[Nfbofsc] 2017 NFB of SC Convention Agenda

Thu Aug 3 15:35:02 UTC 2017

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Hyatt Regency Hotel

220 N. Main Street

Greenville, SC

August 18, 19 & 20, 2017

Live the Life You Want!

CONVENTION GOLD LEVEL SPONSOR

3-D Photo Works

Bringing the World's Greatest Art to Blind People.

3D Tactile Fine Art Printing for Museums, Science Centers and Cultural
Institutions

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017

Registration  1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  - Meeting Planner Office

Catherine Williams, Chairperson 

Exhibits, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  - Prefunction Area

2:00 - 3:00 p.m.              

Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Board of Directors
Meeting - Frank Coppel, Chairman (open meeting to all) - Regency Ballroom F

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Board of Directors
meeting - Frank Coppel, President (open meeting to all) - Regency Ballroom F

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.              

Blind Seniors Division annual meeting - Shelley Coppel, President - Regency
Ballroom G

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.              

Resolutions - Valerie Warrington, Chairperson - Regency Ballroom H

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Student Division - Alexus
Blanding, 

President - Regency Ballroom H

7:30 - 10:00 p.m.

RECEPTION AND HOSPITALITY - Food, Entertainment, and Dancing! - Studio 220
at Norma A

9:30 p.m. 

White Cane Safety Day Walk-A-Thon Committee - JW Smith, Chairman - to meet
in JW Smith's Room

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017

Exhibits, 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. -  Prefunction Area

Registration, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m. -   5:00 p.m. - Meeting
Planner Office

8:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast - served in back of meeting room - Regency
Ballroom C

SATURDAY MORNING SESSION - Regency Ballroom C

9:00 a.m.  Invocation, 

Debra Canty, Second Vice-President, National Federation of the Blind of
South Carolina

9:05 a.m.  Welcome & Opening Ceremonies  

9:20 a.m.  Greeting by Host Chapter, 

J.W. Smith, President, Greenville Chapter, National Federation of the Blind
of South Carolina 

9:25 a.m.  Response, 

Loretta Green, President, Upper Dorchester County Chapter National
Federation of the Blind of South Carolina

9:30 a.m.  Convention Arrangements & Announcements

9:35 a.m.  National Report 

Ever Lee Hairston, National Federation of the Blind National Board member,
State President, of the NFB of California 

10:00 a.m.  One-Minute Message                          

10:20 a.m.  South Carolina Commission for the Blind, 

James Kirby, Commissioner 

10:40 a.m.         South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, 

Dr. Page McCraw, President   

11:00 a.m.  Live the life you want

Hon. Parnell Diggs, Administrative Law Judge, Social Security
Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio

11:20 a.m. Meet the Scholarship Class of 2017

Shannon Cook, Scholarship Committee, Chairperson 

11:30 a.m.  Presidential Report, 

Frank Coppel 

12:00 p.m.  Adjournment

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.  LUNCHEON - Regency Ballroom AB

Invocation

Shelley Coppel, President, Senior Division of the National Federation of the
Blind of South Carolina 

Introductions 

Luncheon Keynote Speaker, Former State Senator, Theo Mitchell, Greenville,
SC  

SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - Regency Ballroom C

2:00 p.m.  Talking Book Services, 

Sandy Knowles, Director 

2:20 p.m.  Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Report, 

Ed Bible, Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors 

2:40 p.m.  Federation Center of the Blind Report, 

Debra Canty, Chairperson, Ed Bible, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees

3:00 p.m.  National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina Successful
Transitions,

Jennifer Bazer, Coordinator 

3:20 p.m. Why am I a Federationist 

4:00 p.m. Chapter and Division Reports

5:00 p.m.  Adjournment

BANQUET - Regency Ballroom AB

SATURDAY EVENING

7:00 P.M.

Invocation  

Dorothy Barksdale, Secretary, National Federation of the blind of South
Carolina 

Introductions

Banquet Address, 

Ever Lee Hairston, Board member National Federation of the Blind 

Awards & Presentations

NFB of SC 2017 Scholarship Class 

The Nominating Committee will meet immediately following the Banquet in the
Crepe Myrtle Room

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2017

Exhibits, 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. - Prefunction Area

8:30 a.m.  Continental Breakfast - served in back of meeting room -  Regency
Ballroom C

SUNDAY MORNING SESSION - Regency Ballroom C

9:00 a.m.  Memorial Service, 

Dorothy C. Barksdale, Secretary, NFB of SC 

9:15 a.m.  Annual National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina and
Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Financial Reports, 

Valerie Warrington, Treasurer 

9:30 a.m. Chapter and Division Reports 

10:00 a.m.  Stewardship - Doing Our Fair Share, 

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

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.

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

E-mail: nfbsc at sc.rr.com

Web Page:  nfbofsc.org

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