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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nfb-of-sc-2014-convention">http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nfb-of-sc-2014-convention</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OF SOUTH CAROLINA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>COLUMBIA MARRIOTT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1200 HAMPTON STREET<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AUGUST 8, 9 & 10, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration - Carolina Ballroom Foyer 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Exhibits - Carolina Ballroom Foyer 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2:00 – 4:30 Parents of Blind Children Meet and Greet - Carolina A-B - Jennifer Duffell- Hoffman, President <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5:00 – 6:00 Computer Science and Technology Division - Palmetto I - Steve Cook, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5:00 – 6:00 White Cane Safety Day Walk-A-Thon Committee - Carolina A-B - Carey Burriss, Chairman <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5:00 – 6:00 Resolutions Committee - Carolina C Valerie Warrington, Chairperson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6:00 – 7:00 Blind Seniors Division Annual Meeting - Palmetto II - Shelley Coppel, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6:00 – 7:00 South Carolina Organization of Blind Students - Carolina C - Chopper Johnson, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6:00 – 7:00 Blind Merchants’ Division - Palmetto I Joe Urbanek, President (Registration begins at 5:40 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7:00 – 10:00 Reception & Hospitality – Capital II-IV 50’s and 60’s Night! Food, Entertainment, and dancing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7:30 a.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Board Breakfast - Palmetto II - Donald C. Capps, Chairman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Registration -Carolina Ballroom Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Exhibits - Carolina Ballroom Foyer 7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SATURDAY MORNING SESSION – Carolina Ballroom A-E<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:00 a.m. Invocation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:05 a.m. Welcome & Opening Ceremonies <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:10 a.m. Greetings by Host Chapter Steve Scheck - President, Columbia Chapter <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:15 a.m. Response Debra Cantey - President, Sumter Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:20 a.m. Convention Arrangements & Announcements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>9:30 a.m. National Report - Mark Riccobono, President, National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:00 a.m. One-Minute Message <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One-Minute Message<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:20 a.m. South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind Page McCraw, Interim President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:40 a.m. South Carolina Commission for the Blind Rhonda Thompson, Director, Senior Blind Services<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:00 a.m. Technology: It’s Not About Complexity, But Accessibility Jeff Bazer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:15 a.m. South Carolina Blind Persons Right to Parent Act Jennifer Bazer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>11:30 a.m. Presidential Report - Parnell Diggs, Esq.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>12:00 p.m. Adjournment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>12:30 – 1:30 LUNCHEON & STATE BOARD MEETING - Capital I-III <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - Heritage A-D<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2:00 p.m. Remembering Bob Bell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2:30 p.m. Talking Book Services - Sandy Knoels, Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2:50 p.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind Donald Capps, Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:10 p.m. Federation Center of the Blind Report Frank Coppel, Chairman, Board of Trustees & David Houck, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3:30 p.m. NFB of SC Seventy Years of Progress<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4:15 p.m. Unified English Braille Code Update - Tracy Spittle, Teacher of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4:30 p.m. Newsline App - Steve Cook, President, Computer, Science and Technology Division<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4:40 p.m. Meet the 2014 Scholarship Class - Shannon Cook, Chairman, Scholarship Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5:00 p.m. Chapter and Division Reports<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5:30 p.m. Adjournment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>7:00 P.M. BANQUET – Capital I-III SATURDAY EVENING<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Invocation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Introductions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Banquet Address…………… Mark Riccobono<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Awards & Presentations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB of SC Scholarship Class <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Federation Family Feud Game Night - Free Admission, in Capital I-III after the banquet<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Nominating Committee will meet immediately following the Banquet in Palmetto II.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Exhibits - Carolina Ballroom Foyer7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SUNDAY MORNING SESSION - Carolina Ballroom A-E<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:30 a.m. Devotional and Memorial Service Douglas & Patsy Roberts, Members Conway Chapter, NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8:45 a.m. Chapter & Division Reports<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:00 a.m. Stewardship - Doing Our Fair Share Imagination Fund, PAC & SUN <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>10:30 a.m. Resolutions, Elections and Other Convention Business<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>12:00 p.m. Adjournment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind Pledge<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I pledge to participate actively in the effort of the National Federation <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for the <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>abide by its constitution.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jacobus tenBroek Legacy Society<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 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 <a href="mailto:lblake@nfb.org">lblake@nfb.org</a>, or by telephone at 410-659-9314, extension 2221.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF SOUTH CAROLINA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>119 S. KILBOURNE RD.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>COLUMBIA, SC 29205<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(803) 254-3777<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: (803) 252-5655<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:nfbsc@sc.rr.com">nfbsc@sc.rr.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web Page : nfbsc.net<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>