[Nfbnet-members-list] NFB of SC Streaming Convention

David Andrews dandrews at visi.com
Tue Aug 5 01:10:28 UTC 2014


>
>The NFB of SC State Convention is being streamed 
>this coming weekend.  The stream will start 
>Saturday morning.  Below is the agenda and the 
>link to listen to the convention.  Feel free to share as you feel appropriate.
>
><http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nfb-of-sc-2014-convention>http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nfb-of-sc-2014-convention
>
>FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
>
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
>
>OF SOUTH CAROLINA
>
>COLUMBIA MARRIOTT
>
>1200 HAMPTON STREET
>
>COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
>
>AUGUST 8, 9 & 10, 2014
>
>
>
>FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2014
>
>Registration -    Carolina Ballroom 
>Foyer               1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
>
>Exhibits -             Carolina Ballroom 
>Foyer               1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
>
>2:00 – 4:30 Parents of Blind Children Meet and 
>Greet - Carolina A-B  - Jennifer Duffell- Hoffman, President
>
>5:00 – 6:00 Computer Science and Technology 
>Division - Palmetto I - Steve Cook, President
>
>5:00 – 6:00 White Cane Safety Day Walk-A-Thon 
>Committee - Carolina A-B - Carey Burriss, Chairman
>
>5:00 – 6:00 Resolutions Committee - Carolina C Valerie Warrington, Chairperson
>
>6:00 – 7:00 Blind Seniors Division Annual 
>Meeting - Palmetto II - Shelley Coppel, President
>
>6:00 – 7:00 South Carolina Organization of Blind 
>Students - Carolina C - Chopper Johnson, President
>
>6:00 – 7:00 Blind Merchants’ Division - Palmetto 
>I Joe Urbanek, President (Registration begins at 5:40
>
>7:00 – 10:00 Reception & Hospitality – Capital 
>II-IV 50’s and 60’s Night!  Food, Entertainment, and dancing.
>
>SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014
>
>7:30 a.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference 
>Center of the Blind Board Breakfast  - Palmetto II - Donald C. Capps, Chairman
>
>8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room
>
>Registration -Carolina Ballroom Foyer 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
>and  2:00 p.m. -   5:00 p.m.
>
>Exhibits -             Carolina Ballroom 
>Foyer               7:00 a.m. -  8:15 a.m.
>
>SATURDAY MORNING SESSION – Carolina Ballroom A-E
>
>9:00 a.m. Invocation
>
>9:05 a.m. Welcome & Opening Ceremonies
>
>9:10 a.m. Greetings by Host Chapter Steve Scheck 
>- President, Columbia Chapter
>
>9:15 a.m. Response Debra Cantey - President, Sumter Chapter
>
>9:20 a.m. Convention Arrangements & Announcements
>
>9:30 a.m. National Report - Mark Riccobono, 
>President, National Federation of the Blind
>
>10:00 a.m. One-Minute Message
>One-Minute Message
>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.
>
>10:20 a.m. South Carolina School for the Deaf 
>and Blind Page McCraw, Interim President
>
>10:40 a.m. South Carolina Commission for the 
>Blind Rhonda Thompson, Director, Senior Blind Services
>
>11:00 a.m. Technology:  It’s Not About 
>Complexity, But Accessibility Jeff Bazer
>
>11:15 a.m. South Carolina Blind Persons Right to Parent Act Jennifer Bazer
>
>11:30 a.m. Presidential Report  - Parnell Diggs, Esq.
>
>12:00 p.m. Adjournment
>
>12:30 – 1:30 LUNCHEON & STATE BOARD MEETING - Capital I-III
>
>SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION - Heritage A-D
>
>2:00 p.m. Remembering Bob Bell
>
>2:30 p.m. Talking Book Services - Sandy Knoels, Director
>
>2:50 p.m. Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference 
>Center of the Blind  Donald Capps, Director
>
>3:10 p.m. Federation Center of the Blind Report 
>Frank Coppel, Chairman, Board of Trustees & David Houck, Executive Director
>
>3:30 p.m. NFB of SC Seventy Years of Progress
>
>4:15 p.m. Unified English Braille Code Update - 
>Tracy Spittle, Teacher of Blind Students
>
>4:30 p.m. Newsline App - Steve Cook, President, 
>Computer, Science and Technology Division
>
>4:40 p.m. Meet the 2014 Scholarship Class - 
>Shannon Cook, Chairman, Scholarship Committee
>
>5:00 p.m. Chapter and Division Reports
>
>5:30 p.m. Adjournment
>
>7:00 P.M. BANQUET – Capital I-III SATURDAY EVENING
>
>Invocation
>Introductions
>Banquet Address




 Mark Riccobono
>Awards & Presentations
>NFB of SC Scholarship Class
>
>Federation Family Feud Game Night - Free 
>Admission, in Capital I-III after the banquet
>
>The Nominating Committee will meet immediately 
>following the Banquet in Palmetto II.
>
>SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2014
>
>Exhibits - Carolina Ballroom Foyer7:00 a.m. -  8:15 a.m.
>
>8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast - Carolina Ballroom A-E in back of room
>
>SUNDAY MORNING SESSION - Carolina Ballroom A-E
>
>8:30 a.m. Devotional and Memorial 
>Service  Douglas & Patsy Roberts, Members Conway Chapter, NFB of SC
>
>8:45 a.m. Chapter & Division Reports
>
>10:00 a.m. Stewardship - Doing Our Fair Share Imagination Fund, PAC & SUN
>
>10:30 a.m. Resolutions, Elections and Other Convention Business
>
>12:00 p.m. Adjournment
>
>National Federation of the Blind 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.
>
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>
>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF SOUTH CAROLINA
>119 S. KILBOURNE RD.
>COLUMBIA, SC  29205
>(803) 254-3777
>Fax:  (803) 252-5655
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         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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