[nfbwatlk] Convention

Judy Jones judy.t.jones at earthlink.net
Wed Jul 12 11:25:25 CDT 2006 

Very diplomatic and well done.

Judy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Convention


> You fit in so well that you didn't seem like a first-timer. (Was that 
> the "right answer"?)
> 
> Mike
> 
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Utterback, Connie wrote:
> 
>> Mike forgot me.  What can I say? (Grin)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:31 AM
>> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Convention
>>
>> MMM ... lemme see ... there were three registrants whom Denise and I did
>> not recognize and of whom one was Lilly Stansberry's friend. Then there
>> were two first-timers from the Northwest Chapter. I don't know if Mark
>> Adrian had been to a national convention before or not (he went to a
>> Washington Seminar years ago). If we count him, that makes six. Then
>> there's Marty from the Seattle chapter. That makes seven first-timers by
>> my reckoning. If we count Mr. Habib (the scholarship winner), that makes
>> eight. I could have missed one or two but even eight is a respectable
>> percentage of our delegation. Congratulations to all.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Bob Sellers wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> How many first timers did we have?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Convention
>>>
>>>
>>>> I counted around 40 people from Washington. Gary told me yesterday
>>>> that we had 45 atendees.
>>>>
>>>> Mike Freeman
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Bob Sellers wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it was an excellent convention. I still think our scholarhsip
>>> program
>>>>> is the hihglight of the convention. What is interesting is how the
>>> academic
>>>>> endeavors of the scholarship winners have become more diversed from
>>
>>>>> the past. Twenty years ago most degrees were in the social sciences
>>>>> and
>>> computer
>>>>> science. There is much more diversity and soon, I believe, thanks to
>>
>>>>> the NFB, there will be scholarship winners in pursuit of the hard
>> sciences.
>>> As
>>>>> usual there is volumes of information available. Over time I've
>>>>> learned
>>> to
>>>>> be selective on what and how much I bring home. No longer do I have
>>>>> an
>>> extra
>>>>> bag just to carry home materials I've collected from meetings and
>>>>> the exhibits. I found it beneficial in all the meetings I attended,
>>>>> which included, the Web master, grant writing, meet the blind month
>>>>> and the advocacy just to name a few. Being in such a huge hotel,
>>>>> seem to make
>>> being
>>>>> around 3,000 people  less noticeable,  except for an occasional
>>>>> elevator ride. The one item that got my attention was HAL, the home
>>>>> automated
>>> living
>>>>> display.
>>>>>
>>>>> How many did we have from Washington Sttate attendning the
>> convention?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Sellers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)" <Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV>
>>>>> To: "NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:01 PM
>>>>> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Convention
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't seen any reports yet on the convention just finished.  I
>>>>> thought, that despite some hotel glitches, that this was one
>>>>> fantastic convention.  The feature of course was the release of the
>>>>> Kurzweil NFB reading machine.  It seems to work very well with most
>>>>> printed or text material for now.  I was impressed that it could be
>>>>> brought close to signs, etc, and mostly read the material fine.  As
>>>>> it is upgraded, this small, portable device will become invaluable
>> for reading many things.
>>>>> It was exciting to hear that the 30 NFB scholarship winners this
>>>>> year, in addition to receiving at least $3000 in scholarships, (one
>>>>> winner received $12,000), the winners received another $1000 from
>>>>> Kurzweil company, and a copy of the Kurzweil 1000 scanning software,
>>
>>>>> and as a bonus got a Kurzweil NFB reader, valued at $3,500.  That's
>>>>> not to mention their expenses to convention.  What a program.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We also had great convention sessions, and division meetings, etc.
>>>>> The visit from Kinky Freedman, the gubernatorial candidate in Texas,
>>
>>>>> who is a Jewish comedian, author and musician was fun and
>>>>> interesting.  He entertained the thousands gathered at the opening
>>>>> plenary session on Tuesday.  This came just before the ceremony
>>>>> honoring the blinded veterans in attendance who are Federationists.
>>
>>>>> It was impressive to hear how many leaders we have in the movement
>>>>> who have served in the various branches of the military.  The
>>>>> ceremony was extremely moving to all who were present.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The National Association of Blind Lawyers put on the ninth annual
>>>>> mock trial this year, and we raised some money for the division as
>>>>> well.  I heard there were about 305 people there, so we did pretty
>>>>> well this year, and the folks who came were overwhelming
>>>>> appreciative of the entertainment and education about the
>>>>> discrimination case which was based on a real case the NFB was
>>>>> involved in concerning a large automobile manufacturer who refused
>>>>> to hire back a foundry worker who was laid off after becoming blind.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The highlight presentations again were Doctor Maurer's Presidential
>>>>> Report and Banquet address, both of which will be available soon at
>>>>> our web site at <www.NFB.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, we had great social gatherings too, and met new friends,
>>>>> and renewed old friendships.  There were indeed about 3000 people
>>>>> attending again this year.  So, now recharged, we move on to the
>> year in the NFB.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> More stories from the convention I'm sure are coming up.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /s/
>>>>>
>>>>> Bennett Prows, J.D.
>>>>>
>>>>> Health Information Privacy Program
>>>>>
>>>>> Office for Civil Rights
>>>>>
>>>>> Seattle, Washington
>>>>>
>>>>> (206) 615-2621
>>>>>
>>>>> E-mail:  Bennett.Prows at hhs.gov
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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