[Nfbofsc] Positive Note 1635

[David Houck]

December 13, 2017 

Memo To:  Executive Officers, Board Members, Chapter & Division Presidents &
Others

From:  Frank Coppel, President

Positive Note 1635

Greetings Fellow Federationists:

 

              By now all of you should have received your Statewide Seminar
Letter.  Please fill out the form at the end of the Statewide Seminar letter
and return it to the State Office as soon as possible.  You can also call
the State Office at (803) 254-3777 and let us know if you are planning to
attend the Statewide Seminar on January 6, 2018.  Please notify the State
Office of your intentions in order that we may have an accurate count for
the luncheon which will be free of charge.  Remember we will be conducting
an auction throughout the day to raise money for the Federation Center.  Be
sure to bring items for the auction such as, cakes, pies, cookies, gift
baskets, and electronics.  Also, please continue to sell your Orlando
National Convention bus tickets.  You can either mail your ticket stubs and
money to the Federation Center or bring them with you to the Seminar on
Saturday, January 6.  The drawing will take place at the conclusion of the
Seminar.  The winning ticket will receive $300, the seller of the winning
ticket will receive $100 and the chapter selling the most tickets will
receive $300.  

              It is not too early to begin submitting your state dues of $10
for 2018 to the state office.  Remember that we need to have your name,
address, phone number and email address if applicable.  This information
does change from time to time and if we do not have updated information, we
cannot keep you up to date on what's going on.  The deadline for dues is
January 31, 2018, so why wait!  

         We have an announcement from Joe Ruffalo, President of the NFB of
New Jersey.  "The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey's
technology division is proud to present our fourth   nationwide technology
seminar featuring Marty Schultz and his Blindfold Games and more on Monday,
December 18 at 8 PM.

             Marty Schultz, owner of Blindfold Games, will tell us all about
his apps that are made accessible for blind and visually impaired users on
their favorite iOS powered devices such as an iPhone, iPad, or an iPod
Touch. To learn more about Blindfold Games, please visit
www.blindfoldgames.org.

             To attend the call, dial 515-604-9570, then use access code
612068 pound. You will hear the code you entered repeated. Press 1 if it is
correct. Press 2 to re-enter it. If you press 1, you then announce yourself
by stating your name and you will then be entered into the conference call.

             In order to obtain the best possible sound for the call, the
host will put all callers into mute mode until the Q and A portion of the
call. You will be able to hear everything during the call but background
noise from your location will not disturb others listening in on the
conversation. During the Q and A portion of the call, you can unmute
yourself by pressing star 6. Before giving a comment or asking a question,
please announce your name and what state you are from, and then wait for the
moderator to recognize you before speaking. We can have too many people
trying to seek the floor at one time and chaos can occur. The moderators
will do their very best to recognize as many callers as possible however,
they will determine the order in which speakers proceed. When finished with
your comments or questions, press star 6 again to go back into "mute" mode
to facilitate better, uncluttered communication for everyone. Star 6 also
works when you have your phone on speaker."  

              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.  Joining me for comments in this
Positive Note is the President Emeritus of the NFB of SC.  Here is Dr.
Capps.  

              The Christmas season brings out the best in just about
everyone.  It is celebrated in different ways.  Each year there is a
beautiful 35 foot Christmas fir tree placed in front of the State House
steps on Gervais Street.  There are several thousand lights on this unique
tree.  Thousands of people enjoy the annual tree lighting ceremony.  This
tree represents both the City of Columbia and the state of South Carolina.
There are many Christmas trees beautifully decorated in various communities
in Columbia, and of course, other communities statewide enjoy their
Christmas decorations.  Last Christmas we attended the "Singing Christmas
Tree" here in Columbia at the Shandon Baptist Church.  It was wonderful.  If
you haven't done so, you might consider this production.  It is free of
charge.  Shandon Baptist was the first church I attended when I came to
Columbia some 70 years ago in 1946.  The church grew rapidly, requiring the
construction of a much larger church.  Shandon Baptist is located on Forest
Drive.  I am looking forward to our Columbia Chapter meeting this Thursday
evening, December 14.  It will feature a wonderful banquet, a Christmas
message and an attendance of around 100.  There will also be a gift
exchange.  The many things taking place attributes to the many beautiful
sites and special programs.  It even snowed four inches over the weekend at
Rocky Bottom and it didn't miss our Christmas Board Retreat by very much.

 

Final Thought:  "Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." ―
Charles M. Schulz

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