[nfbmi-talk] FW: MCB Commission Meeting Activity List 3/20/09

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Here is the Commission Activity list F Y I.

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Subject: MCB Commission Meeting Activity List 3/20/09

MICHIGAN COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND

ACTIVITY LIST

March 2009 Edition

March 19    MCB Image & Identity Team meeting, 9 a.m. to noon,
Conference Room F, Third Floor, Victor Building, 201 N. Washington
Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017
and enter passcode 7502991. This group focuses on ways to increase
awareness of the Michigan Commission for the Blind and its programs and
services, such as through collaboration with other organizations,
publications, the MCB website, media, community events, and more. The
committee is open to anyone who would like to participate, including MCB
staff, consumers, community partners, and others interested in these
topics. Contact:  Susan Turney, 517-241-8631.*

March 20 (Friday) MCB Commission Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in
Lansing at Constitution Hall, Conference Rooms A & B, 525 West Allegan
(between Pine and Walnut), and audio streamed live on the MCB website at
www.michigan.gov/mcb.  Contact:  Sue Luzenski, 517-335-4265.*

April 6 - June 12 MCB Business Enterprise Program Vending Stand Training
Class.  All prerequisites for the class must be turned in to John
McEntee or Constance Zanger by March 1.  Contact John McEntee at
517-335-4069 for details.*

April 14    Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, SILC Offices, 417
Seymour Street, Lansing, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  The Service Delivery Focus
Design Team meets to discuss MCB services and improve delivery of
quality services.  The group comprises MCB staff, consumers and other
partners.  The meetings are open to all who wish to participate.  To
participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017 and enter access code
3204437.  If you plan to participate in the meeting, please contact Lisa
Marchione, Chair, at 517-335-4261 one week before the meeting.*

April 17-19                   Annual Business Enterprise Program
Workshop, West Lansing Hotel and Conference Center.  For more
information, please contact Lucy Edmonds at 517-373-3459.*

April 23    Cultural Diversity Committee meeting in Detroit and by
teleconference from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  This committee works to ensure
that MCB services are available to all eligible individuals in
Michigan's diverse population. The committee is seeking new members.  To
participate by teleconference, call 1-877-336-1828 and enter access code
8434886. Contact: Debbie Wilson, 810-760-2035.*

April 23-24 MAER (Michigan Chapter, Association for Education and
Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired) Annual Spring
Conference: Rediscovering Our Vision, Livonia Marriott at Laurel Park
Place, 17100 N. Laurel Park Drive, Livonia.  Contact:  Conference Chair
Dori Pratt,  989-390-5678 or overeducated1 at hotmail.com.

May 2 (Saturday)  Special Needs Resource Fair at Michigan State
University for parents of special needs children, in the MSU Union
Lounge, Abbot Entrance at Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, 11:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m.  Free of charge and open to the public.  MCB will host a
booth at this event.  Contact:  Susan Turney, MCB, 517-241-8631, or
Salena Little, MSU Family Resource Center, 517-432-3745.

May 11      Consumer Involvement Council Meeting, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m., Victor Building, second floor conference room, 201 N. Washington
Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017
and enter passcode number 8101876.  The CIC, made up of representatives
from organized consumer groups and current agency clients provides
formal consumer input to the Commission for the Blind board.  Contact:
MCB Liaison Marla McClure, 269-337-3770.*

May 17-22   Mini Adjustment Program in Gladstone (Located near Escanaba
in the Upper Peninsula).  This weeklong event will provide MCB clients
with training in a variety of skills of blindness, e.g., cane travel,
Braille, adaptive kitchen skills, dealing with time and money, and
adaptive computer technology.  Contact:  Shig Toda, 269-337-3601.*

June 9      Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, SILC Offices, 417
Seymour Street, Lansing, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  The Service Delivery Focus
Design Team meets to discuss MCB services and improve delivery of
quality services.  The group comprises MCB staff, consumers and other
partners.  The meetings are open to all who wish to participate.  To
participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017 and enter access code
3204437.  If you plan to participate in the meeting, please contact Lisa
Marchione, Chair, at 517-335-4261 one week before the meeting.*

June 15-25  Summer in the City, a two-week program for MCB clients age
14-21 and in high school.  This program features high-school-to-career
transition activities emphasizing daily living skills and employment
skill development. This cash-match program for transition age youth is
sponsored by MCB, the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
(ABVI), and the Kent, Ionia, and Ottawa intermediate school districts.
For more information, contact Sherry Gordon (MCB) at (269) 337-3276.

June 18     MCB Image & Identity Team meeting, 9 a.m. to noon,
Conference Room F, Third Floor, Victor Building, 201 N. Washington
Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017
and enter passcode 7502991. This group focuses on ways to increase
awareness of the Michigan Commission for the Blind and its programs and
services, such as through collaboration with other organizations,
publications, the MCB website, media, community events, and more. The
committee is open to anyone who would like to participate, including MCB
staff, consumers, community partners, and others interested in these
topics. Contact:  Susan Turney, 517-241-8631.*

June 19 (Friday)  MCB Commission Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in
Lansing in the Victor Building, 3rd Floor, Rooms A/B, and audio streamed
live on the MCB website at www.michigan.gov/mcb.  Contact:  Sue
Luzenski, 517-335-4265.*

June 23     Braille-A-Thon, at the State Capitol in Lansing, on the
south lawn and east steps 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Activities include
Braille contests for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels,
Braille bingo, entertainment, and more.  Open to the public and free of
charge.  Blind or visually impaired vendors and entertainers and
organizations of and/or serving individuals who are blind or visually
impaired can host a table for $25.  All food vendors must be Business
Enterprise Program operators.  Registration forms for vendors and
contest participants will be available soon.  For more information,
contact Geri Taeckens at geri.taeckens at isahealthfund.org or
906-635-3439.

June 25-Aug. 14   MCB 2009 College Preparatory Program at Western
Michigan University for blind and visually impaired high school juniors
and seniors as well as anyone else who would like to pursue college
training, but has not done so as a person who is blind or visually
impaired.  For more information, contact one of the MCB College Prep
Program Coordinators:  Lisa Kisiel at 269-337- 3238 or
kisiell at michigan.gov or Shannon McVoy at 269-337-3449 or
mcvoys at michigan.gov.  (MCB consumers should contact their MCB
counselor.)

July 3-8    National Federation of the Blind National Convention in
Detroit at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, 100
Renaissance Center.  Hotel reservations:  1-800-266-9432.  Convention
information (NFB):  410-659-9314.

July 30     Cultural Diversity Committee meeting in Lansing and by
teleconference from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  This committee works to ensure
that MCB services are available to all eligible individuals in
Michigan's diverse population. The committee is seeking new members.  To
participate by teleconference, call 1-877-336-1828 and enter access code
8434886. Contact:  Debbie Wilson, .810-760-2035.*

August 11   Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, SILC Offices, 417
Seymour Street, Lansing, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  The Service Delivery Focus
Design Team meets to discuss MCB services and improve delivery of
quality services.  The group comprises MCB staff, consumers and other
partners.  The meetings are open to all who wish to participate.  To
participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017 and enter access code
3204437.  If you plan to participate in the meeting, please contact Lisa
Marchione, Chair, at 517-335-4261 one week before the meeting.*

August 23-28      Mini Adjustment Program in Clare.  This weeklong event
will provide MCB clients with training in a variety of skills of
blindness, e.g., cane travel, Braille, adaptive kitchen skills, dealing
with time and money, and adaptive computer technology.  Contact Shig
Toda, 269-337-3601.*

September 14      Consumer Involvement Council Meeting, 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m., Victor Building, second floor conference room, 201 N.
Washington Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call
877-873-8017 and enter passcode number 8101876.  The CIC, made up of
representatives from organized consumer groups and current agency
clients provides formal consumer input to the Commission for the Blind
board.  Contact:  MCB Liaison Marla McClure, 269-337-3770.*

September 17      MCB Image & Identity Team meeting, 9 a.m. to noon,
Conference Room F, Third Floor, Victor Building, 201 N. Washington
Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017
and enter passcode 7502991. This group focuses on ways to increase
awareness of the Michigan Commission for the Blind and its programs and
services, such as through collaboration with other organizations,
publications, the MCB website, media, community events, and more. The
committee is open to anyone who would like to participate, including MCB
staff, consumers, community partners, and others interested in these
topics. Contact:  Susan Turney, 517-241-8631.*

September 18 (Friday)   MCB Commission Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
in Marquette at the Landmark Inn, 230 North Front Street, and audio
streamed live on the MCB website at www.michigan.gov/mcb.  Contact:  Sue
Luzenski, 517-335-4265.*

October 8-11      Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired
(MCBVI) 36th Annual Convention, October 8-11, 2009, at the Howard
Johnson Plaza Hotel, 255 28th Street SW, in Grand Rapids. Contact:
MCBVI President Joe Sibley, 616-724-1650. 

October 13  Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, SILC Offices, 417
Seymour Street, Lansing, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  The Service Delivery Focus
Design Team meets to discuss MCB services and improve delivery of
quality services.  The group comprises MCB staff, consumers and other
partners.  The meetings are open to all who wish to participate.  To
participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017 and enter access code
3204437.  If you plan to participate in the meeting, please contact Lisa
Marchione, Chair, at 517-335-4261 one week before the meeting.*

October 29  Cultural Diversity Committee meeting in Kalamazoo and by
teleconference from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.  This committee works to ensure
that MCB services are available to all eligible individuals in
Michigan's diverse population. The committee is seeking new members.  To
participate by teleconference, call 1-877-336-1828 and enter access code
8434886. Contact:  Debbie Wilson, 810-760-2035.* 

November 15-20    Mini Adjustment Program in Grand Rapids.  This
weeklong event will provide MCB clients with training in a variety of
skills of blindness, e.g., cane travel, Braille, adaptive kitchen
skills, dealing with time and money, and adaptive computer technology.
Contact:  Shig Toda, 269-337-3601.*

December 8  Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, SILC Offices, 417
Seymour Street, Lansing, 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  The Service Delivery Focus
Design Team meets to discuss MCB services and improve delivery of
quality services.  The group comprises MCB staff, consumers and other
partners.  The meetings are open to all who wish to participate.  To
participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017 and enter access code
3204437.  If you plan to participate in the meeting, please contact Lisa
Marchione, Chair, at 517-335-4261 one week before the meeting.*

December 10 MCB Image & Identity Team meeting, 9 a.m. to noon,
Conference Room F, Third Floor, Victor Building, 201 N. Washington
Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call 877-873-8017
and enter passcode 7502991. This group focuses on ways to increase
awareness of the Michigan Commission for the Blind and its programs and
services, such as through collaboration with other organizations,
publications, the MCB website, media, community events, and more. The
committee is open to anyone who would like to participate, including MCB
staff, consumers, community partners, and others interested in these
topics. Contact:  Susan Turney, 517-241-8631.*

December 11 (Friday)    MCB Commission Meeting and Honor Roll Awards
presentation from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in East Lansing at the Kellogg
Center, 55 South Harrison Avenue.  Contact:  Sue Luzenski,
517-335-4265.*

January 11, 2010  Consumer Involvement Council Meeting, 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m., Victor Building, second floor conference room, 201 N.
Washington Square, Lansing.  To participate by teleconference, call
877-873-8017 and enter passcode number 8101876.  The CIC, made up of
representatives from organized consumer groups and current agency
clients provides formal consumer input to the Commission for the Blind
board.  Contact:  MCB Liaison Marla McClure, 269-337-3770.*

*Note:  The meeting site is accessible.  Individuals attending the
meeting are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal
care products in order to enhance accessibility for everyone.  People
with disabilities requiring additional accommodations (such as materials
in alternative format) in order to participate in the meeting should
call the number listed for that event at least five business days prior
to the meeting.

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