From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Fri Aug 3 21:43:18 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 17:43:18 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Final reminder to Please RSVP by Aug 5. Take advantage of this opportunity to steer the GRT ALX NFBV chapter Message-ID: <016101d42b72$fe418580$fac49080$@gmail.com> All, Please RSVP to Jeremy Grandstaff for the August 26 chapter strategic planning event from 1:00-5:00pm. This is a special opportunity, so don?t miss it! But you must RSVP? We need to be able to do a head count. Thanks! Brian Miller President Greater Alexandria Chapter NFB of Virginia Here is Jeremy?s original message? Hi NFBV Greater Alexandria Chapter Members, A quick reach out to those who attended last night?s meeting and those who weren?t able to attend. Please RSVP by August 5 with a yesif you plan to attend. I have pasted the latest draft agenda below for our upcoming strategic planning retreat, which will help lay-out our chapter strategy for the coming years. It will take place on Sunday, August 26, from 1PM to 5PM and is probably going to be at the same spot as our chapter meetings (1-2 blocks away from Eisonhower Metro station on the yellow lines) All members are welcome, but we need to be prepared to host you. Therefore, I need anyone who plans to attend, even if you are a maybe, to let us know by August 5. Please respond by August 5 to me directly at jwg at sgendeavors.com with either a yes or maybe, so we get you counted. This is your opportunity to directly collaborate with the board and other members on our chapter?s direction. Thanks, and again, the draft agenda is below: Jeremy Grandstaff, 2VP, NFBV Greater Alexandria Chapter NFBV Greater Alexandria - Strategic Planning Retreat-Draft Date/Time: Sunday, August 26, 1 PM-5 PM Eastern ?Promptly Location: same place as chapter meeting??? The purpose of our meeting is to gather as NFBV-greater ALX board members and leaders to: * Gain consensus on a strategic framework for NFBV-Greater ALX, including mission, vision, guiding principles, and priority areas; * Create prioritized and measurable action plans that will guide us toward achieving our overall strategy; and, * Build a more cohesive leadership team to guide our organization to success. Summary Agenda?this is a draft * 12:30: Arrive, grab food, and get connected * 1:00: Welcome, agenda review, how did we get to today? * 1:15: Telling Our Stories?Interactive activity to build commonality around our desires for NFBV-Greater ALX going forward. * 2:30: Opening the Space, Creating Measurable Action?to tap into the wisdom of participants and gain consensus on the overall direction for the chapter; to create draft, measurable, and prioritized action plans that will guide us to achieve our overall direction. (Open Space to identify and brainstorm around topics; small group activity to create action plans, and all vote to prioritize) * Discussion and action is driven by the question: ?What is the topics, discussions, or areas, that we should take action on in the next three years, to most effectively move our chapter forward?? * 4:50: Wrapping up, Next steps, evaluation, and Checking out * 5:00: Adjourn Jeremy Grandstaff, Collaboration & Organization Consultant S & G Endeavors: Using Collaboration to Help Clients Create Change and Take Action 614-519-3026 | jwg at sgendeavors.com Follow us, learn about our clients, and how we can help you create change: SGEConnections.TV | SGE Blog | SGE Facebook | SGE Youtube | SGE LinkedIn What will 2018 hold for your company or organization? Be sure to contact us for a consult. Let s & G help you create the change you want to see! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Fri Aug 3 21:52:25 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2018 17:52:25 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Piano lessons? In-Reply-To: <16DD25A6-0906-4DFC-BB1A-E1EF122C9B63@gmail.com> References: <2083667800.24234.1533137877856@connect.xfinity.com> <16DD25A6-0906-4DFC-BB1A-E1EF122C9B63@gmail.com> Message-ID: <018401d42b74$4451a8b0$ccf4fa10$@gmail.com> Please see the unique opportunity in Bonnie?s email below? Brian Miller President Greater Alexandria Chapter NFBV From: Bonnie Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 12:11 PM To: johnh50 at verizon.net; Brian Miller Subject: Fwd: Piano lessons? I received the note below about piano lessons from a friend. Would you please distribute this to the chapter? There is contact information for the piano teacher below. Thank you, Bonnie Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: ELDON BOES > Date: August 1, 2018 at 11:37:57 AM EDT To: bobmhartt at gmail.com , bonnoday at gmail.com , Teresamartin1989 at hotmail.com Subject: Piano lessons? Reply-To: ELDON BOES > Hello, Bob and Bonnie, A friend of mine, Teresa Martin, is a music teacher, and she?s interested in trying to help a visually impaired person learn to play piano. Might you know someone who might be interested in trying that with her? Her email address is Teresamartin1989 at hotmail.com. Teresa lives near the Sherwood Hall Library and teaches from her home studio. Thanks, Eldon Boes Alexandria VA 703-519-3937 home 703-217-1850 cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Sun Aug 5 15:54:12 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2018 11:54:12 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Great article about the DC tandem group In-Reply-To: <066801d42c60$1eedf1e0$5cc9d5a0$@gmail.com> References: <066801d42c60$1eedf1e0$5cc9d5a0$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <014101d42cd4$8e788920$ab699b60$@gmail.com> Bonnie kindly share this article, and I thought I'd share it with the chapter since several of us are mentioned here, and are involved both with the DC and Tuesday Night tandem groups. Thanks Bonnie! Brian Miller President GAC/NFBV -----Original Message----- From: Bonnie O'Day Sent: Saturday, August 4, 2018 10:01 PM To: crew396 at aol.com; brianrmiller88 at gmail.com; steven.flanagan at ey.com; bobtrencheny at gmail.com; david.cottingham at starpower.net; patricia.solimene.collins at gmail.com; k.blanchard2013 at comcast.net; andrew at sandrew.org; carey48 at comcast.net; KGilbride at publicjustice.net; russell.brown15 at cox.net; bo2wheels at gmail.com; Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov; bonnoday at gmail.com; rcraphael at sbcglobal.net; boes509 at comcast.net; cyclingred at gmail.com; m.zalenska at comcast.net; jamesbaker782 at gmail.com; dbhildreth at hotmail.com; Itamar.lavy at gmail.com; philip.ashley at gsa.gov; clintprovenza at gmail.com; friley914 at gmail.com; patty.craley at gmail.com; lauren.t.murphy.civ at mail.mil; bobmhartt at gmail.com; tajuan.farmer at va.gov; jimandcarey48 at comcast.net; npsherwood at yahoo.com; tlnettles at cox.net; mcnerneycolleen at gmail.com; mark.t.mulligan.civ at mail.mil; Kgallagher at nib.org; drummerguyry at gmail.com; bikingjenn at gmail.com; drelyn2002 at yahoo.com; grandstaffjeremy at gmail.com; tvandish at yahoo.com; mrpresident1776 at gmail.com; katwebster at deloitte.com; jerryrcowden at gmail.com; Kadams at afb.net; kschepis at gmail.com; mayaabdelrahimsoboleva at gmail.com; Hiitsdeb at hotmail.com; b_parada at yahoo.com; yjun21 at gmail.com; saungmook at gmail.com; abkirk95 at gmail.com; zachary.abuza at gmail.com; kj13621 at students.acps.k12.va.us; irwin.e.ramirez at gmail.com; garbermadeline at gmail.com; evanoffmj at gmail.com; Kristina.L.Ament at usdoj.gov Subject: Great article about the DC tandem group Below is an article that appeared in WAMU magazine. It is an article, not a radio segment. Congratulations to Tajuan and Karla for great interviews. Hit the link for the on-line version with a picture. Just read below for the article text. Bonnie https://wamu.org/story/18/08/03/got-hooked-blind-cyclists-hit-road-weekly-ta ndem-ride/ 'I Got Hooked,' Blind Cyclists Hit The Road With Weekly Tandem Ride On a recent Thursday evening, a group of tandem cyclists rode out from Eastern Market to the Anacostia River. The air was heavy from a week of rain, but a cool breeze picked up over the 11th Street Bridge and followed the riders down to the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, rippling over the water and through the trees. One tandem sped away over a hill. "Riding with the elephants, as we like to call it," says Tajuan Farmer. "With these bikes, the gravitational pull takes over and they're gone." Become a sponsor ? Tandem bikes are a rare enough sight on the streets of D.C. to draw smiles and friendly hellos from people along the way. But what fellow riders might not catch in passing is that half this group of cyclists cannot see. Each tandem pairs a sighted captain with another rider who is blind or visually impaired. These weekly rides are organized by Karla Gilbride, who serves as the acting president of the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes. Riders meet every Thursday from the Eastern Market or Bethesda Metro stations and journey ten to twenty miles along the nearby trails on tandem bikes. Riding in sync as a tandem pair requires some practice for the uninitiated. The tandem's captain sits upfront to steer the handlebars, shift the gears, and apply the brakes. Seated close behind is the stoker, who listens for the captain's cues and gives further power to the bike by pedaling. It takes time to learn this "tandem philosophy," says Farmer, who rides with the group as a blind stoker and serves on MWABA's board. Stopping and starting the bike as a team are perhaps the most crucial moments of every ride. Communication is key, especially since the stoker can't see an approaching stop sign or a steep hill. "A good captain will tell you when to stop pedaling, when they've changed gears, so you're in sync on these things," said Carole Nathan Metzger, a visually impaired stoker who rides with the group. At 72, Metzger is one of the group's eldest members. She'd given up recreational cycling when she began losing her peripheral vision as an adult. Riding as a stoker with MWABA last summer marked her first time on a bicycle in 35 years. "I thought oh, I can do this," she recalled of her first Thursday riding tandem. Metzger later wrote an essay reflecting on that night. "I did not see much on the ride," she wrote, but "I did get to feel the wind in my face, enjoy the fresh smells of the vegetation alongside, and know the exhilaration of speed." The tandem program began in earnest in the spring of 2017 as a joint effort between Gilbride and Farmer, and it has quickly become one of MWABA's most popular athletic offerings. Gilbride began riding tandem while living in California and was motivated to begin a similar program for blind athletes in D.C. "I got hooked," she says-a commonly heard phrase among this group of cyclists. Farmer, meanwhile, had been riding with a tandem group out of Alexandria before deciding to invest in his own bicycle. It was Farmer who petitioned Metro to build lockers large enough to accommodate tandem bicycles at the Eastern Market and Bethesda stations, a process that took about a year, he says. Another hurdle in the program's initial stages was acquiring a fleet of tandem bikes. MWABA currently has six tandems to share on a weekly basis, each intimately familiar to riders for their various quirks and claims to speed. Gilbride says the tandem cycling program serves blind and visually impaired athletes of all abilities, whether they've been blind since birth or are entering adaptive sports due to vision loss at a later stage. MWABA offers a range of recreational and competitive sports, from yoga to judo. "People come to us at all levels of experience," she says. The tandem program welcomes new riders-stokers and captains alike-and helps ease them into their first ride. Each tandem bicycle makes for a collaborative balancing act between the two riders on board. The sighted captain, in sole control of steering the bike, is responsible for keeping the pair out of harm's way. The generous flow of trust between riders often paves the way for new friendships, and the pair's physical closeness on the bike makes for easy conversation as they ride. "You're not complete unless you have a stoker," says Qudsiya Naqui, a visually impaired stoker who rides regularly from Bethesda and Eastern Market. Single bikes are affectionately known as "half bikes" among the group. In addition to tandem cycling, Gilbride is active in nearly every program MWABA has to offer and is training for a triathlon in her spare time. She hopes to expand the athletic association into further sports in the coming years, including distance running and adaptive cross-country skiing. In the end, "it's all about camaraderie," she says. For Farmer, who often rode a single bike in his childhood before losing his vision, learning to ride tandem has offered the chance to reconnect with biking and the thrills of the trail. MWABA's stokers aren't simply along for the ride; they're immersed in every aspect of it. Once the tandem falls into its familiar rhythm, "then you can focus on your environment." "You can listen to the sound of nature, feel the sun and the wind, and hear the description of what plants and flowers and animal life is around you." Farmer goes on, still musing: "It's truly an experience." MWABA's tandem rides happen every Thursday at 6 p.m. from April to October. The location alternates between the Eastern Market and Bethesda Metro stations. Learn more at MWABA or e-mail karla.gilbride at gmail.com for details about getting involved. This story was originally published by DCist. Bonnie O'Day 703 845-3436 From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Wed Aug 8 13:33:29 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 09:33:29 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] August 2018 Presidential Release now available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <007201d42f1c$6637f500$32a7df00$@gmail.com> Good morning members and friends of the Greater Alexandria chapter, Below you will find information about how to access the most recent presidential release from Marc Riccobono. I encourage everyone to listen to it as will contain timely information about which you will want to be informed. It is critical that as a chapter of the NFB we know what our national leadership has to say and what we are doing as an organization. Please let me know if you have any questions. Brian Miller President Greater Alexandria Chapter NFB of Virginia -----Original Message----- From: NFBNet-Members-List On Behalf Of Danielsen, Chris via NFBNet-Members-List Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 9:13 PM To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] August 2018 Presidential Release now available Dear Fellow Federationists: The latest Presidential Release is now available at www.nfb.org/presidential-releases. A Spanish version and text transcripts in both languages will be available from the same web page as soon as possible. The Presidential Release is a recorded monthly message from President Riccobono that includes news from the national office, important action items, and happenings in our federation family. It is intended to be shared at local chapter meetings. You can download the current release as well as past editions, in English or Spanish, from the above web page. The release is also available as a podcast. You can play it with your favorite podcast application; on your iPhone through the NFB Connect app; and even by asking Amazon Alexa: "Play the Presidential Release podcast." If you're a new chapter leader or just need a refresher, take a moment to read Preside nt Riccobono's article about the release and its purpose in the April 2018 issue of the Braille Monitor. Warmly, Chris Danielsen Christopher S. Danielsen, J.D. Director of Public Relations 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 (410) 659-9314, Ext. 2330 | cdanielsen at nfb.org Twitter: @rlawyer National Federation of the Blind Facebook Twitter Youtube The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ NFBNet-Members-List mailing list NFBNet-Members-List at nfbnet.org List archives: To unsubscribe from NFBNet-Members-List: goto http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbnet-members-list_nfbnet.org/brianrmille r88%40gmail.com From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Thu Aug 9 16:36:12 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 12:36:12 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: [View-l] HUD Job Fair - August 30th In-Reply-To: <12F94A2E-6D2A-4974-8F74-632472C4989C@gmail.com> References: <12F94A2E-6D2A-4974-8F74-632472C4989C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <004801d42fff$162d23d0$42876b70$@gmail.com> Chapter, Please see the below announcement about an up-coming job fair. Thanks to Bonnie O?Day for sharing this with me. Brian Miller President GAC/NFBV From: "Worden, Jeanine M via VIEW-L" > Date: August 9, 2018 at 11:31:47 AM EDT To: Visually Impaired Empowered Women's Networking List > Cc: "Worden, Jeanine M" > Subject: [View-l] HUD Job Fair - August 30th Reply-To: Visually Impaired Empowered Women's Networking List > Hi everyone, Please spread the word. HUD is holding a job fair, and we are reaching out to ALL Noncompetitive Eligible Candidates, Veterans, Peace Corps, AmeriCorp, and Persons with a disability who have a Schedule A Letter, The job fair will be held on Thursday, August 30, 2018. There are many types of job opportunities available. Interviews for various types of jobs will be conducted on-site. For more information see below survey link. For questions you may call 202-402-5959. Please forward this information to anyone you know who may be interested in a HUD job. HUD is an equal opportunity employer that provides reasonable accommodations. 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Brian Miller President GAC/NFBV From: Sarah Patnaude Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2018 2:46 PM To: Robert Parsons ; John Halverson ; John Bailey ; Woodrow Berry ; Theresa Willis ; Nancy Yeager ; haroldwilson02 at gmaill.com; Michael Valentino ; Althea Pittman ; Patty Droppers ; Laurie Wages ; Valerie Luther ; Holly Frisch ; Rick Holley ; BrianMiller ; Corlis Jones ; Harrison Uricka ; Marc Canamaso ; Stewart & Deborah Prost ; Shirley Guess Cc: Joe Orozco Subject: Materials for Agust Newsletter Hello Everyone! Happy Saturday! I know all of our chapters and divisions are doing amazing work. We want to make sure we highlight the work you all are doing in our monthly Newsletter. Our next issue will be coming out later this month, so please get any material for the Vigilant to Joe Orozco by Friday, August 17. As always, please encourage your members to submit materials as well! This is our newsletter, so we want to hear from our members. Thank you for all your hard work! Enjoy your weekend. 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URL: From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Fri Aug 17 12:39:10 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:39:10 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Announcing the 2018 National Federation of the Blind of Virginia College Scholarship (applications due 9/25) In-Reply-To: <00d101d43589$35c128b0$a1437a10$@gmail.com> References: <00d101d43589$35c128b0$a1437a10$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006101d43627$4bf61570$e3e24050$@gmail.com> Please share with eligible students. >From Brian Miller, National Federation of the Blind Virginia Scholarship Committee Chair Materials are in this message and in the attached Word Document. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF VIRGINIA 2018 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The NFB of Virginia is pleased to announce the launch of its James F. Nelson merit scholarship program for the academic year 2018-2019. Up to three scholarships of $1500.00 will be awarded based on academic achievement, community engagement, and leadership potential. The NFB of Virginia believes that all blind and visually impaired students who apply for a James F. Nelson scholarship can benefit from the experience of attending the state convention. As such, the NFBV will cover reasonable costs associated with attending the convention for all eligible applicants, including a room at the hotel shared with a fellow scholarship applicant, most meals, and the cost of registration and a banquet ticket. Scholarship applicants should work with their local chapter to explore transportation options, and should notify the scholarship committee if they encounter difficulties. Convention related expenses will be reimbursed or covered by the affiliate at the convention. Please notify the committee if you do not have access to a credit card or other means of covering pre-convention costs. Applicants are expected to pre-register in order to signal their intention to attend the state convention and to assist the scholarship committee to make hotel reservations. The Scholarship Committee will review all applications and select the scholarship recipients. All decisions of the Scholarship Committee are final. Please read all instructions carefully and pay close attention to the deadlines. To be eligible to receive a James F. Nelson scholarship, all applicants must: * Be legally blind or have a visual impairment that qualifies them to receive services under IDEA or from a state vocational rehabilitation program; * Be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or be attending full time an accredited institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia; * Plan to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in the 2018-2019 academic year; and * Participate in the entire NFB of Virginia state convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities to be held November 9 to 11, 2018, at the Fredericksburg Hospitality House, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Individuals who have already won two James F. Nelson scholarships should contact the scholarship committee chair before applying. The intention of the committee is to not award scholarships more than twice to the same individual except in extraordinary circumstances. Exceptions to this policy will only be made by decision of the committee chair and the NFBV affiliate president. Completed scholarship applications and all supporting documentation should be sent to the NFB of Virginia scholarship committee chair, Dr. Brian R. Miller, at brianrmiller88 at gmail.com with the words "scholarship application" in the subject line. Deadline: Applications must be received no later than 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Applicants must submit at least one letter of recommendation from a teacher, professor, counselor, or academic advisor who is familiar with their scholarship. Applicants are encouraged to provide additional letters of recommendation or references, including from employers, individuals working in the applicant's field of interest, or leaders from the blind movement or other groups engaged in social change advocacy. Letters of recommendation may be submitted in email form. An electronic copy of the applicant's transcripts must be provided in support of the application. Unofficial transcripts in PDF form from the accredited institution are acceptable. APPLICATION Please complete this application by entering your responses after each prompt. All applications must be received by 11:59pm of Tuesday, September 25, 2018. All supporting documents (i.e., letters of recommendation and transcripts) must be received by October 1, 2018. 1. Full Name: 2. Email address: 3. Preferred phone number (indicate if mobile or home): 4. Mailing Address - Street, City, State & ZIP: 5. Date of birth (MM/DD/YYYY): 6. Year of study - i.e., freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student: 7. Your current or expected field of study (major): 8. What is your degree objective? (Associate, bachelor's, master's, law degree, or doctorate): 9. Name of the high school you attended or attend if you are an incoming freshman, and cumulative GPA: 10. Name of the college or university you will be attending in the 2018-19 school year: 11. If you are not an incoming freshman, please provide your cumulative GPA for the college or university where you currently attend: 12. List other colleges or universities you've attended, degrees earned, and cumulative GPAs as appropriate: Micro essay Questions: For the following items provide brief and specific responses in complete sentences. 13. What is your long-term career goal? Where do you see yourself in five to ten years? 14. Describe extracurricular activities or community service in which you have been or are currently involved: 15. Describe the skills and strategies you employ as a blind or visually impaired person to accomplish your goals: 16. Provide examples of ways in which you've demonstrated leadership - this could be in your community, school, place of worship, or as part of a social organization outside the home: 17. What do you think is the most important challenge facing blind students today? 18. Describe what you hope to gain from the experience of attending the Virginia state convention: 19. Please indicate whether or not one of the leaders of the Virginia state student division may contact you, and by what preferred means - email, phone, text: 20. How did you hear about the NFB of Virginia James F. Nelson scholarship program? Please tell us anything else you think we should know about you in evaluating your application. Feel free to list any awards you have received, experiences that reflect who you are or anything else you think we might find of interest. Only complete applications will be considered. The Scholarship Committee takes no responsibility for notifying you if required information is missing from your application. Be sure to review your application for completeness before submitting. If you encounter any difficulty in submitting your application, or if you have questions, please contact the scholarship committee chair. NFBV Scholarship Committee Chair Contact Information: Dr. Brian R. Miller Email: Brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Phone: 703-785-9929 List of References: Provide below the name or names of individuals from whom you intend to seek a letter of recommendation, and their affiliation with you as a scholarship applicant. Please note that only one letter of recommendation is required, but you may submit more than one. Recommendations may be emailed to the scholarship chair. 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Brian Miller President Greater Alexandria Chapter NFB of Virginia Begin forwarded message: From: James Patterson > Date: August 16, 2018 at 10:19:33 PM EDT To: Adam Forbes >, "Davis, Rebecca" >, Kathryn Cornell Webster >, Naim Muawia Abu-El Hawa >, Marc Canamaso >, Teia Westbrook-Johnson >, "Slone, Christy" >, Sara Rolander >, "Wiersholm, Eileen L" >, Melanie Erler >, Audrey Goldberg > Cc: Jen Blum > Subject: Goalball League Interest Hi all, I?m reaching out to you in the hope that you can help get this out to the families you know. Feel free to take the information in this email and send it to folks in any way that you feel comfortable, short of posting it publicly. I appreciate any help you can provide in getting the word out to the blind and visually impaired community in Northern Virginia. Regards, James ______________________________________________________________ Hello everyone, My name is James Patterson and I am volunteering with Virginia?s Department of the Blind and Visually Impaired to help establish a statewide Goalball League. (Not familiar with Goalball? A brief explanation of the game and a link to a video can be found at the end of this e-mail.) Initially, we hope to get at least one team established in each of DBVI?s six regions, although regions can have more than one team if there is enough interest. Ours is the Northern Region, covering Northern Virginia west through Winchester. Having a team in the Northern Region will require at least six athletes and three coaches/helpers. I?m hoping we have more interest than that so that we can have a few teams within the Northern Region that could play each other during the season. Here are some of the ?nuts and bolts? details that I can provide at this time: * Season commitment: The first ?season? will be fairly basic and will largely focus on teaching players the fundamentals of Goalball. Our unofficial plan is to have a weekly practice that will run between 60 and 90 minutes. The season will conclude with a tournament between regional teams. The details are all a little fuzzy since this is the first year we are trying to get this off the ground. We?d like practices to begin in late September or early-October, but aren?t sure when the tournament would be held. We also don?t have any firm details on how many teams there will be overall. In addition to the weekly practices and the end-of-season tournament, we may try to play a few games against other nearby regional teams, but anything like that will be determined with input from our team?s players and families. * Athlete age: The desired age-range for the first season is not firmly defined. We have many potential players from a variety of age groups. If we have a lot of interest, I will help set up teams for different age groups, like most other sports in our area do. Before any of those details can be worked out, we need to identify interested athletes in our Northern Region. * Geographic location: The formal definition of DBVI?s Northern Region includes Arlington, Clarke, Culpepper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudon, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Shenandoah, Stafford, and Warren Counties. Please don?t let the large geographical area prevent you from indicating your interest. Since the teams can be fairly small (six or so athletes) and we have such a large geographic area, there is a good chance that we can establish a team near you. For example, I live in Reston, am organizing a team, and am planning for our practices to be somewhere within a reasonable drive from here. If we get enough folks in Winchester or Springfield that can form another Northern Region team, they can hold their practices closer to them. * Registration Fees: The fees will be approximately $60 per athlete. The cost of the initial equipment will be a combination of registration fees, DBVI support, and grants. Action is needed by August 31st! If you know a blind or visually-impaired athlete who would enjoy trying Goalball, I?d appreciate your help! Please indicate the interest of your athlete and any available adult helpers by filling out the form at this link https://goo.gl/forms/bnCCN0wgOmxaeoRu1 . This is not a registration, only a way to gauge the level of interest across the community so that we can determine what teams we can put together -- and where -- as we get this league started. There will be a separate form to actually register for a team once we iron out a few more details. The folks at DBVI and I are excited to get this league started in order to help our blind and visually-impaired athletes access a sport that was created just for them! Please feel free to email me directly at james.patterson.703 at gmail.com if you have any questions or comments. Regards, James Patterson, Parent Volunteer / Coordinator for the Northern DBVI Region What?s Goalball? Goalball is a Paralympic sport that was developed specifically for blind and visually-impaired athletes. The game is played on a volleyball-sized court with goals that stretch across each end line. The three players on each team roll a bell-laden ball from their side, trying to get it past the opposing team and into their goal. The players wear blinders and orient themselves with a rope grid that is taped to the floor. The team with the most goals at the end wins. A video from the Paralympics describes the sport nicely: https://youtu.be/0bZ51jzmbAQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianrmiller88 at gmail.com Sat Aug 25 17:34:33 2018 From: brianrmiller88 at gmail.com (Brian Miller) Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 13:34:33 -0400 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: Article on Blind Judouka In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <012b01d43c99$e383b730$aa8b2590$@gmail.com> Good afternoon, Here's an article shared by Aaron Simoneau about how blind women in India are learning to defend themselves. Perhaps this is a good time to think about another self-defense course? Brian Miller President Greater Alexandria Chapter NFB of Virginia https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/21/health/blind-woman-judoka-india-self-defe nse/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: