[Mn-at-large] Fwd: NFB President’s Notebook - week of 11/ 20/2018

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Wed Nov 21 01:21:21 UTC 2018 

>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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>Hold on just a minute, take a moment to read the 
>content below. I know you are thinking about the 
>turkey and pie or how much you have to pack to 
>go to visit friends and family. However, this 
>notebook, like most, includes really important 
>content, and some of it is very time sensitive. 
>Now I know that you are thinking that thawing 
>out the turkey is also time sensitive, but the 
>Federation needs you to take a moment to check 
>out some of the action items we need from 
>affiliates and make a plan to execute on them in 
>the next week. At the very least, make yourself 
>a big to-do item for Monday morning.
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>When I think about being thankful, I think about 
>the leaders of the Federation. What you do on a 
>daily basis makes such a great difference in our 
>ability to have a powerful network of Federation 
>family across the country. I am thankful for 
>you. I am also thankful, as I know many of you 
>are, that we have had another tremendous fall 
>convention season. I want to extend a special 
>thank you to Sharon Maneki who retired for a 
>second time from the presidency of the NFB of 
>Maryland. Sharon stepped back into the 
>presidency to assist with the transition of 
>leadership of our national organization as 
>Melissa Riccobono was serving as president of 
>the affiliate at the time. Those of you who know 
>Sharon know that she does not do anything 
>half-heartedly, and her second round in the 
>chair was even more aggressive than the first 
>time she served. She has now turned the 
>presidency over to Ronza Othman, but Sharon 
>continues to be a significant leader in our 
>movement. We should also welcome Maryanne Melley 
>to the presidency of the NFB of Connecticut and 
>Scott van Gorp to the presidency of the NFB of 
>Iowa. Thank you to those who have stepped up to serve our organization.
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>Now for my tips for a successful Thanksgiving:
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>1. Read the items below.
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>2. Make a plan to act on them.
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>3. Enjoy your Thanksgiving knowing that you are 
>ahead of the game for the year ahead in the Federation.
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>4. Reflect on all that we have to be thankful 
>for in this great Federation family.
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>5. Eat pie.
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>Critical Actions This Week:
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>Affiliate Social Media Information Needed:
>As some of you may know, we are in the process 
>of redesigning the current nfb.org. This is an 
>exciting project, and we have a lot of 
>improvements in the works. One content-related 
>update we are planning is to include 
>state-specific social media information on each 
>of the state affiliate pages. To that end, 
>please send a list of your state’s current 
>social media accounts, including Twitter handles 
>and/or Facebook page URLs, to our web content 
>coordinator, Alyssa Vetro. You may email her at 
><mailto:avetro at nfb.org>avetro at nfb.org. Please do so by Tuesday, November 27.
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>News:
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>Presidential Release:
>The November Presidential Release is available 
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><https://nfb.org/presidential-releases-en/presidential-release-477>https://nfb.org/presidential-releases-en/presidential-release-477.
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>“On Our Seventy-Eighth Birthday, Celebrating 
>Seventy-Eight Years of Stories:”
>In case you haven’t had a chance to read it 
>yet, my recent blog post is available at 
><https://nfb.org/blog/article/3768>https://nfb.org/blog/article/3768. 
>If you would like to share it with others, it is 
>linked from Facebook at 
><https://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind/photos/a.10150364849919248/10156933902509248/>https://www.facebook.com/NationalFederationoftheBlind/photos/a.10150364849919248/10156933902509248/ 
>as well as on Twitter.
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>Scholarship Application Now Available:
>Every year through our scholarship program, we 
>award more than $120,000 to blind scholars from 
>throughout the United States in recognition of 
>their achievements and professional aspirations. 
>The scholarship application period opened on 
>November 1 and runs through March 31, 2019. To 
>learn more and to apply, please visit our new 
>scholarship webpage at 
><https://nfb.org/scholarships>https://nfb.org/scholarships.
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>Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards:
>The annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honor 
>individuals and organizations that are a 
>positive force in the lives of blind people and 
>whose work advances the ultimate goal of helping 
>transform our dreams into reality. Individuals 
>and organizations can apply for an award or 
>nominate others. The nomination period opens on 
>November 15, 2018, and runs through April 15, 
>2019. For more information, including the 
>history of the award and its recent winners, 
>visit the new Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award webpage at 
><https://nfb.org/bolotin>https://nfb.org/bolotin.
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>Dates to Keep in Mind:
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>    * January 28, 2019: Great Gathering-In; Washington Seminar begins
>    * March 28-29, 2019: Jacobus tenBroek Law Symposium
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>·         March 31, 2019: 
><https://nfb.org/scholarships>NFB scholarship application deadline
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>·         April 15, 2019: 
><https://nfb.org/programs/dr-jacob-bolotin-awards>Dr. 
>Jacob Bolotin Award application deadline
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>    * June 16-22, 2019: NFB EQ, Baltimore, Maryland
>    * July 7-12, 2019: 
> <https://nfb.org/convention/2019>NFB National Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
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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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