[Nfbofsc] NFB of SC Streaming Convention

Mon Aug 4 22:28:21 UTC 2014

The NFB of SC State Convention is being streamed this coming weekend.  The
stream will start Saturday morning.  Below is the agenda and the link to
listen to the convention.  Feel free to share as you feel appropriate.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nfb-of-sc-2014-convention

FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

OF SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA MARRIOTT

1200 HAMPTON STREET

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

AUGUST 8, 9 & 10, 2014

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014

Registration -    Carolina Ballroom Foyer               1:00 p.m. - 6:00
p.m.                

Exhibits -             Carolina Ballroom Foyer               1:00 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.

2:00 - 4:30 Parents of Blind Children Meet and Greet - Carolina A-B  -
Jennifer Duffell- Hoffman, President         

5:00 - 6:00 Computer Science and Technology Division - Palmetto I - Steve
Cook, President

5:00 - 6:00 White Cane Safety Day Walk-A-Thon Committee - Carolina A-B -
Carey Burriss, Chairman      

5:00 - 6:00 Resolutions Committee - Carolina C Valerie Warrington,
Chairperson

6:00 - 7:00 Blind Seniors Division Annual Meeting - Palmetto II - Shelley
Coppel, President

6:00 - 7:00 South Carolina Organization of Blind Students - Carolina C -
Chopper Johnson, President

6:00 - 7:00 Blind Merchants' Division - Palmetto I Joe Urbanek, President
(Registration begins at 5:40 

7:00 - 10:00 Reception & Hospitality - Capital II-IV 50's and 60's Night!
Food, Entertainment, and dancing.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014

7:30 a.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Board
Breakfast  - Palmetto II - Donald C. Capps, Chairman

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room

Registration -Carolina Ballroom Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

and  2:00 p.m. -   5:00 p.m.                

Exhibits -             Carolina Ballroom Foyer               7:00 a.m. -
8:15 a.m.

SATURDAY MORNING SESSION - Carolina Ballroom A-E

9:00 a.m. Invocation 

9:05 a.m. Welcome & Opening Ceremonies  

9:10 a.m. Greetings by Host Chapter Steve Scheck - President, Columbia
Chapter 

9:15 a.m. Response Debra Cantey - President, Sumter Chapter

9:20 a.m. Convention Arrangements & Announcements

9:30 a.m. National Report - Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation
of the Blind

10:00 a.m. One-Minute Message                              

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.

10:20 a.m. South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind Page McCraw, Interim
President

10:40 a.m. South Carolina Commission for the Blind Rhonda Thompson,
Director, Senior Blind Services

11:00 a.m. Technology:  It's Not About Complexity, But Accessibility Jeff
Bazer

11:15 a.m. South Carolina Blind Persons Right to Parent Act Jennifer Bazer

11:30 a.m. Presidential Report  - Parnell Diggs, Esq.

12:00 p.m. Adjournment

12:30 - 1:30 LUNCHEON & STATE BOARD MEETING - Capital I-III 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - Heritage A-D

2:00 p.m. Remembering Bob Bell

2:30 p.m. Talking Book Services - Sandy Knoels, Director

2:50 p.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind  Donald
Capps, Director

3:10 p.m. Federation Center of the Blind Report Frank Coppel, Chairman,
Board of Trustees & David Houck, Executive Director

3:30 p.m. NFB of SC Seventy Years of Progress

4:15 p.m. Unified English Braille Code Update - Tracy Spittle, Teacher of
Blind Students

4:30 p.m. Newsline App - Steve Cook, President, Computer, Science and
Technology Division

4:40 p.m. Meet the 2014 Scholarship Class - Shannon Cook, Chairman,
Scholarship Committee

5:00 p.m. Chapter and Division Reports

5:30 p.m. Adjournment

7:00 P.M. BANQUET - Capital I-III SATURDAY EVENING

Invocation  

Introductions

Banquet Address..... Mark Riccobono

Awards & Presentations

NFB of SC Scholarship Class 

Federation Family Feud Game Night - Free Admission, in Capital I-III after
the banquet

The Nominating Committee will meet immediately following the Banquet in
Palmetto II.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014

Exhibits - Carolina Ballroom Foyer7:00 a.m. -  8:15 a.m.

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room

SUNDAY MORNING SESSION - Carolina Ballroom A-E

8:30 a.m. Devotional and Memorial Service  Douglas & Patsy Roberts, Members
Conway Chapter, NFB of SC

8:45 a.m. Chapter & Division Reports

10:00 a.m. Stewardship - Doing Our Fair Share Imagination Fund, PAC & SUN 

10:30 a.m. Resolutions, Elections and Other Convention Business

12:00 p.m. Adjournment

National Federation of the Blind 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.

Jacobus tenBroek Legacy Society

                Help build a future full of opportunity for the blind by
becoming a member of the Jacobus tenBroek Legacy Society. Your legacy gift
to the National Federation of the Blind can be made in the form of a will or
living trust, an income-generating gift, or by naming the NFB as a
beneficiary of a retirement plan or life insurance policy. You can also
become a member of the Jacobus tenBroek Legacy Society by making a legacy
gift to your state affiliate. By committing to support an NFB affiliate,
your gift will benefit both local and national programs as all bequests made
to affiliates are split evenly with the NFB national treasury. In addition
to having the satisfaction of contributing to the future success of the
NFB's mission, tenBroek legacy society members will also receive a specially
designed thank you gift and other benefits. For additional information about
the Jacobus tenBroek Legacy Society, please contact Lou Ann Blake at the NFB
Jernigan Institute by e-mail at lblake at nfb.org, or by telephone at
410-659-9314, extension 2221.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF SOUTH CAROLINA

119 S. KILBOURNE RD.

COLUMBIA, SC  29205

(803) 254-3777

Fax:  (803) 252-5655

E-mail: nfbsc at sc.rr.com

Web Page :  nfbsc.net

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