[NFB-Idaho] 2023 State Convention Agenda

Wed Apr 12 20:30:49 UTC 2023

National Federation of the Blind of Idaho

Dana Ard, President

1320 E. Washington

Boise, ID 83712

(208) 345-3906

pres.nfbidaho at gmail.com

2023 NFBI State Convention Agenda

April 27 - 29, 2023 Boise, ID

Riverside Hotel, 2900 W Chinden Blvd. 208-343-1871

"Achieving Equality, Opportunity, and Security for the Blind"

Our NFB National Representative is Shelia Wright, NFB National Board Member

Hospitality will be in Junior Suite Room: #111    It will be open Thursday
7:00-9:00 pm, Friday 12:00-2:00 pm, 5:00-7:00 pm, Saturday 12:00-2:00 pm,
5:00-6:00 pm

Convention Registration will be open: Thursday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm, Friday, 7:45
- 8:15 am Saturday, 7:45 - 8:15 am.

Chair Massages will be provided by Lynn Kneip in the back of the convention
room and the cost is $10.00

Orientation to the Hotel 

You will enter the hotel through the main doors which automatically slide
open, then through a second sliding door. Once you have passed through both
doors you will walk straight approximately 50 feet, and the hotel
registration desk will be to your left.  (To your right is a sitting area).

When you are finished checking in at the registration desk, turn putting the
desk to your right and walk back toward the front door, at the tile turn
left. When you approach the carpet again the entrance to the Riverside Grill
will be on your left. As you continue down the hallway, there is a half wall
separating the Grill from the hallway.  You will pass the Grill on your left
and a bit further the Quiet Bar on your right. Just past the Grill is a
small hallway and if you enter there is a doorway to the Aspen Room on the
right. This hallway is a service hallway to the kitchen.  To locate the main
doorway to the Aspen Room you will continue down the main hallway between
the Aspen Room and Quiet Bar and turn left at the corner where you will find
the door to the Aspen Room on the left. With this door to your left continue
straight ahead to the Juniper Room and the Convention registration table
will be located outside the Juniper Room.

The Convention Lobby is a big square.  The opposite end of the Lobby from
the Juniper Room is the doors leading outside.  On the wall between these
outside doors and the Quiet Bar is a casual seating area.

With the Aspen Room doorway behind you, the Juniper Room doorway is to your
left and Convention registration table will be outside the Juniper Room.
Keeping the Juniper Room doors on your left, walk through the Convention
Center Lobby. You will pass the stairs to go up on the right and enter the
sleeping room hallway. At the corner of the Juniper room, there is a hallway
to the left, cross that hallway to continue down the hallway to the sleeping
rooms. The first two doors on the left of the hallway are the restrooms. If
you follow the right side of the hallway, at the end there will be the
hospitality room #111 and a Coke machine on the left side of the hall. There
is an exit on the right side of the hallway.  The sleeping rooms 114 to 128
are further down this hallway.  Breakfast will be available at the Riverside
Grill, you will enter on the main lobby side.

For more dining and entertainment options, the Sapphire Room is located in
the main lobby beyond the registration desk.  The swimming pool can be found
out in the courtyard.

Pet Area: The best area is just opposite the Convention Center Lobby.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

6:30-7:30 pm     Registration                 Convention Center Lobby

7:00-9:00 pm      Reception                     Junior Suite Room 111  

For all members and friends.  Come, make new friends, meet up with old
friends, and get to know our national representative Shelia Wright. hosted
by Treasure Valley Chapter.

7:00-8:00 pm      Dance Aerobics, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes 

Aspen Room

8:30 pm     Resolutions Committee
Quiet Bar

Friday April 28, 2023

General Session, Juniper Room

7:45-8:15 Registration         Convention Center Lobby

8:30 am      Call to order: Dana Ard, President: Invocation: Frank
Skogsberg, announcements: 

One-minute message

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.

8:40            Opening Ceremonies, presented by Treasure Valley Chapter

9:05            Voting Privately and Independently in Idaho: Christine
Meeuwsen, Director of Legal and Advocacy Services, adult unit, Disability
Rights Idaho

9:30            ICBVI Report, Beth Cunningham, agency administrator

9:55            The Able Act, what it means for Idahoans with Disabilities,
Jami Davis; Program Specialist, State Independent Living Council

10:20         Suicide Prevention Carmen Barney, Senior Civil Rights
Investigator, Idaho Human Rights Commission

10:45         Fit break: Marcie Chapman

10:50         Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind update: 

Brian Darcy IESDB Superintendent

11:15         Drug Safety and Avenues for Accessible Drug Labeling in Idaho:
Destinie Triplett, Program Planning and development specialist, Office of
Drug Policy

11:40         Reports and Resolutions

12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own

1:00-4:00 Vendor Expo
Aspen Room

2:30-3:45 Bocce Ball NWABA Meet in Convention Center lobby to go to Petanque
Court 

4:00       Achieving Equality, Opportunity, and Security for the blind of
Idaho

6:00       Board Meeting and Dinner
Juniper Room

7:30-9:30 Live Entertainment by the Blend, Auction, basket fundraiser 

Aspen Room

Saturday. April 29, 2023

General Session, Juniper Room

7:45-8:15 Registration         Convention Center Lobby

7:45-8:45 Birding by Ear: Al Schneider and Ornithologists Meet in Convention
Center Lobby

9:00            Call to order, invocation: Megan Geisler,  NFB pledge and
announcements

NFB Pledge

I pledge to participate actively in the efforts of the National Federation
of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the blind;
to support the policies and programs of the Federation and to abide by its
Constitution.

9:15            National Report, Shelia Wright National Representative

9:55            Why Accessible Medical Devices Matter: Earl Hoover

10:20         Our Travels in Peru, the Bateman Family

10:45         NWABA in Idaho:  Plans for the future, Sam Picciano

11:10         An Athlete's Story, Crystal White

11:25         Fit Break, Marcie Chapman, Alison Steven

11:30         My Journey through Education to a Successful Career:  

Thomas Atkins, JD,MSAT,MBA

11:50-12:00 Reports and Resolutions

12:00-2:00 Student and Young Adult Luncheon                       Quiet Bar 

(preregistration required)

12:00         Parents of blind Children Open Discussion

2:00            State Report: Dana Ard, President NFBI

2:30            Working with a Guide Dog as Part of Your Tool Box: Marcy
Chapman and Lynn Kneip

3:00            Fit Break

3:05           Business Meeting, Elections and Announcements

4:20            BELL and Beyond: Alison Steven

4:40            Meet our new federationist Bose Pirnie

5:00            Meeting Adjourned

Saturday Evening

6:30 Banquet, Aspen Room

Invocation:  Leslie Mora

Mistress of Ceremonies: Susan Bradley, NFB Idaho Secretary, President,
Treasure Valley Chapter

Banquet Address: Shelia Wright, National Representative

Celebrating our History and our Future Ramona Walhof, NFB Idaho Historian

Presentation of Scholarships: Sandy Streeter, Scholarship Committee Chair

Funding our movement through the Preauthorized Contribution Plan: Ramona
Walhof:  PAC Chair 

Fundraising Auction and Baskets

Our final door prize will be $200.00, given by the Treasure Valley Chapter

Convention Adjourned

Committees

Convention Planning Committee:  Sandy Streeter, Chair; Alison Steven; Frank
Skogsberg; Megan Geisler; T  Squires; Natalie Morgan; Fawn Owens.

Registration Committee:  Don Winiecki and Susan Bradley

Hospitality Room:  Sue Brooks

Auction/Door prize/Committee: Natalie and Amber Morgan

Resolutions Committee:  Ramona Walhof, Chair; TJ Squires; Natalie Morgan;
Megan Geisler; Kevin Pirnie

Nominating Committee: Shane Ostermeier, Chair; Joe Thompson; Vickie Bateman

Scholarship Committee: Sandy Streeter, Chair; Vickie Bateman;  Shane
Ostermeier; Leslie Mora; Mike Gibson

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