[Nfbwv-talk] 2013 NFBWV Convention Agenda
Sheri Koch
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On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:34 PM, "Sheri Koch" <slk5111 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 10, 2013, at 3:58 PM, "Smyth, Charlene R" <Charlene.R.Smyth at wv.gov> wrote:
>
>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> 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
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>> CELL: 304-790-9069
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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
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>>
>>
>> Reeds Drug Store
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>> An Independent Health Mart Pharmacy
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>> Locations in Keyser and Romney, WV
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>>
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>> SILVER SPONSORS
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>> EIO Productions
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>> Keyser, West Virginia
>>
>> Presenting "Sidetracks" on Fridays at 8:00 PM on West Virginia Public
>> Radio
>>
>>
>>
>> Martinsburg Lions Club
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>> Martinsburg, WV 25401
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>>
>>
>> BRONZE SPONSOR
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>>
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>> Mr. Burke
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>> Martinsburg, WV 25401
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>> Mrs. Lundberg
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>> Martinsburg, WV 25401
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>> BEST WESTERN BRIDGEPORT INN
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>>
>>
>> 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
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>> 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
>>
>> <2013 NFBWV Convention Agenda.doc>
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