[NFBMT] 2018 Convention agenda

Tue Aug 14 21:51:21 UTC 2018

Attached and below.  Joy 

Welcome to the Sixth Annual Convention of the National Federation of the
Blind of Montana!

Friday-Saturday, September 21-22, 2018

Jorgenson's Inn & Suites 

1714 11th Avenue

Helena, Montana 59601

Hotel Reservation Phone Number: 406-442-1770, or toll-free 800-272-1770

Joy Breslauer, President, National Federation of the Blind of Montana

Amy Buresh, National Representative, National Federation of the Blind

NEW ADVENTURES

SOME THINGS TO KNOW

Helena's Largest Independent, Locally Owned and Operated Hotel
Comfortable rooms, lots of amenities, nothing pretentious.

Jorgenson's has been a Montana tradition for over 60 years and our hometown
hospitality has never changed. You'll appreciate our mid-town location just a
few blocks from the Capitol building campus and a free shuttle service to
anywhere in town. Everyone enjoys the convenience of our free high speed
Wi-Fi Internet access and our free hot breakfast served daily in Jorgenson's
Restaurant from 6:30am to 10:30am. Our newly renovated guest rooms offer
queen sized beds, microwaves and refrigerators, and flat screen TV's. Our new
indoor pool and hot tub is a great place to hang out, too.

We have two room selections, one in the main hotel building, with either one
or two queen sized beds, for $92.00 plus tax per night, and one in a separate
building across the parking lot, with two queen sized beds, for $65.00 per
night. The rooms across the parking lot are upstairs, and there is no
elevator.

Hotel check-in time is 3:00 P.M. Check out time is 12:00 P.M.
Free hot breakfast for up to two people in each room from 6:30 A.M. to 10:30
A.M. in Jorgenson's Restaurant. 
You must be registered for the convention in order for your name to be drawn
for door prizes! Please come to the registration table to pick up your
registration packet. Registration will begin at 4:00 P.M. Friday afternoon.
You must be present in the meeting room when your name is drawn in order to
collect your door prize!
You must be present in the Banquet Room when your name is called in order to
collect the Grand Door Prize!

Want to go to next year's convention absolutely free? At the banquet Saturday
evening, we will have a drawing for the grand door prize, an all-expenses
paid trip to next year's NFB of Montana convention, plus two hundred dollars
cash. To take advantage of this exciting opportunity, you must be present in
the banquet room when your name is drawn in order to win the Grand Door
Prize.

Friday afternoon, September 21, 2018

*  1:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M.: vendors

*  4:00 P.M.: Registration begins. Please pick up your packet at the
registration table.

*  Watch the movie Do You Dream In Color? time and place TBA

Friday Evening, September 21, 2018

*  7:00 P.M.: Convention Call to Order: The Mount Helena Room

*  Welcome to Helena:

*  Welcome to the Sixth Annual Convention of the National Federation of the
Blind of Montana: Joy Breslauer, President

*  Invocation: Harold Leigland

*  Moment of Silence for those who have passed on from our midst

*  Color Guard

*  The Star Spangled Banner: All sing together

*  The Pledge of Allegiance:

*  The NFB Pledge:

I pledge to participate actively in the effort 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.

*  The 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.

*  The NFB Brand Promise:

Together with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into
reality.

*  The NFB Tag Line: Live The Life You Want

*  Live The Life You Want (chorus): Live the life you want. Nobody can stop
you. Shoot for the sun, and break on through. So you're blind, you'll be
fine. We've got good news. You can live the life you want, 'cause we know the
truth.

*  The PAC Plan in Montana: Ted Robbins, Montana PAC Plan Coordinator

*  The PAC Plan Song: (sing it twice) Get on the PAC Plan. Sign up today. We
need your contributions right away. Funding our movement, it must be done, So
that our battles can be won.

*  Welcome from our National Representative, Amy Buresh

*  Introduction of Vendors

*  8:30 P.M.: First reading of NFB of Montana 2018 Resolutions

*  9:00 P.M.: Nominating Committee Meeting: Closed. This is the only meeting
of the weekend not open to the general membership, but only to those
appointed to the committee.

*  9:00 P.M.: Hospitality. Refreshments sponsored by Montana State Library.
Possible barber shop singing.

Saturday morning, September 22, 2018

General Session I: The Mount Helena Room

*  8:00 A.M.: Board meeting -- all are welcome<9:00 A.M.: Call to order and
Welcome, Joy Breslauer, President, NFB of Montana!

*  9:00 A.M.: Invocation: Bruce Breslauer

*  9:05 A.M.: NFB of Montana Presidential Report, Joy Breslauer

*  9:15 A.M.: NFB National Report, Amy Buresh, NFB National Representative

*  9:45 A.M.: Elections for President, First Vice President, second Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Two Board Members

*  10:00 A.M.: Break

*  10:15 A.M.: Montana State Library Report: Jessica Edwards, Outreach and
Electronic Resources Librarian

*  10:35 A.M.: Vocational Rehabilitation and Blind Services Report: Beverly
Berg, Regional Administrator

*  11:00 A.M.: Tactile books for the blind Developed by NASA, Lynn Powers,
President, S.W. Astronomy Club

*  11:30 A.M.: Estate Planning: Kay Lovell, Legal Services Development
Program

*  12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.: Lunch on your own.

Saturday afternoon, September 22, 2018

General Session II: The Mount Helena Room

*  1:30 P.M.: Call to order

*  1:30 P.M.: The PAC Plan in Montana: Ted Robbins, Montana PAC Plan
Coordinator

*  The PAC Plan Song: (sing it twice) Get on the PAC Plan. Sign up today. We
need your contributions right away. Funding our movement, it must be done, So
that our battles can be won.

*  1:35 P.M.: Deaf Blind Presentation: Sheila Leigland

*  1:45 P.M.: Disability Rights Montana

*  2:15 P.M.: Bell Academy: Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning:
Lily House, SarahDawn Tienhaara, and Corrie Tienhaara

*  2:30 P.M.: Montana Business Enterprise

*  3:00 P.M.: Break

*  3:15 P.M.: Improving The State of Intercity Transportation for Nondrivers
in Montana, Q&A: David Jacobs, Transit Section Supervisor, Montana Department
of Transportation

*  3:45 P.M.: Sean Tibbets, Cybereyez

*  4:15 P.M.: OverHere Consulting, Ed Worrell and Travis Stevenson

*  4:45 P.M.: Chapter Reports

*  5:00 P.M.: Second Reading of and voting on NFB of Montana 2018 Resolutions

*  5:30 P.M.: Adjourn

Saturday evening, September 22 ,2018

Banquet: Banquet Room
Master of Ceremonies: Sheila Leigland

*  7:00 P.M.: Welcome to our Banquet: Joy Breslauer, President, NFB of
Montana

*  Invocation: Ted Robbins

*  Banquet Speaker: Amy Buresh, NFB National Representative

*  Awards

*  50/50 Raffle: Linda Hurlock

*  Sharing Time: Ted Robbins

*  Where will we meet next year?

*  Drawing for Grand Door Prize: Linda Hurlock

*  Adjourn

AA sincere Thank You to all who contributed time and effort to make this
convention a success, including our National Representative Amy Buresh, The
NFB of Montana Convention Planning Committee, And all of the NFB of Montana
chapters and members who work together to make this possible.

Joy Breslauer, President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/> 

Live the life you want

The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want. 

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