[NFBV-Announce] President Riccobono Comes to Virginia for 8/17 Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting

[Tracy Soforenko]

Hi Virginia Federation Family,

 

We are thrilled to announce that National Federation of the Blind President
Mark Riccobono has agreed to come to our August 17 meeting at the Westin
Tysons Corner. All members are welcome to come to the lunch and meeting to
meet President Riccobono and engage in an exciting program. We expect there
will be significant time for questions and we hope you can help us learn and
grow together.

In addition to an interactive membership seminar with president Riccobono,
the second focus of the board meeting will be plans for our 2019 NFB of
Virginia convention.

 

Plans are coming together fast but we wanted to share information as things
are being finalized. Since August 17 is exactly one month away, we will need
you to act fast to tell us you are coming and make your reservation for the
luncheon. 

 

Saturday, August 17

Luncheon Meeting Featuring President Riccobono at Noon

Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

 

Chapters may wish to make this a chapter excursion.

 

Since the luncheon meeting starts at Noon, we assume many of you can come on
Saturday morning. However, we recognize that some people would prefer to
stay overnight and we have established a negotiated room block for both
Friday and Saturday evenings. It is essential to meet our room block
commitment so please use the room block for your reservation. You will need
to make reservations very quickly to meet our cutoff date so start
considering your plans now.

 

Very shortly, we will provide details on making a lunch reservation and
about how to make hotel reservations in our negotiated room block at $89 +
tax   per night.

 

We believe that individuals could take the early Amtrak from
Norfolk/Alexandria on Saturday morning and arrive with sufficient time to
attend the lunch and return on the train on Saturday afternoon/evening.

 

During Saturday morning, President Riccobono will be meeting with
participants in the Virginia Chapter Leadership Institute and students
attending the Southeast Regional Student Seminar.

 

Between all parties including the students from around the Southeast region,
we anticipate over 100 people at the luncheon.

 

We are truly excited that President Riccobono is joining us and we hope you
can make plans to be in attendance.

Please start thinking about your questions and we will outline a means to
capture questions so President Riccobono is prepared.

 

If you have questions for me, please do not hesitate to ask.

 

Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595

Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com <mailto:Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com> 

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together to help blind people live the lives they want.

 

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