Important Tour Information

Please read the following information completely.  It will answer many of your tour-related questions and will help you have a more enjoyable tour experience.

1. All tours depart from the main exit across from the front desk located in the Suites Tower. Times listed in the program are bus departure and approximate arrive time back to the hotel.  Please be at the bus departure area and ready to board the bus 15 minutes prior to the listed departure times.

2. The first two rows of seats…

There are many activities interesting to kids and parents throughout convention week.  The ACB/Deque exhibit area, the Regal Entertainment Youth Activity Center, and many of the tours provide opportunities for blind and visually impaired children to experience a fantastic convention week; see the YAC and Tours sections of this program and the Paddlewheel Gazette for more details.
 
Many of the workshops and seminars, as well as the general and special-interest affiliate program sessions, are filled with topics of interest to parents.  Examples of such options include…

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Be sure to check ACB committee and special-interest affiliate programs for more presentations, workshops and seminars related to the topics below.

Career Development

Monday, July 9 - Collins

5:45 PM  Piano Technology: A Lucrative Career

Wednesday, July 11 - Nunn

7:00 AM  NIB Breakfast - $10 ($15)
What's new with our employment programs and disability policy focus.

Events for Guide Dog Users

Tuesday, July 10 - Breathitt

7:…

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Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss

President: Oral Miller
Program Chair: Marilyn Lutter
Registration: $10 ($10)

Monday, July 9 - Stanley

12:15 PM  AAVL Luncheon - $27 ($29)
You're never too old for a guide dog: presented by a representative from Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Smithtown, NY.  AAVL business meeting to follow.

Wednesday, July 11 - Beckham

1:15 PM  Back and Neck Care
Phyllis Burson, Ph.D., Personal Trainer and Clinical…

The Constitution and Bylaws Committee (John Huffman, Co-chair)

meets in Walnut as follows:

• Saturday, July 7 at 4:00 PM
• Monday, July 9 at 4:00 PM
• Tuesday, July 10 at 5:45 PM.

The Credentials Committee (Jean Mann, Chair)

meets in Walnut

• Sunday, July 8 at 1:00 PM.

The Nominating Committee (Patrick Sheehan, Chair)

meets in Sunflower

• Monday, July 9 at 5:45 PM.

The Resolutions Committee (Judy Jackson, Chair)

meets in Walnut as follows:

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ACB Board of Directors

Saturday, July 7 - Breathitt

9:00 AM Pre-convention Board meeting

Saturday, July 14 - Breathitt

10:00 AM Post-convention Board meeting

ACB Board of Publications, Chair - Paul Edwards

Sunday, July 8 - Morrow

10:30 AM BOP Meeting Discussion of the proposed name change and content of The Braille Forum

Thursday, July 12 - Stopher

1:15 PM BOP: Making Your Newsletter Shine Tips and tricks on getting the most…

American Council of the Blind
51st Annual Conference and Convention
Theme: ACB Full Steam Ahead
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Sunday, July 8 - Grand Ballroom

6:30 PM 

• Entertainment: Barbara Henning and Adelle LeJeune, violin and piano, Louisville, KY

7:00 PM

• Call to Order - Mitch Pomerantz, President, American Council of the Blind, Pasadena, CA
• Invocation - Ben Cross, Minister, Southeast Christian Church, Louisville, KY
• Presentation of Colors
• Pledge of Allegiance…

Adopted by the ACB Board of Directors, May 2009

1. Each debatable issue before the convention shall be limited to approximately twenty (20) minutes with a three-minute time limit per speaker, alternating between affirmative and opposing speakers, unless a majority of the members agree to extend debate for an additional period of time.

    

   1. Motions to close debate will not be recognized by the chair during the first debate period.  After the first debate period, properly moved motions such as "I call for the question" or "I move the previous question…

Saturday, July 7

7:00 PM Jewish Sabbath service - Lily
Rabbi Joe Rooks Rapport: The Temple, Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom, Louisville, KY
 

Sunday, July 8

9:00 AM  Roman Catholic Mass - Sunflower
Father John Sheehan Jesuit Priest, Xavier Society for the Blind, New York, NY
9:00 AM  LDS Sacrament Meeting - Collins
Louisville First Ward, Louisville, KY
10:30 AM  Interdenominational Church Service - Sunflower
Rev. Michael E. Garrett, member, ACB Board of Directors, Missouri City, TX
 

Monday…

Tuesday, July 10

5:45 PM  California - Breathitt

Wednesday, July 11

2:45 PM  GDUI – Sampson
5:45 PM  Mid-south - Laffoon
5:45 PM  Midwest - Sampson

Thursday, July 12

7:00 AM  New York/Pennsylvania Breakfast - $22 - Taylor
7:00 AM  Washington State Breakfast (WCB members only) - Stanley
5:45 PM  New England, Florida and Maryland - Breathitt
5:45 PM  Missouri - Nunn
9:30 PM  Blind LGBT Pride – BPI Suite