Sunday, July 10 - Ponderosa A
1:30pm Seeing Eye Ice Cream Social
Tuesday, July 12 - So Pac C-D
7:00am Guide Dogs for the Blind Breakfast
GDB graduates welcome
1:30pm Seeing Eye Ice Cream Social
7:00am Guide Dogs for the Blind Breakfast
GDB graduates welcome
5:45pm Piano Technology: A Lucrative Career
7:00am NIB Breakfast - $10, $15
The latest career-related information from National Industries for the Blind; a new scholarship, too!
8:15am All veterans are invited to lead the Pledge in the ACB general session at 8:30 a.m. Meet at front of room at 8:15 a.m.
12:15pm VIVA Recruitment Luncheon - $20, $20 - So Pac A
Roundtable discussion and business meeting. During this time of war and economic strife, our veterans need all the support we can give them. Get involved in VIVA and help with membership recruitment and veterans' issues.
RSVA is proud to be a Coral sponsor for the 2011 ACB conference and convention, and to support the July 9 Scholarship Winners' Dinner and the July 10 NABS Scholarship Winners' Luncheon.
Theme: 75 Years of Excellence
1:00PM Subcommittee meetings
3:00PM RSVA Board meeting - Bonanza C
9:45am Welcome - Dan Sippl, RSVA President, Eau Claire, WI
Introduction of participants
Roll call of affiliates - Ardis…
5:30pm LUA Pre-convention Board Meeting
1:15pm Welcome and Introductions
Paul Edwards, LUA President, Miami, FL
1:30pm NLS: Where It Is and Where It Is Going
Ruth Scovill, Acting Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS); Michael Katzmann, Chief, NLS Materials Development Division; Judy Dixon, NLS Consumer Relations Officer, Washington, DC
2:30pm Break
2:45pm Spotlighting Two…
7:00am IVIE Breakfast and Business Meeting - $20, $22
8:00pm RSVA/IVIE mixer (Members only)
12:15pm IVIE Luncheon and Program - $21, $23
Networking Options That Work. Carla Hayes, Language Teacher/Translator and Owner, Lengua-Learn Communications, McMurray, PA; Vickie G. Parker, MS, MFT, Marriage and Family Therapist, Woodland Hills, CA; Ardis Bazyn, Inspirational…
The GDUI Suite is in Genoa on the second floor. Hours are Saturday from 1:00 to 5:00pm; Sunday through Tuesday, 9:00am to 5:00pm; and Wednesday, 9:00 to noon. Browse the silent auction items on display. Purchase items for your dog, renew your GDUI membership, or just relax. Schedule dog massages, too.
11:00am First-Timers Workshop
How to manage stress for yourself and your dog. What to expect from conference venues such as the…
3:00pm CCLVI Board Meeting
6:00pm CCLVI Nominating Committee Meeting
9:00am Welcome and Introductions
Richard Rueda, CCLVI President, Union City, CA
9:15am Committee Reports
Legislative - Brian Petraits, Brownsburg, IN
Resolutions - Michael Byington, Topeka, KS
Constitution and Bylaws - Jim Jirak, Omaha, NE
Scholarships - Cathy Schmitt Whitaker, Diamond Bar, CA
Nominating -…
3:30pm BRL Board Meeting
7:00am BRL International Breakfast - $25, $25
Welcome and Introductions: Judy Jackson, BRL President, Austin, TX
Theme - Braille Around the World
International attendees share how people in their countries gain access to braille materials, how braille is produced in their countries, the age braille instruction begins, and how that instruction is provided. Dr. Francisco J. Lima,…