[NFBNJ] North Dakowta Draft agenda 2.0

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!

Please consider registering and joining the North Dakota Federation family 
as they celebrate the state convention on Friday, September 11 and or 
Saturday, September 12.
If any questions, Jesse’s contact information is provided, see below.
Remember, the times in the agenda provided are central and therefore, please 
adjust one hour earlier as we are in the eastern time zone.

Yes, in the next few months, celebrate as we join the Federation state 
convention season!

Joe

We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference
Joe Ruffalo, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
973 743 0075
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
www.nfbnj.org
Raising Expectations To Live The Life You Want!

Your old car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.
Donate your unwanted vehicle to us by clicking
www.carshelpingtheblind.org
or call 855 659 9314

From: Jesse Shirek
To register
https://nfbnd.org/nfbnd2020




We are planning to hold a training to help our members learn how to moderate 
the convention. This training will be based on what I learned from the New 
Mexico affiliate convention. Any of you are welcome to attend this training 
or if you would like to invite any of your members to take part in the 
training, please let me know. You can feel free to have people contact me 
directly for an invitation to the training.



I am also passing along the Zoom information for all sessions except for 
registration and concurrent sessions 6 PM 9/11/2020. The codes for these 
sessions still need to be created.



The zoom information for most sessions is:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/7017812526



Meeting ID: 701 781 2526

One tap mobile

+14086380968,,7017812526# US (San Jose)



here is the most recent draft agenda:



National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota virtual state convention 
2020 - Agenda in Progress



September 11 – 12, 2020 via Zoom

Jesse Shirek, President

2307 10th St S

Fargo, ND 58103

Cell 701-781-2526

president at nfbnd.org



Thursday September 10, 2020

6:00p.m. Open Board Meeting

National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



8:00 p.m. Nominating Committee Meeting - Closed meeting

Richard Early, Chairman



Friday September 11, 2020



9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Call to order

President Jesse Shirek, National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



Invocation

Milton Ota National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota Immediate Past 
President



Pledge of Allegiance



National Anthem



NFB Pledge

Gary Wunder, National Federation of the Blind National Representative



Our Federation Family

Pam Allen, National Federation of the Blind, First Vice President



10:00a.m. NFB Newsline

Scott White, National Federation of the Blind, Newsline Coordinator



10:30 a.m. North Dakota Vision Services/School for the Blind

Paul Olson, Superintendent



11:00 a.m. BLIND Inc., Minneapolis MN

Jennifer Kennedy, Executive Director



11:30 a.m. Amiee L. Volk, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, 
Administrator of Vision, and Independent Living Services



12:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.



1:00 p.m. Sherry Shirek, Secretary National Federation of the Blind of North 
Dakota

Introduction of Michael Hingson

911 Escape to Safety: Guided by Guide Dog Roselle. His Love of The National 
Federation of the Blind And His Newest Adventure To Be Revealed



2:00 p.m. National Report

Gary Wunder, National Federation of the Blind, National Representative



2:45p.m. Raising Expectations by Selling Comic Books

Richard Early, Board member National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



3:30p.m. Vanda Pharmaceuticals - Tentative



4:00 p.m. closing statement/close of general session

Jesse Shirek, President National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



6:00 p.m. What parents need to know to empower their blind/low vision child

Carlton Ann Cook Walker, President National Organization of Parents of Blind 
Children, Division of the National Federation of the Blind



Concurrent Session - Get to know Gary Wunder and hear about his experience 
as Editor of the Braille Monitor

Gary Wunder, National Representative



Saturday September 12, 2020

12:00p.m. CommTech USA

Amber Kraft, Sales and development



12:25 p.m. “live the life you want

Sung by Lilli J Mann, recent high school graduate in transition”



12:30 p.m. Banquet Speech

Gary Wunder, NFB National Representative



1:20 p.m. My NFB National Convention Experience

Paxton Franke, NFB National College Scholarship recipient



1:30 p.m. Work Incentives while receiving SSDI SSI benefits

Patty Hoffman, Public Affairs Specialist from the Social Security 
Administration



2:00 p.m., My journey to independence

Sherry Shirek, NFBND



2:30 p.m. Normal

Quincie Mattick, National Federation of the Blind of Colorado

Quincy is a Sophomore in college attending school in Idaho



3:00 p.m. Celebrating 100 years

Ryan Strunk, President National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota



3:30 p.m. Presidential report

Jesse Shirek, President National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



4:00 p.m. Treasurer Report

Milton Ota, Treasurer National Federation of the Blind of North Dakota



4:30 p.m. Nominating Committee Report

Richard Early, Chairman Nominating Committee

Elections:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

1-year board member

2-year board member

Delegate

Alternate Delegate

Adjourn



Thank you again and enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

You Can Live The Life You Want!



Jesse



You can live the life yu want; blindness is not what holds you back.

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.








From: Jesse Shirek <jesseshirek at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2020 11:51 AM
To: 'Gary Wunder' <gwunder at earthlink.net>; Adelmo Vigil (NFBNM) 
<nfbnewmexicopresident at gmail.com>; nfbnj1 at verizon.net
Cc: 'Sherry Shirek' <sherrybeth7 at gmail.com>
Subject: FW: draft agenda



Dear national rep Wunder, Adelmo and Joe,



I am passing along a draft version of our agenda for our coming September 11 
and 12th state convention. We've recently had protection and advocacy back 
out over our objections to inaccessible absentee voting in North Dakota. So 
it's possible there may be some changes to this agenda before our final 
agenda. We will be using the following zoom link for all of our sessions 
https://zoom.us/j/7017812526 and if you register for our convention through 
https://nfbnd.org/nfbnd2020/ you will have access to the most up-to-date 
agenda. Please feel free to invite members of your affiliates to register 
for our convention. As of today we have 25 individuals registered, which 
more than doubles last year's attendance, but we are still working to get 
many more people registered in North Dakota.



Gary, thank you for being our national rep and we are looking forward to 
welcoming you virtually to North Dakota.



Joe and Adelmo, thank you for your continued help in supporting me as 
president and helping us to continue to make the North Dakota affiliate 
stronger.



Joe, I got your voicemail and I will return your call in a little while.



I appreciate all three of you as my brothers in this beautiful Federation 
family that we all love and serve!



Wishing you each a happy Labor Day weekend!



Jesse



From: Sherry Shirek <sherrybeth7 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 9:50 PM
To: 'President NFBND'' <president at nfbnd.org>
Subject: draft agenda



Hi Jess,



Attached is our draft agenda. It’s pretty much complete.



Thanks much, sherry




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