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The Communication Center is in Harrison on the first floor of the Hyatt and is open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thurs., July 4 through Tues., July 9. This is where you can place ads in the paper, make braille or print copies, or volunteer to help produce the newspaper.
Sponsored by Adobe Systems
Visit these exciting tables full of jewelry, books, CDs, drawing tickets, and gift items. ACB Marketplace is located in the hall near general session. It is open Saturday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 PM, Sunday through Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 AM.
Jeff Thom
7414 Mooncrest Way
Sacramento, CA 95831
Phone (916)-995-3967
e-mail jsthom@comcast.net
Sponsored by AT&T
Stop by the ACB/AT&T Convention Café to grab a quick cup of coffee, pastry, sandwich, salad or snack as you rush from one meeting to another or as you head out on a tour. Meet at the Café to visit with friends or just rest a while between activities. Located between the Regency Ballroom and the Exhibit Hall; hours and specials to be announced in the newspaper.
President: Mitch Pomerantz, Pasadena, CA
First Vice President: Kim Charlson, Watertown, MA
Second Vice President: Brenda Dillon, Hermitage, TN
Secretary: Marlaina Lieberg, Burien, WA
Treasurer: Carla Ruschival, Louisville, KY
Immediate Past President: Christopher Gray, St. Louis, MO
Ray Campbell, Glen Ellyn, IL
Berl Colley, Lacey, WA
Sara Conrad, Stevensville, MI
Janet Dickelman, St. Paul, MN
Join our Exploration Party Auction on Tuesday, July 9, at the ACB Conference and Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
Packed with vacations, candy and other goodies, handcrafted items, sports memorabilia, collectibles, and much, much more, our Exploration Party Auction will have you setting sail to discover new worlds.
Show your support for ACB in one or more of these ways:
Stop by ACB/Vanda Pharmaceuticals Registration in Nationwide and become an individual or corporate ACB Convention Sponsor. Individual sponsorships are bronze ($25), silver ($50), gold ($100), platinum ($250), and titanium ($500); sponsors receive special ribbons to wear on their convention badges, and are recognized both in general session and in the newspaper.
Paul Edwards, Chair, Miami, FL
Denise Colley, Lacey, WA
Nolan Crabb, Hilliard, OH
Marcia Dresser, Reading, MA
Judy Jackson, Miami, FL
Ronald Milliman (ex officio), Bowling Green, KY
Bob Hachey (ex officio), Waltham, MA
The text to all the ads is in the MS Word .doc format; the color ads are in the .pdf format.
Table of contents in both formats have active links to the sections.
2013 Conference and Convention Program large print MS Word format .doc
Adopted by the ACB Board of Directors, May 2009
Many, many thanks to our 2013 corporate sponsors. Their continued generous support of the American Council of the Blind and our conference and convention is sincerely appreciated.
Look for the 2013 corporate sponsors on acb.org, in the conference and convention program and newspaper, on ACB Radio, on the convention T-shirt, and throughout the week. Be sure to thank them personally for their generous support.
Diamond Sponsors:
American Council of the Blind
52nd Annual Conference and Convention
Theme: ACB: Discovering New Worlds
Audio-Visual Services Sponsored by Google
6:30 PM: Entertainment: Bob Allen Prahin, piano, Columbus, OH
7:00 PM: Call to Order: Mitch Pomerantz, President, American Council of the Blind, Pasadena, CA
Invocation: Laurie Clark, Pastor, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Columbus, OH
Volume LII July 2013 No. 1
Published by the American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people.
Mitch Pomerantz, President
Melanie Brunson, Executive Director
Sharon Lovering, Editor
National Office:
2200 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201
Forum Subscription Notes
You can now get "The Braille Forum" by podcast! To subscribe, go to "The Braille Forum" page on www.acb.org. If you do not yet have a podcast client, you can download one from the Forum page.
To subscribe to "The Braille Forum" via e-mail, go to www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/brailleforum-L.
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Volume LI June 2013 No. 10
Forum Subscription Notes
You can now get "The Braille Forum" by podcast! To subscribe, go to "The Braille Forum" page on acb.org. If you do not yet have a podcast client, you can download one from the Forum page.
To subscribe to "The Braille Forum" via e-mail, go to www.acblists.org/mailman/listinfo/brailleforum-L.
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Volume LI May 2013 No. 9
Published by the American Council of the Blind
The American Council of the Blind strives to increase the independence, security, equality of opportunity, and to improve quality of life for all blind and visually impaired people.
Forum Subscription Notes
You can now get "The ACB Braille Forum" by podcast! To subscribe, go to "The ACB Braille Forum" page on www.acb.org. If you do not yet have a podcast client, you can download one from the Forum page.
To subscribe to "The ACB Braille Forum" via e-mail, go to www.acb.org/mailman/listinfo/brailleforum-L.
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Lane Waters, Controller
Le Chi Tran, Accounting
Lori Sarff, Administrator
Sheila Eudy, Administrator
Dee Theien, Reception/Administration
Janet Dickelman, Chair, St. Paul, MN
Carla Ruschival, Vice Chair and Officer Liaison, Louisville, KY
Margarine Beaman, Austin, TX
Sally Benjamin, Tallahassee, FL
Bill Deatherage, Louisville, KY
Michael Fulghum, Nashville, TN
Sharon Lovering, Arlington, VA
Bruce Radtke, Bellingham, WA
Michael Smitherman, Jackson, MS
Cindi Vega, Salt Lake City, UT
Lane Waters, Staff Liaison, Minneapolis, MN