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 lobby.  Times listed in the program are bus departure and approximate return times 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 on both sides of the bus are reserved for the tour coordinators, volunteers and people with…

Kids Explorers Club: 

Bring the kids (ages 6 to 12) for a great week of tours and fun in the Kids Explorer Club.  Games, crafts, swimming, and trips; every day is packed with fun.  Breakfast, lunch and snack included.  Open Sunday through Wednesday from 8:15 to 5:00, and on Thursday from 8:15 until after the banquet.

All-New Teen Blast! 

Don't be bored; have a blast with Teen Blast.  Be a Teen Blast volunteer; have fun on Teen Blast trips.  Teen Blast Launch Saturday at 2:00; pizza, prizes, and…

Career Development:

Sunday, July 7, Fayette

7:15 PM: Piano Technology: $5 ($7)

• Independent, lucrative career opportunity.

Tuesday, July 9, Taft C

7:00 AM: NIB Breakfast $10 ($15)

• Join National Industries for the Blind for a discussion about employment and the AbilityOne program.

Guide Dogs:

Monday, July 8, Taft C

7:00 AM: Guide Dogs for the Blind Alumni Breakfast

• GDB grads connect with friends and staff; those considering the guide…

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Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss

President: John Huffman
Registration: $10 ($10)

Sunday, July 7, Grant

12:15 PM: AAVL Luncheon $27 ($29)

• Discussion of programs in Ohio that promote independence and brighter horizons for Ohio's elder blind.  AAVL business meeting to follow.

Monday, July 8, Delaware A

2:45 PM: Is Rehab Working? $5 ($7)

• Interactive session with Janet LaBreck, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration…

Saturday, July 6

11:00 AM: ACB Committee Chairs Meeting, Union A

• An important meeting with ACB President Mitch Pomerantz.  Every committee should be represented, either by its chair or a designated committee member.

5:30 PM: ACB Exhibitors Reception (by invitation only), Suite 2007
 

Wednesday, July 10

4:15 PM: Affiliate Presidents’ Meeting, Delaware B

DKM First-Timers Committee

Chair: Allen Casey

Wednesday, July 10, Suite 2007

5:00 PM: DKM First-Timers Reception, $12 ($15)

• Welcome DKM First-Timers Frank Ventura, West Roxbury, MA, and Guillermo Robles, Los Angeles, CA; share memories of ACB pioneer Durward K. McDaniel

Education Task Force

Chair: Ray Campbell

Monday, July 8, Madison

4:15 PM: Partnerships in Education $5 ($7)

• Discuss work immersion, the Anne Sullivan Macy Act and short courses. …

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ACB Board of Directors

Friday, July 5

9:00 AM: Pre-convention Board meeting, Union A

Friday, July 12

10:00 AM: Post-convention Board meeting, Union A

ACB Board of Publications

Chair: Paul Edwards

Saturday, July 6

10:30 AM: BOP/CCLVI Workshop, Morrow

• Discuss ACB’s Braille Forum and how to make our large print issues and website better. Bring your laptop.

Wednesday, July 10

1:15 PM: BOP Editor's Workshop,…

American Council of the Blind
52nd Annual Conference and Convention
Theme: ACB: Discovering New Worlds
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Saturday, July 6, Regency Ballroom

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

• Presentation of Colors: Pack 488, Webelos Den 10, Delaware County, OH

• "The Star…

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.
   • A. 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" will be…

Saturday, July 6

5:00 PM: Roman Catholic Mass, Delaware C

• Father John Sheehan, Jesuit Priest, Xavier Society for the Blind, New York, NY

5:00 PM: Interdenominational Service, Delaware D

• Laurie Clark, Pastor, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Columbus, OH

Sunday, July 7

7:00 AM: Jewish Service, Fayette

• Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann, Director of Chabbad House, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2:00 PM: LDS Sacrament Meeting, Fayette

• President Scott Alpeter, Second…