The Braille Monitor

The Braille Monitor

The

Braille Monitor

Vol. 46, No. 1

January 2003

Barbara

Pierce, Editor

Published

in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

The National

Federation of the Blind

Marc Maurer, President

National Office

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

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Members are invited, and non-members are requested, to cover

the subscription cost. Donations should be made payable to

National Federation of the Blind and sent to:

National Federation of the Blind

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

THE NATIONAL

FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION

SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR THEMSELVES

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Louisville

Site of 2003

NFB Convention

The 2003

convention of the National Federation of the Blind will take place in Louisville,

Kentucky, June 28-July 5. We will conduct the convention at the Galt House

Hotel and the Galt House East Tower, a first-class convention hotel. The Galt

House Hotel, familiarly called the Galt House West, is at 140 N. Fourth Street,

Louisville, Kentucky 40202. The Galt House East Tower, or Galt House East,

is at 141 N. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. Room rates for this

year's convention are excellent: singles, doubles, and twins $57 and triples

and quads $63 a night, plus tax. The hotel is accepting reservations now.

A $60-per-room deposit is required to make a reservation. Fifty percent of

the deposit will be refunded if notice is given to the hotel of a reservation

cancellation before June 1, 2003. The other 50 percent is not refundable.

For reservations call the hotel at (502) 589-5200.

Rooms will

be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations may be made

to secure these rooms before June 1, 2003, assuming that rooms are still available.

After that time the hotel will not hold the block of rooms for the convention.

In other words, you should get your reservation in soon.

Our overflow

hotel is the Hyatt Regency at 320 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky

40202, phone (502) 587-3434.

Those who

attended the 2002 convention can testify to the gracious hospitality of the

Galt House. This hotel has excellent restaurants, first-rate meeting space,

and other top-notch facilities. It is in downtown Louisville, close to the

Ohio River and only seven miles from the Louisville Airport.

The 2003

convention will follow what many think of as our usual schedule:

Saturday,

June 28 Seminar Day

Sunday,

June 29 Registration Day

Monday,

June 30 Board Meeting and Division Day

Tuesday,

July 1 Opening Session

Wednesday,

July 2 Tour Day

Thursday,

July 3 Banquet Day

Friday,

July 4 Business Session

Plan

to be in Louisville;

The action of the convention will be there!

Contents

Vol. 46, No. 1

January 2003

Frontispiece

The

Federation Is Attacked

for

Seeking to Enhance Mobility and Safety

by Marc

Maurer

Saying

No to Detectable Warnings Everywhere

by Carla

McQuillan

Comments

to the Access Board on Detectable Warnings

by Michael

Freeman

Eaperanza's

Story: An Oral History

by Debbie

Kent Stein

Getting

theWords Down in Braille

by Bill

Kaufman

NFB

National Convention

Louisville,

Kentucky

Take

Two

by Kathy

Jackson

Falling

by Sheila

Koenig

Computer

Aids for the Blind

by Stacey

Hirsh

Equal

Access to a Black and White World

by Ryan

Osentowski

At Sound

of the Bell, Mom Comes Running

by Tom

Keyser

Dividend

for a Blind Mom

by Judy

Jones

Recipes

Monitor

Miniatures

Complete

Monitor (text only)

Complete

Monitor (text only, zipped) (download)

Copyright

© 2002 National Federation of the Blind