[Nfbwv-talk] 2013 NFBWV Convention Agenda

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Please find attached and cut and pasted below the agenda for the 2013
convention of the National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia.  

Please let me know if you see anything that needs brought to my
attention.

Charlene

CONVENTION AGENDA

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

OF WEST VIRGINIA

September 19-22, 2013

BEST WESTERN BRIDGEPORT INN 

100 Lodgeville Road

Bridgeport, WV  26330 

(304) 842-5411

"VOICE OF WEST VIRGINIA'S BLIND"

Welcome to the sixtieth Annual Convention of the National Federation of
the Blind of West Virginia (NFBWV).

National Representative: Cathy Jackson 

210 Cambridge Drive 

Louisville, Kentucky  40214-2809  

Phone: (502) 366-2317 

E-Mail:  cathyj1949 at gmail.com

President, NFB of West Virginia: Charlene Smyth 

401 East Olive Street

Apartment 1-A

Bridgeport, West Virginia 26330 

Phone: (304) 841-1111 

E-Mail: cs.nfbwv at frontier.com

First Vice-President, NFB of West Virginia:  Ed McDonald

151 S. Mineral Street

Keyser, WV 26726

PHONE:  304-788-0129

E-MAIL:  ed at eioproductions.com

Second Vice-President, NFB of West Virginia:  Sheri Koch

5111 Staunton Avenue SE

Charleston, WV  25304

PHONE:  304-925-2942

CELL:  304-993-5103

E-MAIL:  slk5111 at hotmail.com

Secretary, NFB of West Virginia:  Karen McDonald 

151 South Mineral Street

Keyser, WV  26726

PHONE:  304-788-0129 

CELL:  304-790-9069

E-MAIL:  karen at eioproductions.com

Treasurer, NFB of West Virginia:  Marcus Soulsby

5309 Venable Avenue

Charleston, WV  25304

PHONE:  304-765-7877

CELL:  304-206-4044

E-MAIL:  msoulsby at suddenlink.net

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS

          President Smyth would like to thank all chapters and their
members for working so diligently to make this year's convention a
success.  

          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 2013 NFBWV Convention
was provided by the following businesses, organizations, and
individuals:  

GOLD SPONSOR

Reeds Drug Store

An Independent Health Mart Pharmacy

Locations in Keyser and Romney, WV  

SILVER SPONSORS

EIO Productions

Keyser, West Virginia

Presenting "Sidetracks" on Fridays at 8:00 PM on West Virginia Public
Radio

Martinsburg Lions Club

Martinsburg, WV  25401

BRONZE SPONSOR

Mr. Burke

Martinsburg, WV  25401

Mrs. Lundberg

Martinsburg, WV  25401

BEST WESTERN BRIDGEPORT INN 

HOTEL DESCRIPTION

          This year's hotel guest room rates are $79 per night for up to
four persons per room.  Check in at the Best Western Bridgeport Inn
begins at 3:00 p.m.  Check out time is at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday,
September 22.  

          Guest rooms at the Best Western are located on two floors and
there is now an elevator.  The facility includes the Simmering Pot
Family Restaurant and Lounge.  The 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, you are facing
east.  The check-in desk is situated along the left-hand (north) side of
the lobby.  There is a seating area across from the check-in desk on the
right-hand (south) side of the lobby.  The convention registration desk
will be located just beyond the check-in desk, across the lobby on the
right-hand (South) side.  

          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 and the lounge open on the right.
The Imperial Room-the room which will be used for most convention
activities--opens on the left.  (Those who have attended past
conventions at this hotel may recall that the Imperial Room was formerly
the restaurant.)  

          The entrance to the large ballroom area, the Coal and West
Virginia Rooms, is found on the east end of the lobby, opposite the main
entrance.  The West Virginia Room will be used on Friday afternoon for
chapter and committee meetings.  

          On the north wall at the east end of the lobby is an opening
which leads into a north-south corridor.  Restrooms are located along
the left-hand side of this corridor, and public telephones are on the
right.  A hotel house phone is located to the left of the bank of pay
phones.  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
sleeping rooms.  Continuing north down the north-south hallway, there
are three vending machines on the right.  A snack machine is in the
middle with a Coke machine on either side.  The elevator is slightly
beyond these machines on the opposite side of the corridor.  

          The north-south corridor eventually ends at en exit.  At this
point, turning right (east) leads into the first corridor of guest rooms
which begin with 101 on the left and 102 on the right.  A room number in
Braille can be found on the wall next to each door.  This east-west
corridor ends with room 145 on the left and 148 on the right.  The next
door past room 138 opens into a room that 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 surround a courtyard which includes the
pool.  (The weather in September will determine whether the pool will be
open for guests.) 

Thursday, September 19, 2013

5:00 PM:  NFBWV BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING--Charlene Smyth, President;
Imperial Room 

FRIDAY, September 20, 2013 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM: SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY EXPOSITION--Karen McDonald,
Coordinator; Imperial Room 

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM:  EXHIBITOR INTRODUCTIONS--All exhibitors will have a
brief opportunity to introduce themselves and describe their items and
services; Imperial Room 

EXHIBITORS

American Foundation for the Blind

GW Micro, Inc.  

Integration Technologies Group (ITG) 

West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services, VISIONS Program

West Virginia Library Commission for the Blind

Harrison County Chapter of the NFBWV

Huntington Area Chapter

Kanawha Valley Chapter of the NFBWV

National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM:  LUNCH AND LEARN PROGRAM--Brad Hodges, Coordinator;
West Virginia Room

          Keeping up with the changes in the technology we already use
can be as difficult as figuring out what's valuable in the new
technology constantly being introduced. In this informal, give and take
session we will address some major changes currently taking place or to
happen shortly.

          Opening New Windows, a discussion and demonstration of Windows
8.1. To be released October 18, this version makes some important
changes for people using screen access.

          iOS 7, progress or just confusion. It will be here by the time
of Convention, the question is how different will it be and will
accessibility be improved, find out.

          Android 4.3 and Talkback, is it accessibility reality or just
hype? The advances in the accessibility of the Android operating system
are not to be ignored, but are they enough to make Android phones and a
$229 tablet truly useful as well as inexpensive?

          Keeping up with the changes, a suggestion for periodic
state-wide technology conversations. Skype is free and so are some
conference calling systems, what if we plan some virtual meetings to
address technology challenges with one another and learn from our
members who use a specific technology? If we think it's a good idea
we'll plan our first meeting. 

12:00 - 1:00 PM:  LUNCH BREAK-On your own unless you ordered a box lunch
from the hotel and/or attend the Lunch and Learn Program.  

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM:  EXHIBIT HALL-Imperial Room

1:30 - 4:30 PM:  REGISTRATION; There will be a table at the south-east
end of the lobby across from the hotel's check-in desk.  (The convention
registration fee is $10.00 per person, which covers admission to all
convention sessions including the Friday night reception.  The
convention banquet fee is $25.00 per person.)

1:30 - 2:30 PM:  MEMBERS AT LARGE CHAPTER MEETING--Ed McDonald,
President; West Virginia Room

2:30 - 3:30 PM:  RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING--Ed McDonald, Chairman;
West Virginia Room.  Members are Sheri Koch, Karen McDonald, and Mary
Ann Saunders. 

3:30 - 4:30 PM:  NAPUBWV DIVISION MEETING--Karen McDonald, President;
West Virginia Room

6:00 - 7:30 PM:  RECEPTION-- Sponsored by the Harrison County Chapter of
the NFBWV; Imperial Room.  This includes a full dinner buffet. 

7:30 - 11:00 PM:  MEMBERS AUCTION and SOCIAL TIME--Sheri Koch,
Coordinator; Rick Richmond of the Members at Large Chapter and Jack
Yahnke of the Sightless Workers' Guild, Auctioneers; Imperial Room 

SATURDAY, September 21, 2013

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

9:00 AM:  GENERAL SESSION; Imperial Room 

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

* INVOCATION

* PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE--John Koch, Kanawha Valley Chapter 

* MY HEART CAN SEE--A poem by Keryl Rustin, President; Eastern Panhandle
Chapter  

* 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--Charlene Smyth, President,
Harrison County Chapter

* ROLL CALL OF CHAPTERS--Charlene Smyth, President

* RECOGNITION OF NFBWV SCHOLARSHIP WINNER--Mary Ann Saunders, NFBWV
Scholarship Committee Chairperson

9:40 AM:  NATIONAL REPORT--Cathy Jackson, NFB National Board Member and
President of the National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky 

10:25 AM:  PRESIDENT'S REPORT--Charlene Smyth, President, NFBWV 

10:50 AM:  WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF REHABILITATION SERVICES
UPDATE--Aaron Topping, Senior Manager of Field Specialty Programs;
Charleston, West Virginia 

11:10 AM:  REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND TECH OF
HUNTINGTON--Aaron Preece, Huntington, West Virginia

11:30 AM:  UPDATE ON SERVICES FOR THE BLIND, WV LIBRARY COMMISSION, AND
NEWSLINE--Donna Calvert, Director of Special Services; Charleston, West
Virginia 

11:50 AM:  PAC PLAN--Marcus Soulsby, NFBWV PAC Plan Coordinator 

11:58 AM:  SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg, Harrison County Chapter 

* RECESS

12:00 - 2:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK--On Your Own

2:00 PM:  GENERAL SESSION; Imperial Room 

2:05 PM:  SEEING HAND ASSOCIATION UPDATE--Karen Haught, Executive
Director; Wheeling, West Virginia

2:25 PM:  WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND UPDATE--Jamie McBride,
Principal; Romney, West Virginia

2:45 PM:  BLIND INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES OF MARYLAND--Roger Williamson,
Rehabilitation Specialists; Cumberland, Maryland 

3:05 PM:  BRAILLE PEER TUTORING PROGRAM AND BELL PROGRAM--Sheri Koch,
Second Vice-President; NFBWV; Bre Brown, Harrison County Chapter;
Charles Powell, Harrison County Chapter

3:45 PM:  VEHICLE DONATION PROGRAM--Brad Hodges, President; Huntington
Area Chapter

4:05 PM:  CASH AND CARING PROGRAM--Marcus Soulsby, NFBWV Committee
Representative 

4:25 PM:  REMEMBERING OUR PAST--Ed McDonald, First Vice-President 

4:58 PM:  SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg, Harrison County Chapter 

5:00 PM:  RECESS

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

* INVOCATION--Patricia Walker, Huntington Area Chapter 

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

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

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

* AWARDS AND HONORS--Sheri Koch, Chairperson 

* FEDERATIONIST OF THE YEAR AWARD--Sheri Koch, 2009 Recipient 

* KEYNOTE ADDRESS--Cathy Jackson, NFB National Board Member and
President of the NFB of Kentucky

* SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg, Harrison County Chapter  

8:45-11:59 PM:  ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL TIME--Sponsored by the Eastern
Panhandle Chapter; Imperial Room -- The Eastern Panhandle Chapter
invites you to come and relax with them after the banquet to hear the
sounds of the Fairmont State University Academy of the Arts Music
Preparatory Department.  Then spend the rest of the evening with your
Federation family as you take time to mingle and catch up with what is
going on in one another's lives as well as meet and get to know new
members.  

SUNDAY, September 22, 2013

8:30-9:00 AM:  MEMORIAL SERVICE--Ed McDonald; Imperial Room 

9:15 AM:  GENERAL SESSION; Imperial Room 

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

* FINAL REMARKS--Cathy Jackson, National Representative and President of
the NFB of Kentucky

* PAC PLAN--Marcus Soulsby, NFBWV PAC Plan Coordinator 

* RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT--Ed McDonald, Chairperson 

* AGENCY PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT--Ed McDonald, Chairperson 

* WVNAPUB REPORT--Karen McDonald, President 

* LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT--Sheri Koch, Chairperson 

* BRAILLE CHALLENGE AND BRAILLE SUMMIT--Dr. Sheila Amato, Braille
Consultant for the West Virginia School for the Blind, Coordinator and
Test Developer for the WV Regional Braille Challenge, and Adjunct
University Professor at West Virginia University; Terra Alta, West
Virginia 

* BRIEF FINANCIAL SUMMARY--Marcus Soulsby, NFBWV Treasurer

* OLD BUSINESS

* NEW BUSINESS

* FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS

* SPLIT THE POT--Mary Grogg, Harrison County Chapter

11:30 AM:  ADJOURNMENT

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