INTERSTATE MOTOR INN
BERWYN, MARYLAND
TWIN county FEDERATION OF THE BLIND – HOSTS
OCTOBER 15TH, 16TH, AND 17TH
STATE CONVENTION CHAIRMAN
NED L. GRAHAM, JR.
3511 Berwyn Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21207
PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
JANIECE CONARD
CONVENTION AGENDA – 1971
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1971
5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M.
REGISTRATION (Fee $1.00) Continuing throughout convention.
8:10 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER BUSINESS MEETING.
9:30 P.M.
HOSPITALITY (Cash Bar)
Resolutions Considered throughout Convention.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1971 MORNING SESSION
8:30 A.M.
REGISTRATION
9:30 A.M.
CALL TO ORDER and INVOCATION
9:35 A.M
WELCOME:
JOHN McCRAW – President, NFB of MARYLAND
WELCOME:
WESLEY WILLIAMS – President, Twin Counties Federation of the Blind.
Officials of Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties
Mayor of College Park, etc.
10:00 A.M.
REPORT: MANUEL URANA, Director: Orientation Center Iowa Commission for the Blind
TITLE: Evaluation of Services to the Blind.
10:30 A.M.
SERVICES FOR THE BLIND IN MARYLAND
PANEL DISCUSSION, MODERATOR JOHN F.
MEMBERS OF THE PANEL:
GEORGE KELLER, Supervisor, Services to the Blind – Vocational Rehabilitation
GEORGE PARKE – Executive Vice President of Maryland Workshop For the Blind.
JAMES MURRAY – Director, State Library for the Physically Handicapped
12:00 NOON
LUNCH
OCTOBER 16TH, 1971 AFTERNOON SESSION
2:00 P.M.
REPORT: Social Services, Vocational Rehabilitation Grant Programs
ANNE REED, Coordinator of Welfare And Rehabilitation Services, Maryland
State Department of Social Services
2:30 P.M.
PANEL DISCUSSION: Public Transportation In Maryland.
Moderator: ROGER PETERSON
PANEL MEMBERS
KOTY PFAHSTIEHL, District of Columbia Transit Authority
ELMORE EVANS, Baltimore Metropolitan Transit Authority
3:30 P.M.
LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
STATE – NED GRAHAM
NATIONAL – JOHN NAGEL
4:00 P.M.
REPORT: Communicating with your Legislator (Speaker to be Announced)
4:30 P.M.
REPORT: NOMINATING COMMITTEE – NOMINATIONS FROM FLOOR – ACTION ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (if any) AND RESOLUTIONS.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1971 EVENING SESSION
6:00 P.M.
COCKTAIL HOUR (Cash Bar)
7:00 P.M.
Banquet:
INVOCATION
MASTER OF CEREMONIES:
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER:
PRESENTATIONS
HOSPITALITY
Sunday, October 17th, 1971 MORNING SESSION
10:00 A.M.
PUBLIC RELATIONS WORKSHOP
*IMAGE OF THE FEDERATION*
CHAIRMAN, JANIECE CONARD
PARTICIPANTS – MANUEL URANA
AND JAMES DOHERTY
10:50 A.M.
BUSINESS MEETING
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
CHAPTER REPORTS
TREASURER’S REPORT AND AUDIT
ELECTIONS
SELECTION OF 1973 CONVENTION SITE
ALL OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS
12:00 NOON
ADJOURN