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The National Alliance of Blind Students Annual Convention

The 2008 annual convention of the American Council of the Blind will be held in Louisville, Kentucky July 5-12 at the Galt House, on the banks of the Ohio River.

The countdown is on, only -1 days, 16 hours, 8 minutes and 56 seconds remaining until convention! We look forward to seeing you down in Kentucky!

Here is our schedule of events for the convention. The first price is pre-registration and the second is the at convention price.

Saturday, July 5:

8:00 pm - NABS Welcome Party - $8, $10

Sunday, July 6:

12:30 pm - NABS Hosted Scholarship Luncheon - $26, $30
Everyone is invited to come meet and congratulate the 2008 scholarship winners. Sponsored by Randolph-Sheppard Vendors of America.

2:15 pm - NABS First Business Meeting

Monday, July 7:

1:30 pm - NABS / CCLVI Program: Navigating the Social Scene as a Blind Individual Fun, interactive seminar combines group discussion and panel presentations to share ideas and provide feedback on best practices in the social networking and dating scene.

Tuesday, July 8:

1:30 pm - NABS Second Business meeting and Strategic Planning meeting.

Wednesday, July 9:

1:30 pm - NABS / Employment Committee Program: Career Workshop - $5, $5
Part 1: Make Your Dream Job a Reality; and
Part 2 - Working from Home. Co-sponsored with IVIE and the ACB Employment Issues Committee; see the Employment Committee section for details

Thursday, July 10:

8:30 pm - NABS Comedy Night - $10, $12
Comedian John Richardson is sure to keep you smiling at our annual comedy night.

Recap of the 2007 Convention in Minneapolis, MN.

NABS put on a fun and informative 2007 annual convention. The programs included a party, a game night, career and interview skills, and comedy night just to name a few. We appreciate the ACB affiliates who worked with us to make some of our events successful. And for another year in a row, we broke a newspaper delivery record!

We did have to conduct some business though. The members present voted on crucial constituational ammendments and NABS elected new officers the Board of Directors for 2 year terms. The following people will hold these positions for 2007-2009. Congratulations to:

Second Vice President - Leah Irish, and
Secretary - Elizabeth Kelley

Thanks to all those who helped deliver the convention newspaper, brought new ideas to the table, and helped make convnetion a lot of fun!

Below are just a few captured momments from convention.

Newly elected Secretary and 2007 ACB Scholarship Winner Elizabeth Kelley sits with fellow 2007 ACB Scholarship Winner Claire Stanley on a panel for the membership committee. NABS Advisor Ardis Basyn speaks with a student at the Welcome Party Elizabeth Kelley helps members of the Membership Committee perform a skit.

NABS members and officers sit in on an ACB General Session. A 2007 ACB Scholarship Winner talks to previous NABS member and officer Richard Rueda at the Welcome Party.