[Nfbf-l] good thing I looked at the agenda

Sun Jan 12 07:39:56 UTC 2014

Come one come all to our exciting 2014 NFBF convention. Come one come all in 
particular to my Newsline® seminar, which I thought originally was on 
Saturday--silly mea! Good thing I looked at the agenda, which is pasted 
below for your viewing pleasure. The seminar is on Sunday at 1 P.M in the 
Dolphin room and I am enlisting the help of those who love and use Newsline® 
as we will be helping teach all the other people who don't use the service 
how to use it. We will cover everything you would want to know about 
Newsline® and more, so please come join me in the Dolphin room for the 
gathering. Here's the agenda. See you at the convention and at the Newsline® 
gathering on Sunday at 1 P.M.
Sherri

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF FLORIDA

AGENDA FOR 2014 CONVENTION
Friday through Monday, January 17 - 20, 2014

Daytona Beach Resort & Conference Center

2700 North Atlantic Avenue

Daytona Beach, Florida 32118

(386)672-3770

Including

. Schedule of Convention Events

. Tips for Familiarizing Yourself with the Hotel

. Alphabetical List of Nearby Restaurants

NFB PLEDGE

"I pledge to participate actively in the efforts 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."

Door Prizes will be awarded at all general sessions and at the banquet.

You must be present in the session - or on approved NFBF Business - to 
receive a door prize, if your name is drawn. (You must be registered for the 
Convention to win Door Prizes and to qualify for the hotel's special 
Convention Rates!)

Please turn in auction items and door prizes at the NFBF Registration Window 
in the Convention Area Foyer.

Please Note: This agenda is subject to change at any time without notice.

Exhibit Hall

Larry Ball & Larry Marten, Coordinators

Tides Ballroom A

Hours of operation:

Friday, January 17: 6:00 to 10:00 PM

Saturday, January 18: 12 Noon to 6:00 PM

Sunday, January 19 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM

Childcare - "Kids Convention"

Albacore Room, Lenora Marten, Coordinator

Pre-Registration Required!

Hours of operation:

Saturday, January 18, 8:30 AM - 12 Noon

Saturday, January 18, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Sunday, January 19, 8:30 AM - 12:00 NOON

Sunday, January 19, 1:00 - 5:00 PM

Sunday, January 19, 6:30 to 10:00 PM

Monday, January 20, 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Schedule of Convention Events

Friday January 17

4:30 -6:30 PM NFBF Convention Registration  - Convention Area Foyer -

NFBF Treasurer Gloria Mills Hicks, Events Committee Chairperson

(You must be registered for the Convention in order to participate in any 
aspects of this event, to win Door Prizes and to qualify for the hotel's 
special Convention Rates!)

5:00 - 6:00 PM    NFBF Resolutions Committee Meeting  - Tides Ballrooms B

& C  -   Joe Minichiello, 2014 NFBF Resolutions Committee Chairperson, NFBF 
Board Member, NFBF Jacksonville Chapter President

6:00 - 7:30 PM  NFBF Board Meeting - Tides Ballrooms B & C - NFBF

President Dan Hicks, Presiding; Come and meet our NFBF 2014 scholarship 
winners!

6:00 - 10:00 PM  Exhibit Hall Open - Tides Ballroom A

6:30 - 7:00 PM  Florida Organization of Parents of Blind Children

Business Meeting - Albacore Room - Florida Organization of Parents of Blind 
Children President Lenora Marten, NFBF Secretary Presiding

7:00 - 9:00 PM  NFBF Meet and Greet. Come and meet people you know and

those you don't know. Make new friends and say hello to old friends. - 
Hospitality Suite

Saturday January 18

7:00 - 8:30 AM NFBF 2014 Scholarship Breakfast

(NFBF Scholarship winners and NFBF Scholarship Committee Members, only, 
please!) - Manatee Room, - Paul Martinez, NFBF Scholarship Committee 
Chairperson, Facilitator

8:00 - 8:55 AM NFBF Convention  Registration

Convention Area  Foyer -  NFBF Treasurer Gloria Mills Hicks, Events

Committee Chairperson (You must be registered for the Convention in order to 
participate in any aspects of this event, to win Door Prizes and to qualify 
for the hotel's special Convention Rates!)

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon: Saturday Morning General Session - Tides Ballrooms

B & C

9:00   Call To Order - NFBF President Dan Hicks

9:01   Invocation - The Reverend Steve Heath, Union Congregational Church

9:03   Pledge of Allegiance and NFB Pledge - NFBF First Vice President

Dwight Sayer

9:05   Welcome to Daytona Beach and Opening Ceremonies - Peter Cerullo, 
President, Greater Daytona Beach Chapter

9:10   Official Greeting and Presentation of Proclamation - The Honorable 
Derrick Henry, Mayor, Daytona Beach, Florida

9:20   Roll Call of Chapters -NFBF Chapter Presidents

9:30   President's Report - Dan Hicks, President, NFBF

9:50   Report from Our National Office - Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy 
and Policy for National Federation of the Blind,  NFB National 
Representative, Baltimore, MD

10:10   Special Guest Address - Rachel Ebert, Assistant State Attorney, 
Felony

Trial Division

10:35  Conklin Center Reinvented - Robert Kelly, Executive Director, Conklin 
Center for the Blind

10:45 Legislation Update - Denise Valkema, NFBF Legislative Committee

          Chairperson, NFBF 2nd Vice President

11:00  Morning Keynote Address - Representative Dennis Baxley, Florida House

of Representatives,

Saturday Morning General Session (Cont'd)

11:30 Spotlight on Adaptive Technology - Exhibitor's Showcase 2014!

11:55 Announcements

12:00 Noon Adjourn

12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM   Lunch Break

12:00 Noon - 12:50 PM   NFBF Convention Registration - Convention Area

Foyer - NFBF Treasurer Gloria Mills Hicks, Events Committee Chairperson

(You must be registered for the Convention to win Door Prizes and to qualify 
for the hotel's special Convention Rates!)

12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM   Exhibit Hall Open - Tides Ballroom A

12:15 Noon - 6:00 PM   Hospitality Suite Open - TBA

1:00 - 5:50 PM: Saturday General Interest Seminars:

1:00 - 2:50 PM NFBF Minority Concerns Committee Meeting -NFBF

Minority Concerns Committee Chairperson Marilyn Baldwin, facilitators -Tides 
Ballroom B

1:00 PM - 2         :50 PM Technology Tips and Tricks - "What's New & 
Cool" -

Chris Masal, Ryan Mann - Dolphin Room

1:00 PM - 2         :50 PM What's in Your Crock Pot?  NFBF President NFBF

Secretary Lenora Marten and NABS President Paul Martinez, Coordinators - 
Hospitality Suite - NFBF Hospitality Suite

3:00 - 4:50 Florida Association of Guide Dog Users (FLAGDU) Meeting -

Florida Association of Guide Dog Users President Sherrill O'Brien, 
Facilitator - Tides Ballroom B

3:00PM - 4:50PM- Deaf-Blind Division Meeting, NFBF Deaf-Blind Division

President, Joseph Naulty, presiding - Dolphin Room

Saturday January 18 (cont'd)

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - FABS Bowl-a-Thon Meet in the front lobby at 3:00 pm.

Paul Martinez, FABS President, facilitator

5:00 - 7:00 PM   Dinner - On Your Own

5:30 - 6:30 PM - "What's in Your CrockPot Revisited!!" Come and taste the

culinary delights created by FABS. Bon Appétit! - NFBF Hospitality Suite

6:00 - 7:00 PM   Fun and Games! - Dolphin Room - Play games before

the evening's big events! Greater Daytona Beach Chapter hosting

7:00 - 10:00 PM  Beach Party and Auction with cash Bar - Tides Ballrooms B

& C - Greater Daytona Beach Chapter President Peter Cerullo, Host. NFBF 
First Vice President Dwight Sayer, Auctioneer!

10:00 - 11:00 PM  Salsa Party - NFBF Daytona Beach Chapter and Florida

Association of Blind Students Hosts - TBA

Sunday, January 19

6:30 - 8:30AM Chapter Presidents' Breakfast (Chapter and Division

Presidents and Vice Presidents, only Please) - Manatee Room - NFBF President 
Dan Hicks, presiding

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM Registration (Final Opportunity!)- Convention Area Foyer

- NFBF Treasurer Gloria Mills Hicks, Events Committee Chairperson

 (You must be registered for the Convention to win Door Prizes and to 
qualify for the hotel's special Convention Rates!)

9:00 - 11:30 AM: Sunday Morning General Session - Tides Ballrooms B & C

9:00   Call to Order - President Dan Hicks

9:01   Invocation - Rabbi Gary Perras, Temple Israel

9:05   Florida Association of Guide Dog Users Report - Sherrill O'Brien,

President, FLAGDU
9:15  Parents Division Report - Florida Organization of Parents of Blind

          Children Division President Lenora Marten

9:25 PAC Plan Committee Report - NFBF board member, Joe Minichiello, NFBF 
PAC Plan Chairperson

9:35 "Cooler Days Ahead" Raffle - Larry Marten, NFBF Fundraising Chairperson

9:40   Treasurer's Report - Gloria Hicks, NFBF Treasurer & Chairperson of 
the

          NFBF Events Committee

9:50   National Youth Activities Report - Eric Marten, NFBF Youth 
Coordinator

10:00 NFB-Newsline® Report -NFBF Newsline® Chairperson Sherri Brun

10:10 Division of Blind Services Report - Robert Doyle, Director, Florida 
Division of Blind Services

10:40 Braille and Talking Book Library Report - Susan Roberts, Bureau Chief, 
Florida Braille and Talking Book Library
10:55 Rehabilitation Center Update - Ed Hudson, Bureau Chief, DBS 
Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

11:10 "What CVI Can Do for You" - Ronee Silverman, Director, Center for the

Visually Impaired, Daytona Beach

11:25 Announcements

11:30 Adjournment

Sunday January 19 (Cont'd)

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break

11:45 AM - 12:50 PM: Chapter and Division Secretaries Working Lunch - NFBF 
Secretary Lenora Marten, Facilitator - Manatee Room

11:45 AM - 12:50 PM:  Chapter and Division Treasurers Working Lunch - NFBF 
Treasurer Gloria Mills Hicks, Events Committee Chairperson, 
Facilitator -Cobia Room

12:00 Noon - 6:00 PM Exhibit Hall Open - Tides Ballroom A (Final

Opportunity!)

12:15 Noon - 5:00 PM   Hospitality Suite Open - TBA

1:00 - 5:50 PM: Sunday General Interest Seminars:

1:00 PM - 2:50 PM  - FABS Business Meeting  - Paul Martinez, FABS

President presiding - Tides Ballroom B

1:00 PM - 2:50 PM

NFB-Newsline® -Sherri Brun, NFB-Newsline® Chairperson, facilitators - 
Dolphin Room

1:00 PM - 2:50 PM   Parents Seminar: Beyond Movability! - Join us in a 
grocery store exploration adventure as we delve into self-active strategies 
toward nutrition independence. Fun and educational for all ages! Holly 
Idler, Orientation and Mobility Specialist and Lenora Marten, president 
FOPBC coordinators; Meet at Albacore room at 1pm.

3:00PM - 4:50 PM - Transportation Seminar-  Daytona Beach Chapter

President Peter Cerullo, Facilitator - Tides Ballroom B

3:00PM - 4:50 PM - Florida Statewide Chapter Meeting -  Florida Statewide

Chapter President Holly Idler, Presiding - Hospitality Suite

Sunday January 19 (Cont'd)

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Convention Banquet - Tides Ballrooms B & C

7:00   Call to Order and Remarks - NFBF President Dan Hicks

7:05   Welcome and Introductions - Greater Daytona Beach Chapter President 
Peter Cerullo, Master of Ceremonies

7:10   Invocation - James Johnson, NFBF Member

7:15  Introduction of Head Tables - Greater Daytona Beach Chapter President 
Peter Cerullo, Master of Ceremonies

8:00   Keynote Address - Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy and Policy for 
National Federation of the Blind,  NFB National Representative, Baltimore, 
MD

8:45   Presentation of 2014 NFBF Scholarship Winners - Florida Association 
of Blind Students President Paul Martinez, NFBF 2014 Scholarship Committee 
Chairperson, NFBF

9:15   Announcement of winners of "Cooler Days Ahead" Raffle

9:20   Presentations and Announcements

9:30 Adjournment

Monday January 20

7:00 AM Nominating Committee Meeting Chapter President's Only -, NFBF 
Central Florida Chapter President Dwight Sayer, Chairperson - Cobia Room

8:30 AM - 11:00 AM General Business Session - Tides Ballrooms B & C

8:30   Call to Order - NFBF President Dan Hicks

8:32   Invocation -

8:35   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Commemoration - NFBF Minority Concerns 
Committee Chairperson Marilyn Baldwin, Coordinator

8:50   Nominating Committee Report - Central Florida Chapter President 
Dwight Sayer, Nominating Committee Chairperson

8:55   Elections - NFBF President Dan Hicks, Presiding

10:15 NFBF Resolutions Committee Report - Resolutions Committee Chairperson, 
Joe Minichiello, NFBF Board Member, NFBF Jacksonville Chapter President

10:35 Florida Association of Blind Students Report -Newly Elected FABS

President

10:40 NFBF Minority Concerns Committee Report - Marilyn Baldwin, Minority

Concerns Committee Chairpersons

10:45 Final Remarks - Anil Lewis, Director of Advocacy and Policy for 
National Federation of the Blind, NFB National Representative, Baltimore, MD

10:55 Announcements

11:00 Adjournment

2014 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF FLORIDA STATE CONVENTION

HOSTED BY THE GREATER DAYTONA BEACH CHAPTER

TIPS for FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH THE DAYTONA BEACH RESORT & CONFERENCE 
CENTER

When you enter the hotel, you will be facing east toward the ocean.

The hotel reservation desk will be a few paces forward and to the right.

On your left, you will find the ladies room, a seating area, the men's room 
and another small seating area. NOTE: everything in the hotel lobby is on 
tile flooring except for the seating areas that are on carpet.

All guest rooms are located in the tower area of the hotel so do not use the 
elevators near the front desk.

Proceed past the registration desk and find the hallway headed north. Turn 
left here. You will walk quite a distance on carpeted flooring where on the 
left you will pass the ballroom, convention registration and the Business 
Center.

Continuing north you will reach the bank of elevators on your left.

Ice and vending machines are located in the laundry rooms on floors 2 and 5.

Ice only is available in the laundry rooms on floors 3 and 4.

To locate the laundry rooms, turn right when you exit the elevator.

At the end of that hallway turn right and proceed to the end where the 
laundry room is on your right. On floors 6 through 12, ice machines will be 
found about 15 feet when you turn left exiting the elevators.

You will find a set of emergency exit stairs when you exit the elevators, 
turn left and proceed approximately 20 feet. ?

When you register for the convention, you will be given a badge to wear at 
all, times when you are away from your guest room.

Hotel Orientation Tips (Cont'd)

Break Out Rooms:

All general sessions will be held in Tides Ballroom B and C.

The exhibition hall will be in Ballroom A.  The Albacore and Barracuda rooms 
are directly across the hall from the Tides Ballroom. Turn left just past 
the bank of elevators to locate additional restrooms on your left. 
Proceeding past the restrooms, you will find the Manatee room on your left. 
The Cobia and Dolphin rooms are on your right.

The Reflections Restaurant

The restaurant is directly across the hall from the elevators.

There is also a convenience shop inside the restaurant where snacks, soft 
drinks and personal items can be purchased.

Pool, Fitness Center, and Beach

There is an inside pool and a hot tub through a set of glass doors on your 
left just past  the hotel registration desk. If you continue past the 
entrance to the indoor pool through another set of glass doors, you will be 
in the outdoor pool area. There are two outdoor pools and a Tiki Bar. Across 
from the elevators there is another hallway through which you can gain 
access to the fitness center on the right and also access to the outdoor 
pool area. The gate for beach access is directly behind the Tiki Bar. Exit 
through the gate, turn left or right, go down three stairs and you are on 
the sand.

NOTE: Be sure to have your room key with you at all times as most hotel exit 
doors will lock when you go outside.

The Dog Relief Area

Proceed past the hotel registration desk and turn right in front of the 
elevators that we will not be using.

You will find a glass door on your left that you will enter and then turn 
right.

Proceed down the carpeted hallway past several guest rooms until you reach 
the glass door that you will use to exit the hotel and locate the dog relief 
area. There is a cement walkway to the left and to the right of the door you 
have exited that is approximately 100 feet long - 50 feet on each side of 
the door. A five-foot wide grassy area parallels the entire walkway to be 
used for relieving your dog. Please take care to pick up thoroughly after 
your dog. There is a garbage can along with pick up bags near the door to 
the hotel. HAVE FUN!!

ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF RESTAURANTS NEAR THE HOTEL

Beach Bucket Bar & Grill

867 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)677-8111

Bertie's Luncheonette Bellaire Plaza

2575 N. Atlantic Ave

(386)672-8656

Black Sheep Pub

890 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)673-5933

Bonefish

814 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)615-7889

Burger King

330 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)672-6293

Charlie Horse

810 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)672-4347

China One Bellaire Plaza

2655 N. Atlantic Ave.

(386)676-0440

Denny's

2701 N. Atlantic Ave.

(386)673-5283

Dimitri's Bar Deck & Grill

790 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)492-2945

Alphabetical List of Restaurants Near the Hotel (Cont'd)

Dunkin Donuts

250 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)256-3830

European Cafe & Schnitzel House

210 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386672-8834

Genovese Italian Cafe Granada Plaza

183 E. Granada Blvd.

(386)677-3222

IHOP

190 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)672-7153

Lulu's Oceanside Grill

30 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)673-2641

Olive Garden

880 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386(673-3027

Outback Granada Plaza

135 E. Granada Blvd.

(386)676-1550

Peppers Mexican Grill

794 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)673-7668

Pizza Hut

432 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)672-7755

Alphabetical List of Restaurants Near the Hotel (Cont'd)

Riptides Raw Bar

869 S. Alantic Ave.

(386)256-4799

Ruby Tuesday's Bellaire Plaza

2695 N. Atlantic Ave.

(386)677-2345

Stonewood Grill

100 S. Atlantic Ave.

(386)671-1200

Subway

2429 N. Atlantic

Unit 19

(386)673-8862

TGI Friday Granada Plaza

24 Oceanshore Dr.

(386)672-4121

National Federation of the Blind of Florida

Officers and Board of Directors:

President                                  Dan Hicks

First Vice President                   Dwight Sayer

Second Vice President             Denise Valkema

Secretary                                  Lenora Marten

Treasurer                                  Gloria Mills Hicks

Board Members                        Nallym Bravo

Peter Cerullo

Jim Ellsworth

Joe Minichiello

National Federation of the Blind of Florida thanks the

NFBF 2014 Events Committee

My sincere appreciation is extended to all who participated in the various 
aspects of the 2014 NFBF Convention.  Thank you to everyone who helped in 
the planning, promotion, and production of this special event.  I am 
grateful for your personal support of the National Federation of the Blind 
of Florida and I look forward to working closely with you in the years 
ahead.

                          - Dan Hicks, NFBF President

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