[Nfbwv-talk] President Riccobono's Notebook for January 4, 2016

[Smyth, Charlene R]

January 4, 2016
President's Notebook
National Federation of the Blind
Mark A. Riccobono
officeofthepresident at nfb.org<mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>
(410) 659-9314

Dear Fellow Federationists,

Dear Fellow Federationists,
Happy New Year! Three weeks from today we will be preparing for the great Gathering In meeting of 2016. Thank you for your work to get your delegation ready for Washington Seminar. Please let me know if you need anything in advance of our annual time on the Hill.

Critical actions this week:

KNFB Reader Sale:
The last day of holiday sale is today. Go to www.nfb.org/knfbreader<http://www.nfb.org/knfbreader> to take advantage of the holiday rate. The app won the Applevis Golden Apple award by a landslide for the best assistive app for the second year!



News:
Washington Seminar email address is ready:
For those attending Washington Seminar, once you have scheduled appointments on the Hill, please send an email to hillappointments at nfb.org<mailto:hillappointments at nfb.org> with the following information: who you are meeting with, date, time, and room number.



>From the Jacobus tenBroek Library:
We now have the complete Braille Monitor online from 1957 to October 1971. We have finished work on the last issue from 1969, which closed an existing gap in the issues available online. The issues from the years 1972-1984 are still in progress.



NFB-NEWSLINE(r) Mobile update (ver. 2.2) released:
The new version of the NFB-NEWSLINE(r) iOS Mobile app includes a number of enhancements, including a global search function, allowing subscribers to search across all publications for topics of interest.  The weather alert feature will now be linked to the iOS device's GPS, so alerts will be more accurate than ever before. A blind person can hear the beep tones warning of weather emergencies on the television, but cannot read the messages scrolling across the screen. NFB-NEWSLINE(r) provides any current alerts as soon as subscribers log into the app.
In addition to these features, TV listings have been streamlined; retail ads, previously only available using the telephone access method, have been added, and choosing Favorites is now made easier by the addition of an ADD/DELETE Favorites button on the screen for each publication.

Did you know?

Huffington Post:
My blog post, One Thing the President Can Give Blind Americans for Christmas, can be found at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-riccobono/president-can-give-blind-americans-this-for-christmas_b_8811918.html.

Dates to keep in mind:

*        January 25-28, 2016: Washington Seminar, https://nfb.org/washington-seminar

*        March 3-5, 2016: NFB STEM2U San Francisco

*        March 31, 2016: NFB Scholarship Program application deadline, https://nfb.org/scholarships

*        April 15, 2016: Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program nomination deadline, https://nfb.org/bolotin-award-main

*        May 17-20, 2016: BLAST, Chicago

*        May 19-21, 2016: NFB STEM2U Minneapolis

*        June 19-25, 2016: NFB EQ (first iteration)

*        June 30-July 5: National Federation of the Blind Convention, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida

*        July 31-August 6, 2016 NFB EQ (second iteration)

*        August 18-25: WBU and ICEVI General Assembly, Rosen Centre, Orlando, Florida

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.


Mark A. Riccobono, President
National Federation of the Blind
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314
Fax: (410) 659-5129
Email: officeofthepresident at nfb.org<mailto:officeofthepresident at nfb.org>
Twitter: @Riccobono and @NFB_Voice
Web: www.nfb.org<http://www.nfb.org/>



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