[MN-at-Large] NFB President’s Notebook - week of 06/25/ 2019

Thu Jun 27 04:06:16 UTC 2019

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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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>This is the one week of the year when we try not 
>to think outside the box. Our national office is 
>full of boxes which are about to be sealed and 
>loaded on to a truck that will head to Las Vegas 
>on Friday. The convention is right around the 
>corner. We are looking forward to our best 
>convention ever. You are critical in making that 
>come true. We are in a new place, with lots of 
>new attendees, new exhibitors, and new sponsors. 
>Your leadership will be critical in making the 
>convention experience great for all. Thank you in advance for your work.
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>During the convention, please be sure to capture 
>stories that exemplify our work together. Share 
>these stories with our communications group 
>during or after the convention, so we can 
>continue to help communicate the impact we make with the world.
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>Stay tuned as we get closer to the convention as 
>there may be last minute announcements that we need to share with you.
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>Convention:
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>Contributions at the National Convention:
>During the national convention, we will collect 
>financial contributions for the Jernigan Fund, 
>the SUN Fund, and the White Cane Fund. In recent 
>years, our Imagination Fund has not operated 
>differently than our White Cane Fund, so we have 
>combined it into one fund—the White Cane Fund. 
>As you know, that is how we designate geeneral 
>donations to the National Federation of the 
>Blind. Please keep this in mind when making 
>contributions to the organization at the national convention.
>    * If you are making contributions to 
> multiple funds, please write one check per fund 
> payable to the National Federation of the Blind 
> or NFB and identify the fund in the memo line of the check.
>    * Financial contributions to the tenBroek 
> Fund should be made payable to Jacobus tenBroek 
> Memorial Fund or JtB. Please do not include NFB anywhere on the check.
>    * All fund contributions should be in 
> individual envelopes clearly marked in print 
> and Braille with the name of the affiliate, the fund, and the amount.
>    * Financial contributions to NFB Camp or 
> Kids Camp should be made payable to NFB Camp 
> and given directly to Carla McQuillan, 
> president of the NFB of Oregon. These do not 
> need to be announced during the roll call.
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>2019 National Convention Live Stream:
>We are proud to provide portions of the 2019 
>National Convention via our live stream for 
>those who are unable to be with us in person. 
>The convention will be streamed during the Board 
>of Directors Meeting, General Sessions, and the 
>Banquet. Find the media players available to 
>access and the sessions scheduled to be 
>broadcasted at https://www.nfb.org/livestream.
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>Agenda and other convention documents available on NFB-NEWSLINE:
>To read the agenda or the other 
>convention-related documents using the telephone 
>access method, go to Option Five for Newspapers 
>in Different State, then Option Five for 
>National Meetings of Interest to the Print 
>Disabled and follow the prompts to select the 
>item of your choice such as the 2019 NFB 
>Convention Agenda, the 2019 NFB Convention 
>Exhibitors, 2019 NFB Convention First Timers 
>Guide, or the 2019 NFB Convention Restaurant 
>Guide. If you're using NFB-NEWSLINE Mobile, 
>choose Publications, Publication Options, and 
>All Publications to maneuver to the documents.
>Google Calendar:
>Below is a link to a public Google calendar for 
>the upcoming national convention. You can access 
>and subscribe to this calendar from within apps 
>if you want to see the whole convention agenda or just add individual events.
><https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/pqckoub820qm8r0s3i12vidl3c@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics>https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/pqckoub820qm8r0s3i12vidl3c@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics
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>News:
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>New Executive Director of BLIND, Inc.:
>Jennifer Kennedy has accepted the position of 
>executive director of BLIND, Inc. starting in 
>late July. She is a long-time Federationist who 
>comes with a strong background of leadership in 
>blindness rehabilitation. She currently works as 
>a lead cane travel instructor at the 
>adjustment-to-blindness training center in Utah. 
>Additionally, she serves on the National 
>Orientation and Mobility Certification Trainers 
>(NOMCT) committee, an appointed committee of 
>structure discovery cane travel certification 
>holders whose purpose is to supervise cane 
>travel apprenticeships, grade certification 
>exams, and evaluate agencies desiring structure 
>discovery certification. Thank you to Brian 
>Delude for ably serving as interim executive 
>director and to Dan Wenzel for his years of 
>service as the previous executive director at BLIND, Inc.
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>Blind Prisoner
>A <https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005t9p>BBC 
>program aired recently in the UK regarding the 
>case brought by Maryland blind prisoners and 
>similar cases in the UK. Most of the episode is 
>a discussion with our counsel, Eve Hill, and 
>with Tyrel (they only used his first name), one 
>of the inmates who participated in the 
>litigation. Kurt Decker from NDRN also 
>participated as they have brought similar cases. 
>Please share with our members the work we did 
>and its significance. Hereâ€™s the link: 
>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005t9p
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>Dates to Keep in Mind:
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>    * July 7-12, 2019: 
> <https://www.nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention>NFB 
> National Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada
>    * February 10, 2020: Great Gathering-In; Washington Seminar begins
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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 | 
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