Many people are involved in getting this issue to you. The writers can write and the editor can edit, but until the material is printed, brailled, recorded, and distributed, it is just a computer file. Therefore, we owe great thanks to the following people for the work they do in producing this publication.
Tim Aune duplicates the cassette tape edition.
Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis
Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Charlene Guggisberg at 507-354-2250 for meeting location
Exciting times are coming in NFB conventions. Keep these in mind as you plan your activities throughout the coming year.
The Semiannual NFB of Minnesota Convention will be April 18, 2009 at the NFB of Minnesota building in Minneapolis. Members will receive a letter with details about a month before the convention, and the letter will be on our website at www.nfbmn.org.
By Mike Klimisch
By Steve Jacobson
(Editor’s Note: Steve is vice president of the NFB of Minnesota, vice president of the NFB computer science division, and is employed as a Lead Computer Analyst at 3M Company.)
By Chuk Hamilton, Director, Minnesota State Services for the Blind
(Editor’s Note: This presentation was given at the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota annual convention on October 4, 2008.)
Greetings Federationists!
By Jennifer Dunnam, President
The changing of the New Year is an excellent time for renewal, and this particular new year has certainly started out busy and full of promise. A new president of the United States has just been inaugurated, from an election in which, because of the work of the Federation, many of us for the first time cast a completely private and independent vote for a president.
Volume 75, Number 1
Quarterly Publication of the
National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Many people are involved in getting this issue to you. The writers can write and the editor can edit, but until the material is printed, brailled, recorded, and distributed, it is just a computer file. Therefore, we owe great thanks to the following people for the work they do in producing this publication.
Tim Aune duplicates the cassette tape edition.
Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis
Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Charlene Guggisberg at 507-354-2250 for meeting location