[NFBV-Announce] Details on August 17 NFB of Virginia Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting with President Riccobono

[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.

 

We can now provide more details about our special August 17 Membership
Seminar and Board of Directors meeting. If you are considering attending the
Virginia Membership Seminar and Board of Directors meeting, we want to be
explicitly clear that the program is available to all members, not just
members of the board of directors.

 


Concurrent Student Seminar:


 

If you are a student attending the Southeast Regional Student seminar,
pricing information and details on the schedule provided below are not
applicable. However, students should register right away for the Southeast
Regional Student Seminar using the student registration form found at:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNNgaOlJrOfR7ubUXte95TF8TLX7GnA7vD
EanIkd_3WwdVEw/viewform

 

Student questions should be directed to Mausam Mehta.

mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com <mailto:mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com> 

 

 

 


Location:


 

WESTIN TYSON'S CORNER

7801 Leesburg Pike

Falls Church, Virginia 22043

(703) 893-1340

 

 


Schedule:


 

11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Virginia Meet and Greet Willow Room

As people arrive for the program, please come to the Willow room located
just to the left as you enter the conference center. This is also where you
will meet with our registration team to pay for the boxed lunch and obtain
your boxed lunch ticket.

 

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Combined Membership and Student Lunch Oaks 1 Ballroom

President Riccobono will be our featured speaker for the lunch meeting. 

Boxed lunches will be available outside of Oaks 1. You will need a ticket to
pick up a boxed lunch. Since we must give the hotel our lunch order in
advance, we can't accept same day lunch registration. Everyone is welcome to
attend but we will be charging $15 for each boxed lunch. If you need to pay
by credit card, an additional $1 will be charged to cover the credit card
processing fee.  The $15 boxed lunch charge is a subsidized price with the
Virginia affiliate paying nearly $5 per person to make this lunch more
affordable. You are not required to order a boxed lunch to attend the lunch
but  outside food is not allowed in the hotel meeting rooms.

 

12:55 Students Depart for afternoon programming

1:00 PM to 4:00 PM NFB of Virginia Board of Directors Meeting & Membership
Seminar

Oaks 1 Ballroom

We will be running a membership town hall with President Riccobono where you
will be able to ask questions. President Riccobono will have a few questions
as well. This program will be better if people are prepared to ask
meaningful questions and we welcome an engaging discussion. We will do a
special recognition event for members of the board of directors, and we will
run our normal August board meeting. While a detailed agenda will be
provided in August, we will certainly cover planning for the 2019 NFB of
Virginia State Convention from November 1-3 in Portsmouth.

 

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Blind Parents Meeting in the leadership suite

The Virginia Blind Parents group will hold its first in person meeting and
informal get together with President Riccobono. Details on the suite number
will be provided at the Board meeting.

 

 


Lunch Registration:


 

We need to know who will be attending the lunch in advance so we can secure
lunches by July 31. We are asking individuals to contact Mausam Mehta to
RSVP for the lunch. Please contact Mausam with your name and chapter. Please
arrive in advance and pay at the Willow room so we can ensure everyone is
available for the lunch at 12:00 Noon.

 

Mausam can be reached at

mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com <mailto:mausam.mehta.nfb at gmail.com> 

 

 

 


Hotel Registration:


 

The National Association of Blind Students (NABS) has negotiated a special
$89 plus tax rate for this event. Please use the national Association of
Blind Students room block for hotel reservations. Please ensure you ask for
the NABS Rate which will be available in the hotel's reservation system
starting Tuesday. Please make your reservation quickly because the cutoff
date for the room block is Wednesday, July 31.   

 


Hotel Shuttle:


 

The hotel runs a shuttle between the Tysons Mall, the Metro, and the hotel.
The schedule will be provided as the date approaches.

 


Parking:


 

The hotel provides complementary parking. 

 


Dog Relief:


 

There will be a defined dog relief area.  Details to be provided in
subsequent updates.

 

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595

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

www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org> 

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The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want.

 

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