[Nfbwv-talk] CONVENTION AGENDA

Sat Aug 6 11:27:35 UTC 2011

Greeting Fellow Federationists,

Here it is hot of the presses, the 2011 NFBWV Convention Agenda.  You will find it both as an attachment and cut and pasted below.  Please be aware that you will also be given a copy of it in your preferred format when you visit the registration table in the hotel lobby on Friday afternoon at the convention.

Charlene

CONVENTION AGENDA

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

OF WEST VIRGINIA

August 11, 12, 13, and 14, 2011

BEST WESTERN BRIDGEPORT INN 

100 Lodgeville Road

Bridgeport, WV  26330 

(304) 842-5411

"VOICE OF WEST VIRGINIA'S BLIND"

The Members at Large Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia welcomes you to the Fifty-eighth Annual Convention of the National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia (NFBWV).

National Representative: Carl Jacobsen 

471 63rd Street

Brooklyn, New York 11220-4617 

Phone: (718) 567-7821 

E-Mail:  office at nfbny.org

President, NFB of West Virginia: Charlene Smyth 

220 Buena Vista Avenue 

Clarksburg, West Virginia 26301 

Phone: (304) 672-3445 

E-Mail: cs.nfbwv at frontier.com

  CONVENTION PLANNING COMMITTEE

President Smyth would like to thank the Members at Large Chapter for working so diligently to handle convention arrangements.  Please know, you helped to make this year's convention possible.  

          The NFBWV is also grateful to Sheri Koch, Ed McDonald, and Barbara Olive for their assistance with convention agendas (print and Braille) and for name tags.

          To the staff of the Best Western Bridgeport Inn, "Thank you for your help with convention arrangements." 

          Thank you also to others, whose names may have been inadvertently omitted, for their hard work.

          Financial and logistical support for the 2011 NFBWV Convention was provided by the following businesses, organizations, and individuals:  

GOLD SPONSORS

NewPage Corporation 

Luke Mill

Luke, Maryland 

NewPage is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America.

www.newpagecorp.com

Thank you for the contribution made by a friend of Ed and Karen McDonald's.  

Reeds Drug Store

An Independent Health Mart Pharmacy

Locations in Keyser and Romney, WV  

BRONZE SPONSOR

Dagwood's Restaurant

Downtown Clarksburg

(304) 626-3411

We Deliver

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS 

West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services

Nitro, West Virginia

BEST WESTERN BRIDGEPORT INN 

HOTEL DESCRIPTION

Guest rooms at the Best Western are located on two floors and there are no elevators.  The facility includes the Simmering Pot Family Restaurant and Lounge.  The hotel's restaurant, the Simmering Pot Family Restaurant, is open for breakfast from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  Dinner is available from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.  (Please be aware that the restaurant is closed for lunch.)  Room service is also available by dialing 520.  

When entering the main lobby of the hotel, one is facing east.  The check-in desk is situated along the left-hand (north) side of the lobby.  Just beyond the check-in desk, across the lobby on the right-hand (South) side, is the convention registration desk.  

Along the right-hand (south) side, near the east end of the lobby, is the entrance to the Simmering Pot Family Restaurant.  Just inside this entrance, the dining room opens on the left, and the lounge opens on the right.  

The entrance to the large ballroom area (the Coal and West Virginia Rooms)-which will be used for the reception, sessions, and banquet-are located on the east end of the lobby, opposite the main entrance.  

At the east end of the lobby is an opening which leads into a north-south corridor.  Restrooms are located off the left-hand side of this corridor, and public telephones are on the right.  To the left of the bank of pay phones is a hotel house phone that guests can use.  Just pick up the handset and the hotel operator will assist you.  

After passing the phones, the first corridor branching to the right (east) is a rather long and winding hallway which leads to the Appalachian and Bridgeport rooms.  

Continuing north down the north-south hallway, there are three vending machines on the right.  When facing the three vending machines, there is a snack machine in the middle with a Coke machine to the left and right of it.  

The north-south corridor eventually ends at en exit.  At this point, turning right (east) will lead into the first corridor of guest rooms.  These rooms begin with 101 on the left and 102 on the right.  A room number in Braille can be found on the wall along the side of each door.  This east-west corridor ends with room 145 on the left and 148 on the right.  The next door past room 138 contains an ice machine.  

At this point, a right-hand (south) turn leads into another corridor of guest rooms which begins with 149 on the left and 150 on the right.  The guest room corridors surrounds a courtyard where the pool is located.  

          This year's hotel guest room rates are $75 per night for up to four persons per room.  Check in time at the Best Western Bridgeport Inn begins at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2011.  Check out time has been extended to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, 2011.  

NFB SONGS

Throughout the convention, we will spontaneously break out into song, that is NFB song.  We are lending you an NFB songbook to use throughout the convention.  At the close of convention on Sunday morning, we will collect all songbooks and nametags to use again next year.  The following are the names and page numbers of the songs we will sing:

Battle Song of the NFB, Glory, Glory, Federation

Braille Page 3

Large Print Page4

The Library Song 

Braille Page 16

Large Print Page 12

The Bureau Song

Braille Page 47

Large Print Page 32

I've Been Workin' in the Workshop 

Braille Page 49

Large Print Page 33

Thursday, August 11, 2011

6:30 PM:  NFBWV BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING--Charlene Smyth, President; Appalachian Room 

FRIDAY, August 12, 2011 

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM:  AGENCY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING--Ed McDonald, Chairperson; West Virginia Room

12:15 - 1:30 PM:  LUNCH BREAK--on your own unless you have made arrangements with Ed McDonald, chairman of the Agency Partnership Committee, for your lunch which will take place in the Simmering Pot Family Restaurant.  

1:30 - 4:30 PM:  REGISTRATION--Hotel Lobby; (The convention registration fee is $10.00 per person, which covers admission to all convention sessions including the reception.  The convention banquet fee is $25.00 per person.)

2:00 - 3:00 PM:  MEMBERS AT LARGE CHAPTER MEETING--Ed McDonald, President; West Virginia Room 

3:00 - 4:00 PM:  NAPUBWV DIVISION MEETING--Karen McDonald, President; West Virginia Room 

4:00 - 4:45 PM:  RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING-Ed McDonald, Chairman; West Virginia Room; Members are Andy Baughman, Larry Kirby, Sheri Koch, and Karen McDonald 

6:00 - 8:00 PM:  MEMBERS AUCTION--Sheri Koch, Coordinator; Darren Burton, Master of Ceremony/Auctioneer; West Virginia Room 

8:00 - 9:00 PM:  RECEPTION-- Sponsored by the Members at Large Chapter of the NFBWV; West Virginia Room; this includes a full dinner buffet of tossed salad with assorted dressings, chicken fingers, twice baked potatoes, fresh baked rolls with butter, country style green beans, coffee and tea, and white sheet cake.  

9:00 - 11:00 PM:  ICE CREAM AND SOCIAL TIME-Bre Brown, WVABS President; West Virginia Room; the West Virginia Association of Blind Students invites everyone to relax and take time to visit with one another while enjoying a dish of ice cream.  The students will also have an assortment of games placed on tables throughout the room if anyone wishes to join in some fun and games.  

SATURDAY, August 13, 2011

8:00-8:45 AM:  REGISTRATION (See Treasurer Marcus Soulsby)

9:00 AM:  GENERAL SESSION; West Virginia Room

(Members of the West Virginia Association of Blind Students will participate in this year's convention program by introducing various speakers on the agenda.  Each agenda item is followed by the name of the student who will introduce it.  )

* CALL TO ORDER--Charlene Smyth, President, NFBWV

* INVOCATION

* PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE--Led by John Koch, Veteran and Kanawha Valley Chapter Member

* NFB PLEDGE

NFB 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.

* ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS--Ed McDonald, President, Members at Large Chapter

9:30 AM:  RECOGNITION OF NFBWV SCHOLARSHIP WINNER--Andy Baughman, NFB Scholarship Committee Chairperson

9:30 AM:  NATIONAL REPORT--Carl Jacobsen, NFB National Board Member (Bre Brown)

10:15 AM:  PRESIDENT'S REPORT--Charlene Smyth, President, NFBWV (Kerri Kosten)

10:45 AM:  COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUP--Bre Brown

11:05 AM:  YOUTH SLAM--Marcus Soulsby, Youth Mentor (Bre Brown)

11:25 AM:  REHABILITATION SERVICES--Sheri Koch, Program Supervisor, Life Skills for the Blind; West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services (Kerri Kosten)

11:40 AM:  BRAILLE TUTORING PILOT PROGRAM-Ed McDonald and Sheri Koch (Ryan Riffle)

11:58 AM:  SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg 

* RECESS

12:00 - 2:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK AND WEST VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF BLIND STUDENTS LUNCHEON MEETING--On your own unless you made arrangements with Bre Brown, president of the West Virginia Association of Blind Students, to attend their luncheon meeting at the Simmering Pot Family Restaurant.  

2:00 PM:  GENERAL SESSION; West Virginia Room

2:05 PM:  UPDATE ON SERVICES FOR THE BLIND, WV LIBRARY COMMISSION, AND NEWSLINE--Donna Calvert, Director of Special Services (Ryan Riffle)

* QUESTIONS

2:30 PM:  WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND UPDATE-Michelle Slocum, Director of Student Living; West Virginia School for the Blind; Romney, West Virginia (Bre Brown)

2:50 PM:  INDEPENDENCE 2011 THROUGH BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND--Precious Falls, Participant (Kerri Kosten)

3:10 PM:  BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND--Roger Williamson, Rehabilitation Specialist (Bre Brown)

* QUESTIONS

4:00 PM:  ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS (NON-VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS SKILLES)--Sheri Koch; Second Vice-President and Bre Brown, WVABS President (Ryan Riffle)

SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg 

5:00 PM:  RECESS

6:30 PM:  BANQUET--Ed McDonald, Master of Ceremonies; West Virginia Room

* INVOCATION--Patricia Walker, Huntington Area Chapter 

* INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS--Ed McDonald, NFBWV First Vice-President

* RECOGNITION OF ROYAL COURT WINNER--Marcus Soulsby, Treasurer

* NFBWV SCHOLARSHIP WINNER--Mary Ann Saunders, Scholarship Committee Member 

* FEDERATIONIST OF THE YEAR AWARD--Glen and Mary Grogg

* AWARDS AND HONORS--Sheri Koch, Chairperson 

* KEYNOTE ADDRESS--Carl Jacobsen, NFB National Board Member

* SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg 

9:00-11:59 PM:  DANCE AND FUN--Loray Robinson, DJ, Sponsored by the Members at Large and Harrison County Chapters; West Virginia Room

 SUNDAY, August 14, 2011

8:30-9:00 AM:  MEMORIAL SERVICE--Buck Saunders; West Virginia Room

9:15 AM:  GENERAL SESSION; West Virginia Room

* CALL TO ORDER--Charlene Smyth, President, NFBWV

* PAC PLAN--Marcus Soulsby, Treasurer

* AMENDING OF NFBWV CONSTITUTION--Ed McDonald, Chairperson

* RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT--Ed McDonald, Chairperson

* AGENCY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT--Ed McDonald, Chairperson

* WVNAPUB REPORT--Karen McDonald, Chairperson 

* NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLIND STUDENTS REPORT--Bre Brown, President 

* MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT--Charlene Smyth, President

* BRIEF FINANCIAL SUMMARY--Marcus Soulsby, NFBWV Treasurer

* NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE--Carl Jacobsen 

* CHAPTER REPORTS 

* OLD BUSINESS

* NEW BUSINESS

* FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS

* SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg

11:30 AM:  ADJOURN
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