[Iabs-talk] agenda

Tue Sep 18 13:51:54 CDT 2007

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NFBI National Federation
of the Blind
of Illinois
DRAFT updated 9/18
Theme 
"Our Future is Now"
AGENDA
Annual State Convention 
November 2 - 4, 2007
Holiday Inn, Rock Island 
226 17th Str. 
Rock Island, IL 61201
1 (800) HOLIDAY INN
1 (309) 794-1212 
Members of the NFB of Illinois wish to thank and publicly recognize the following donors for their generous gifts throughout the past year:
Mr. Harold W. Knapheide III, in honor of his mother, the late Mary McDill Knapheide
The Master Education Assistance Foundation
The Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust
The Aileen S. Andrew Foundation
The National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund
In addition, the National Federation of the Blind 
wishes to extend a special thanks to our convention 
sponsors who helped us bring more people to this 
convention. They are: 
En-Vision America
Chapin Lions Club
Jacksonville Noon Lions Club
Announcements you wish to be made from the convention floor during sessions MUST be submitted to the information desk at the rear of the convention hall.
If you wish to reach President Patti Gregory-Chang during sessions, please convey your requests to the information desk.
Braille, print, and recorded literature is available at tables in the convention hall. Please take all you can carry and distribute our positive message of blindness far and wide!
Smoking is not permitted in convention sessions.
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
Patti S. Gregory-Chang, President
6919 W. Berwyn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60656
(773) 307-6440
NFB of Illinois web site: www.nfbofillinois.org
Friday, November 2
1:00 - 6:30 PM Mini Workshops and Tour
1:00 Sexual Assault and Self Defense 
Jae Jin Pak, Prevention Specialist
Community Counseling
Centers of Chicago Quetzal Center
2:00 NFBI Legislation - 
Historical and Current Laws in Illinois
Bill Reif , Esq.
3:00 Press Contacts
Illinois Association of Blind Students 
4:00 - 6:30 Tour and Dinner Out 
Bob Gardner 
2:00 - 5:00 PM Demonstration by vendors

En-Vision America
HumanWare
Freedom Scientific
4:30 - 6:15 PM Scholarship Dinner
5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration 
6:30 - 7:30 PM Braille is Beautiful Reading 
Debbie Stein
8:00 PM Resolutions
Bill Reif, Chair
9:00 PM -12:00 Hospitality -- IABS "Idol"
Contest. Cash Bar 

Saturday, November 3
7:00 - 8:45 AM Illinois Association of Blind Students Breakfast
8:00 - 11:00 AM Registration
Later registration -- ask for Kelly Doty at Information Desk
Saturday November 3rd, Morning
9:00 to 11:45 AM General Sessions 
9:00 - 9:05 Call to Order & Welcome
Moment of Silence 
Invocation
9:05 - 9:10 Welcome to Rock Island 
Bob Gardner 
President, Blackhawk Chapter 
9:10 - 9:20 Politician
Maybe Phil Hare 
9:20 - 9:45 Blindness and Equip for Equality 
Steven W. Giebelhausen, Esq.
Attorney at Law
9:45 - 10:00 Report from the National Scene
JoAnne Wilson 
NFB National Representative 
10:00 - 10:15 Youthslam
Kelly Doty, Moderator
10:15 - 10:45 Illinois School for the Visually Impaired - What’s New?, Panel
Vicki Mullis
Jan McGovern
Paul Drake 
Cathy Randall, Moderator
10:45 - 11:00 NFB Centers - Youth Programs 
Rob Hobson, LCB
Helen Stevens, Blind Inc. 
11:00 - 11:15 En-Vision America 
11:15 - 11:30 Manna
Joseph Monti 
11:30 - 11:45 Internship
Michelle Wesley
11:45 Adjournment
Saturday November 3rd, Afternoon
12:00 - 1:45 PM Luncheon
2:00 - 5:00 PM General Session
2:00 - 2:15 Illinois Rehabilitation
Rob Kilbury, 
Director Office of Rehabilitation Services 
2:15 - 2:30 What must Rehab Provide
Ronza Othman, Esq. 
2:30 - 3:00 Rehabilitation Teacher Training in Illinois
Gaylen Kapperman, PHD
Director, Department of Teaching and Learning Opportunities
Northern Illinois University
3:00 - 3:15 Library for the Blind
Sharon Ruda, Director 
3:15 - 3:30 Fifteen for Funds
Cathy Randall, Development Director 
3:30 to 4:15 Employment Panel 
Rev. Larry Balthis 
Ameenah Lippold
Defense Information Systems Agency Net-enabled Command Capability Program Information Technology Specialist
Syed Yousufuddin, Marketing Executive, Asian American Business Directory Inc. 
4:15 - 4:30 Newsline Demonstration
David Meyer
4:30 - 5:00 Legislative Contacts
Mary Lou Grunwald 
5:00 Adjournment
Saturday November 3rd, Evening
6:00 - 7:00 PM Hospitality, Cash Bar
7:00 - 10:00 PM Annual Banquet
Joseph Monti, 
Master of Ceremonies
Invocation
Scholarship Awards
Debbie Stein
Banquet Address
Joanne Wilson
National Representative 
10:00 PM Midnight Madness Auction - Hospitality Cash Bar
Kathy Kelley, coordinator
Anthony Thomas Auctioneer
Sunday, November 4th
8:00 - 9:15 AM Significant Others Breakfast
Nancy Gardner, Moderator
9:30 -11:45 AM General Session
9:30 Call to Order
Invocation
9:45 Farewell Remarks
JoAnne Wilson
National Representative 
10:00 - 10:20 A Historical Perspective
Harold Palash 
10:20 -10:30 Imagine
LeAnne Mayne
10:30 President’s Report
Patti Gregory-Chang
10:45 Treasurer’s Report
Kelly Doty
11:00 Resolutions
Bill Reif, Chair 
11:30 Election of Board Members at Large
Election of Delegate and Alternates to 2008 National Convention
11:45 Why I am a Federationist
12:00 Closing Remarks and Announcements
12:15 Adjournment
Thanks to the Special Events Committee and all others who have served on committees, worked registration, information, secured door prizes, and appeared on the agenda. You have helped make this convention a tremendous success.
Thanks to the staff and management of the Holiday Inn for their outstanding cooperation.
NFB of Illinois
President: Patti S. Gregory-Chang
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. 

--
Patti S. Gregory-Chang 
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois 
pattisgregory at comcast.net 
www.nfbofillinois.org 
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Our agenda is firming up.  Please take a look and let me know what mistakes I have made.  Do not worry about the logo and that stuff yet.  We will put the Whozit on the cover page later.   Right now please look for content, spelling, and punctuation, rather than formatting.

NFBI
National Federation
of the Blind
of Illinois
DRAFT updated 9/18
Theme
"Our Future is Now"
AGENDA
Annual State Convention
November 2 - 4, 2007
Holiday Inn, Rock Island
226 17
th
Str.
Rock Island, IL 61201
1 (800) HOLIDAY INN
1 (309) 794-1212
Members of the NFB of Illinois wish to thank and publicly recognize the following donors for their generous gifts throughout the past year:
Mr. Harold W. Knapheide III, in honor of his mother, the late Mary McDill Knapheide
The Master Education Assistance Foundation
The Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust
The Aileen S. Andrew Foundation
The National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund
In addition, the National Federation of the Blind
wishes to extend a special thanks to our convention
sponsors who helped us bring more people to this
convention. They are:
En-Vision America
Chapin Lions Club
Jacksonville Noon Lions Club
Announcements you wish to be made from the convention floor during sessions MUST be submitted to the information desk at the rear of the convention hall.
If you wish to reach President Patti Gregory-Chang during sessions, please convey your requests to the information desk.
Braille, print, and recorded literature is available at tables in the convention hall. Please take all you can carry and distribute our positive message of blindness far and wide!
Smoking is not permitted in convention sessions.
National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
Patti S. Gregory-Chang, President
6919 W. Berwyn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60656
(773) 307-6440
NFB of Illinois web site:
http://www.nfbillinois.org/
www.nfbofillinois.org
Friday, November 2
1:00 - 6:30 PM Mini Workshops and Tour
1:00 Sexual Assault and Self Defense
Jae Jin Pak, Prevention Specialist
Community Counseling
Centers of Chicago Quetzal Center
2:00 NFBI Legislation -
Historical and Current Laws in Illinois
Bill Reif , Esq.
3:00 Press Contacts
Illinois Association of Blind Students
4:00 - 6:30 Tour and Dinner Out
Bob Gardner
2:00 - 5:00 PM Demonstration by vendors

En-Vision America
HumanWare
Freedom Scientific
4:30 - 6:15 PM Scholarship Dinner
5:00 - 7:00 PM Registration
6:30 - 7:30 PM Braille is Beautiful Reading
Debbie Stein
8:00 PM Resolutions
Bill Reif, Chair
9:00 PM -12:00 Hospitality -- IABS "Idol"
Contest. Cash Bar

Saturday, November 3
7:00 - 8:45 AM Illinois Association of Blind Students Breakfast
8:00 - 11:00 AM Registration
Later registration -- ask for Kelly Doty at Information Desk
Saturday November 3rd, Morning
9:00 to 11:45 AM General Sessions
9:00 - 9:05 Call to Order & Welcome
Moment of Silence
Invocation
9:05 - 9:10 Welcome to Rock Island
Bob Gardner
President, Blackhawk Chapter
9:10 - 9:20 Politician
Maybe Phil Hare
9:20 - 9:45 Blindness and Equip for Equality
Steven W. Giebelhausen, Esq.
Attorney at Law
9:45 - 10:00 Report from the National Scene
JoAnne Wilson
NFB National Representative
10:00 - 10:15 Youthslam
Kelly Doty, Moderator
10:15 - 10:45 Illinois School for the Visually Impaired - What’s New?, Panel
Vicki Mullis
Jan McGovern
Paul Drake
Cathy Randall, Moderator
10:45 - 11:00 NFB Centers - Youth Programs
Rob Hobson, LCB
Helen Stevens, Blind Inc.
11:00 - 11:15 En-Vision America
11:15 - 11:30 Manna
Joseph Monti
11:30 - 11:45 Internship
Michelle Wesley
11:45 Adjournment
Saturday November 3rd, Afternoon
12:00 - 1:45 PM Luncheon
2:00 - 5:00 PM General Session
2:00 - 2:15 Illinois Rehabilitation
Rob Kilbury,
Director Office of Rehabilitation Services
2:15 - 2:30 What must Rehab Provide
Ronza Othman, Esq.
2:30 - 3:00 Rehabilitation Teacher Training in Illinois
Gaylen Kapperman, PHD
Director, Department of Teaching and Learning Opportunities
Northern Illinois University
3:00 - 3:15 Library for the Blind
Sharon Ruda, Director
3:15 - 3:30 Fifteen for Funds
Cathy Randall, Development Director
3:30 to 4:15 Employment Panel
Rev. Larry Balthis
Ameenah Lippold
Defense Information Systems Agency Net-enabled Command Capability Program Information Technology Specialist
Syed Yousufuddin, Marketing Executive, Asian American Business Directory Inc.
4:15 - 4:30 Newsline Demonstration
David Meyer
4:30 - 5:00 Legislative Contacts
Mary Lou Grunwald
5:00 Adjournment
Saturday November 3rd, Evening
6:00 - 7:00 PM Hospitality, Cash Bar
7:00 - 10:00 PM Annual Banquet
Joseph Monti,
Master of Ceremonies
Invocation
Scholarship Awards
Debbie Stein
Banquet Address
Joanne Wilson
National Representative
10:00 PM Midnight Madness Auction - Hospitality Cash Bar
Kathy Kelley, coordinator
Anthony Thomas Auctioneer
Sunday, November 4th
8:00 - 9:15 AM Significant Others Breakfast
Nancy Gardner, Moderator
9:30 -11:45 AM General Session
9:30 Call to Order
Invocation
9:45 Farewell Remarks
JoAnne Wilson
National Representative
10:00 - 10:20 A Historical Perspective
Harold Palash
10:20 -10:30 Imagine
LeAnne Mayne
10:30 President’s Report
Patti Gregory-Chang
10:45 Treasurer’s Report
Kelly Doty
11:00 Resolutions
Bill Reif, Chair
11:30 Election of Board Members at Large
Election of Delegate and Alternates to 2008 National Convention
11:45 Why I am a Federationist
12:00 Closing Remarks and Announcements
12:15 Adjournment
Thanks to the Special Events Committee and all others who have served on committees, worked registration, information, secured door prizes, and appeared on the agenda. You have helped make this convention a tremendous success.
Thanks to the staff and management of the Holiday Inn for their outstanding cooperation.
NFB of Illinois [A]
President: Patti S. Gregory-Chang
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.

--
Patti S. Gregory-Chang
President, National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
pattisgregory at comcast.net
www.nfbofillinois.org