The Braille Monitor

The Braille Monitor

The Braille Monitor

Vol.

46, No. 3

March 2003

Barbara Pierce, Editor

Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by

The National Federation of the Blind

Marc Maurer, President

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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. 3

March 2003

Frontispiece

Who

Are the Blind Who Lead the Blind

2003

Convention Tours

by

Charles Allen

The

2003 Washington Seminar

by

Barbara Pierce

The

NFB's 2003 Legislative Fact Sheets

Just

Saying No to Reading Braille, Part II

by Sheri Wells-Jensen

Hearing

Enhancement and Spanish Translation Available At National Convention:Spanish

Translators Needed

by

D. Curtis Willoughby

Recipes

Monitor

Miniatures

Complete Monitor (text only)

Complete

Monitor (text only, zipped) (download)

Copyright

© 2003 National Federation of the Blind