From jwh100 at outlook.com  Sun Jul 14 16:16:30 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:16:30 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: <External>RE: Travel training for
 summer shutdown
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Hello Colleagues,

I Apologize for the delay in forwarding this important announcement from David, but I was at our convention and just now saw the message.

John

From: Shaffer, David J. [mailto:DShaffer at wmata.com]
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 12:59 PM
To: 'Tracy Soforenko' <tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>
Cc: John Halverson <jwh100 at outlook.com>; Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>; Evelyn <evelyn.valdez212 at gmail.com>
Subject: RE: <External>RE: Travel training for summer shutdown

Hello John, Evelyn and Annette,

As I mentioned to Tracy, we are considering offering additional travel training sessions around the stations closed for the Yellow/Blue line shutdown.  We have three O&M Specialist available under contract with Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind.  We can provide some group classes or we can expedite individual travel training around the shutdown.

I  would appreciate you sending out an notice to your members about this program and ask anyone who is interested in such sessions to call us at 202-962-2703 or email to traveltraining at wmata.com<mailto:traveltraining at wmata.com>.

If people have concerns or issues that we can address to make the summer easier for our Blind and low vision customers, please have people contact me directly.

Also, we will be announcing an RFP for an audio navigation system in our rail and bus system  in the next month.  Please let me know if you would like me to speak on this at any of your meetings.

Thank you.



DAVID J. SHAFFER
ACCESS POLICY OFFICER
ADA OMBUDSMAN
SECTION 508 COORDINATOR
202-962-2820

From: Tracy Soforenko <tracy.soforenko at gmail.com<mailto:tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>>
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Subject: <External>RE: Travel training for summer shutdown

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Hi David,

Sounds like a good idea. The challenge will be scheduling.
Annette Carr runs our Fairfax Chapter.
Evelyn Valdez runs our Greater Alexandria Chapter.
John Halverson runs our Arlington/Falls Church (Potomac) Chapter.
All are carbon copied on this message.

Also, we will be announcing  our RFP for an audio navigation beacon wayfinding  systems

Please reach out to them.

Tracy Soforenko
President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
202 285-4595
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From: Shaffer, David J. <DShaffer at wmata.com<mailto:DShaffer at wmata.com>>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 10:39 AM
To: 'Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com' <Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com<mailto:Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>>
Subject: Travel training for summer shutdown

Hi Tracy,

In response to customer complaints and the articles in the Post, we are conducting outreach to see if blind riders would benefit from some group travel training sessions at the stations that are closed for the platform repair project in NVA.

Could you assist by providing me the email addresses of the Presidents of the various NFB chapters in NVA?  If you happened to have any ACB contacts or other thoughts about who we should contact, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you.

DAVID J. SHAFFER
ACCESS POLICY OFFICER
ADA OMBUDSMAN
SECTION 508 CORRDINATOR

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
DEPARTMENT OF ACCESS SERVICES
Office of ADA Policy and Planning
600 Fifth St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tell:  202-962-2820
Fax:  202-962-1724
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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Thu Jul 18 13:42:08 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:42:08 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: [NFBV-Announce] President Riccobono
 Comes to Virginia for 8/17 Membership Seminar and Board of Directors
 Meeting
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Good Morning Colleagues,

I expect that most of you have seen this announcement from Tracy.  In case you have not received it, below is exciting news.

As many chapter members who are able should make plans to attend.

John


From: NFBV-Announce [mailto:nfbv-announce-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Soforenko via NFBV-Announce
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 11:30 PM
To: nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBV-Announce] President Riccobono Comes to Virginia for 8/17 Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting

Hi Virginia Federation Family,

We are thrilled to announce that National Federation of the Blind President Mark Riccobono has agreed to come to our August 17 meeting at the Westin Tysons Corner. All members are welcome to come to the lunch and meeting to meet President Riccobono and engage in an exciting program. We expect there will be significant time for questions and we hope you can help us learn and grow together.
In addition to an interactive membership seminar with president Riccobono, the second focus of the board meeting will be plans for our 2019 NFB of Virginia convention.

Plans are coming together fast but we wanted to share information as things are being finalized. Since August 17 is exactly one month away, we will need you to act fast to tell us you are coming and make your reservation for the luncheon.

Saturday, August 17
Luncheon Meeting Featuring President Riccobono at Noon
Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Chapters may wish to make this a chapter excursion.

Since the luncheon meeting starts at Noon, we assume many of you can come on Saturday morning. However, we recognize that some people would prefer to stay overnight and we have established a negotiated room block for both Friday and Saturday evenings. It is essential to meet our room block commitment so please use the room block for your reservation. You will need to make reservations very quickly to meet our cutoff date so start considering your plans now.

Very shortly, we will provide details on making a lunch reservation and about how to make hotel reservations in our negotiated room block at $89 + tax   per night.

We believe that individuals could take the early Amtrak from Norfolk/Alexandria on Saturday morning and arrive with sufficient time to attend the lunch and return on the train on Saturday afternoon/evening.

During Saturday morning, President Riccobono will be meeting with participants in the Virginia Chapter Leadership Institute and students attending the Southeast Regional Student Seminar.

Between all parties including the students from around the Southeast region, we anticipate over 100 people at the luncheon.

We are truly excited that President Riccobono is joining us and we hope you can make plans to be in attendance.
Please start thinking about your questions and we will outline a means to capture questions so President Riccobono is prepared.

If you have questions for me, please do not hesitate to ask.

Tracy Soforenko
President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
202 285-4595
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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Thu Jul 18 14:13:38 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:13:38 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] 2019-2020 Potomac Chapter Book Club
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Hello,

It is time to begin thinking about our choice of books for the 2019-2020 Potomac Chapter book club.

Please forward your ideas to me and I will send them out to our mailing list for consideration.

Let's try to meet by telephone on August 18 to decide.

Remember that books must be on BARD for consideration.

Carl already has some suggestions.  I know at least one is on Bard.  I will send that suggestion out later today.

Happy Reading,

John
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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Thu Jul 18 14:50:46 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:50:46 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Chapter List
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Hello,

I am attaching the most recent chapter list.

Please let me know if there any changes or if you were inadvertently left off.

Thank you.

John
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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Fri Jul 19 18:07:29 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:07:29 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Carl's First Book Recommendation
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Here is Carl's first recommendation.


The color of law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America DB92052<https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/detail/srch/DB92052>
Rothstein, Richard. Reading time: 9 hours, 35 minutes.
Read by Adam Grupper.

Social Sciences

Historian argues that American cities did not become racially divided due to de facto segregation but due to housing and lending policies put in place by local, state, and federal governments. Examines public housing, racial zoning, home ownership, white flight, suppressed incomes, and more. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
Download The color of law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America <https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/download/book/srch/DB92052>

Please send me your recommendations and I will forward them.


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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Thu Jul 25 13:41:19 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:41:19 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: Jazz at the church
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Greetings,

I have attended this event before.  The music is wonderful and the crowd friendly.  A dinner is served with a cost of $ten to $fifteen.  I will be there tomorrow.

I hope to see some of you tomorrow evening.

John


From: blumberg1982 [mailto:sarahblumb at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 2:50 PM
To: John Halverson <jwh100 at outlook.com>
Subject: Jazz at the church

Hi John,
Want to come with Sean and I to jazz this Friday night at the Westminster Presbyterian Church? Music starts at six pm and the cost is five dollars. A singer we love is playing there and she's super nice too! Ms. Alison Crockett is definitely someone to hear. We'd love to see you there! Feel free to send out to the chapter of you wish, in case anyone is interested.

Sarah Blumberg
PCNFB Board Member and Social Guru
202-427-4814
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From jwh100 at outlook.com  Tue Jul 30 15:34:41 2019
From: jwh100 at outlook.com (John Halverson)
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:34:41 +0000
Subject: [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] FW: [NFBV-Announce] Details on August 17
 NFB of Virginia Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting with
 President Riccobono
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Colleagues,

A friendly reminder that the deadline for making lunch reservations for the August 17 board meeting is July 31.  No later reservations will be honored.  Contact by email Mausam Mehta at mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com<mailto:mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com> to make your reservation.

If you order a lunch but choose not to attend the board meeting, you will still be liable for the lunch cost because the hotel charges us for each lunch ordered.


If you need a hotel room, the deadline is also July 31.  Make  your reservation directly with the hotel.  See below for complete details.

See you at the board meeting.
John

From: NFBV-Announce [mailto:nfbv-announce-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Soforenko via NFBV-Announce
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 4:22 PM
To: nfbv-announce at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBV-Announce] Details on August 17 NFB of Virginia Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting with President Riccobono

Hi Virginia Federation Family,

We are thrilled to announce that National Federation of the Blind President Mark Riccobono has agreed to come to our August 17 meeting at the Westin Tysons Corner. All members are welcome to come to the lunch and meeting to meet President Riccobono and engage in an exciting program. We expect there will be significant time for questions and we hope you can help us learn and grow together.

We can now provide more details about our special August 17 Membership Seminar and Board of Directors meeting. If you are considering attending the Virginia Membership Seminar and Board of Directors meeting, we want to be explicitly clear that the program is available to all members, not just members of the board of directors.

Concurrent Student Seminar:

If you are a student attending the Southeast Regional Student seminar, pricing information and details on the schedule provided below are not applicable. However, students should register right away for the Southeast Regional Student Seminar using the student registration form found at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNNgaOlJrOfR7ubUXte95TF8TLX7GnA7vDEanIkd_3WwdVEw/viewform

Student questions should be directed to Mausam Mehta.
mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com<mailto:mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com>



Location:

WESTIN TYSON'S CORNER
7801 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
(703) 893-1340


Schedule:

11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Virginia Meet and Greet Willow Room
As people arrive for the program, please come to the Willow room located just to the left as you enter the conference center. This is also where you will meet with our registration team to pay for the boxed lunch and obtain your boxed lunch ticket.

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Combined Membership and Student Lunch Oaks 1 Ballroom
President Riccobono will be our featured speaker for the lunch meeting.
Boxed lunches will be available outside of Oaks 1. You will need a ticket to pick up a boxed lunch. Since we must give the hotel our lunch order in advance, we can't accept same day lunch registration. Everyone is welcome to attend but we will be charging $15 for each boxed lunch. If you need to pay by credit card, an additional $1 will be charged to cover the credit card processing fee.  The $15 boxed lunch charge is a subsidized price with the Virginia affiliate paying nearly $5 per person to make this lunch more affordable. You are not required to order a boxed lunch to attend the lunch but  outside food is not allowed in the hotel meeting rooms.

12:55 Students Depart for afternoon programming
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM NFB of Virginia Board of Directors Meeting & Membership Seminar
Oaks 1 Ballroom
We will be running a membership town hall with President Riccobono where you will be able to ask questions. President Riccobono will have a few questions as well. This program will be better if people are prepared to ask meaningful questions and we welcome an engaging discussion. We will do a special recognition event for members of the board of directors, and we will run our normal August board meeting. While a detailed agenda will be provided in August, we will certainly cover planning for the 2019 NFB of Virginia State Convention from November 1-3 in Portsmouth.

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Blind Parents Meeting in the leadership suite
The Virginia Blind Parents group will hold its first in person meeting and informal get together with President Riccobono. Details on the suite number will be provided at the Board meeting.


Lunch Registration:

We need to know who will be attending the lunch in advance so we can secure lunches by July 31. We are asking individuals to contact Mausam Mehta to RSVP for the lunch. Please contact Mausam with your name and chapter. Please arrive in advance and pay at the Willow room so we can ensure everyone is available for the lunch at 12:00 Noon.

Mausam can be reached at
mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com<mailto:mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com>



Hotel Registration:

The National Association of Blind Students (NABS) has negotiated a special $89 plus tax rate for this event. Please use the national Association of Blind Students room block for hotel reservations. Please ensure you ask for the NABS Rate which will be available in the hotel's reservation system starting Tuesday. Please make your reservation quickly because the cutoff date for the room block is Wednesday, July 31.

Hotel Shuttle:

The hotel runs a shuttle between the Tysons Mall, the Metro, and the hotel. The schedule will be provided as the date approaches.

Parking:

The hotel provides complementary parking.

Dog Relief:

There will be a defined dog relief area.  Details to be provided in subsequent updates.

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tracy Soforenko
President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
202 285-4595
Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com<mailto:Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com>
www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org>
www.nfbv.org<http://www.nfbv.org>
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