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ACB Committee Meetings

Constitution and Bylaws, Credentials, Nominating, Resolutions

The Constitution and Bylaws Committee (Dr. Otis Stephens, Chair) meets in Fremont Saturday, July 9 and Monday, July 11 at 4:00pm, and Tuesday, July 12 at 5:00pm.

The Credentials Committee (Jean Mann, Chair) meets in Fremont Sunday, July 10 at 1:00pm.

The Nominating Committee (Patrick Sheehan, Chair) meets in Bonanza A, Monday, July 11 at 5:45pm.

The Resolutions Committee (Judy Jackson, Chair) meets in Fremont as follows:

Saturday, July 9, 9:00pm

Other Important ACB Meetings

Saturday, July 9 - 2951

6:00pm ACB Exhibitors' Reception (by invitation)

Sunday, July 10 - Tahoe

11:00am ACB Committee Chairs Meeting
An important meeting with ACB President Mitch Pomerantz. Every committee should be represented, either by its chair or a designated committee member.

Wednesday, July 13 - Bonanza C

4:15pm ACB Legislative Seminar

Thursday, July 14 - Ponderosa A

4:15pm Affiliate Presidents' Meeting

ACB National Office Staff

Melanie Brunson, Executive Director

Eric Bridges, Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs

Barbara Jackson LeMoine, Public Policy Assistant

Sharon Lovering, Editor, Braille Forum

Dionne Matthews, Executive Assistant

Steven Obremski, Director of Development

Special-Interest Affiliate Meetings

  • Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss
  • American Association of Visually Impaired Attorneys
  • ACB Diabetics in Action
  • ACB Government Employees
  • ACB Human Service Professionals
  • ACB Lions
  • ACB Radio Amateurs
  • Blind Information Technology Specialists
  • Blind LGBT Pride International
  • Braille Revival League
  • Council of Citizens with Low Vision International
  • Council of Families with Visual Impairment
  • Friends-in-Art of ACB
  • Guide Dog Users, Inc.

Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss

President: Oral Miller
Program Chair: Nola McKinney
Registration: $10, $10

Monday, July 11 - So Pac A

12:15pm AAVL Luncheon - $27, $29
Music with Brenda and Dan Dillon; followed by the AAVL business meeting.

Wednesday, July 13 - Bonanza C

1:15pm You're Not Too Old for a Guide Dog.

1. The Benefits of Getting a Guide Dog - Jenine Stanley, Guide Dog Users, Inc., Columbus, OH

2. Durable Medical Equipment: a campaign to change Medicare - Eric Bridges, ACB Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Arlington, VA

Health and Well-Being

Tuesday, July 12 - Ponderosa A

4:15pm Vanda Pharmaceuticals Reception
Hear about Vanda's efforts to address sleep problems experienced by totally blind individuals.

5:45pm Self-Defense Training - $10, $10 - Bonanza B
Hands-on workshop from the Enabling Safety Project. Learn about their coaching certification program - a career opportunity.

Wednesday, July 13 - Bonanza B

5:45pm Self-Defense Training - $10, $10
Hands-on workshop from the Enabling Safety Project. Learn about their coaching certification program - a career opportunity.

2011 Convention Coordinating Committee

Carla Ruschival, Chair, Louisville, KY

Janet Dickelman, Vice Chair, St. Paul, MN

Margarine Beaman, Austin, TX

Sally Benjamin, Tallahassee, FL

Michael Fulghum, Nashville, TN

Sharon Lovering, Arlington, VA

Rick Kuhlmey, Las Vegas, NV

Bruce Radtke, Bellingham, WA

Michael Smitherman, Jackson, MS

Lane Waters, Minneapolis, MN

Brenda Dillon, Officer Liaison, Hermitage, TN

Employment Issues Task Force

Chair: Peter Altschul

Wednesday, July 13 - So Pac E

2:45pm Employment Seminar - $4, $6

1. A New Look at Reasonable Accommodations through the ADA Lens - Suzanne Thomas, Affiliate, Pacific ADA Center, Oakland, CA. Co-sponsored with NABS & Blind Pride.

2. A View from a Workplace Pioneer; Moderator: Peter Altschul, Organization Development Specialist, Columbia, MO; Speaker: MJ Schmitt, former senior systems analyst, Rochester, NY. Co-sponsored with NABS.

ACB Government Employees

President: Sarah Presley
Registration: $10, $10

Sunday, July 10 – Room 2951

3:00pm ACBGE Mixer - $12, $14

Thursday, July 14 - So Pac B

12:15pm ACBGE Luncheon - $25, $27

1:15pm Section 508: Dispatches from the Front
Patrick Sheehan, Section 508 Coordinator, Veterans Administration; and Sandra Sermons, Contract Specialist, General Services Administration, report on the state of Section 508 and make suggestions for next steps.

2:15pm Business meeting

Legislative and Advocacy Programs

Check the ACB general session and special-interest affiliate agendas for many other advocacy-related programs.

Monday, July 11 - So Pac B-C-D

7:00am AFB Breakfast - $10, $15
What you need to know. AFB serves up updates on technology, employment, policy, and accessibility.

Wednesday, July 13 - Bonanza C

4:15pm ACB Legislative Seminar
What's going on in Washington? Get involved and help us push our vehicle donation legislation in Congress; work to change Medicare policies on durable medical equipment.

Information Access Committee

Chair: Pratik Patel

Saturday, July 9 - Bonanza A

2:00pm 411 from the IAC - $4, $6

1. The iPhone - Not your Mother's Phone
Is calling the iPhone a smart phone like calling a racing car a cigarette lighter? Brian Charlson, director of computer training services at the Carroll Center for the Blind, and other iPhone experts provide an overview and demonstrations of the latest apps. Share your own tricks, please.

ACB Human Service Professionals

President: Darian Slayton Fleming
Program Chair: Linda Porelle
Registration: $10, $12

Wednesday, July 13 - Carson

2:45pm How to Work a Room - $6, $8
The art of networking in face-to-face time. Identifying barriers and providing tips for successful mingling at professional and social gatherings. A presentation and discussion with Linda Porelle, MSW, Social Worker, Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, CA, and Sarita Holliday, Human Resources Specialist, Veterans Administration, Philadelphia, PA.