>our Government Affairs team with more 
>information and should mobilize swiftly to bring 
>on more cosponsor support ahead of these important votes.
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>Ticketmaster Accessibility
>The NFB is investigating the accessibility of 
>Ticketmasterâ€™s website and mobile app, as well 
>as the effectiveness of requesting equal access 
>through Ticketmasterâ€™s customer service 
>personnel. If you have recently purchased 
>tickets or attempted to purchase tickets through 
>Ticketmaster, we would like to hear from you. If 
>you have identified ways to work around 
>Ticketmaster, perhaps by purchasing tickets 
>directly through a concert venue, we would like 
>to know about those workarounds. Please direct 
>your feedback to Valerie Yingling at 
><mailto:vyingling at nfb.org>vyingling at nfb.org or 
>410-659-9314, extension 2440, no later than April 27.
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>2018 National Convention Exhibit Hall Affiliate 
>& Division Registration: Deadline May 31:
>Remember to fill out the 
><https://nfb.org/national-convention-exhibitor-application>registration 
>form to reserve your State Affiliate or 
>Divisionâ€™s spot in the 2018 National 
>Convention Exhibit Hall before the May 31 
>deadline. Make sure you select â€œNFB Affiliate 
>Exhibitorâ€ as your Exhibitor Type. Contact 
>Anna Adler at 
><mailto:aadler at nfb.org>aadler at nfb.org or 
>410-659-9314, extension 2282, if you have any questions.
>Complete information about sponsoring and 
>exhibiting, including the exhibit hall dates and 
>times, is 
><https://nfb.org/sponsor-and-exhibitor-info>available 
>online.  If you know any vendors or service 
>providers who may be interested in sponsoring or 
>exhibiting at the National Convention, please 
>encourage them to check us out and share the 
>convention information with them. 
><mailto:aadler at nfb.org>Email Anna Adler if she 
>should reach out or can help with follow up. 
>Thank you—wweâ€™re looking forward to another great convention!
>Congratulations to our Nebraska affiliate for 
>passing a blind parents bill. The bill still 
>needs to be signed by the governor, but we can 
>now count Nebraska as our tenth state with 
>strong protections for blind parents.
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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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