APH Annual Meeting 2003
The Joy of the Journey
American Printing House for the Blind
135th Annual Meeting of Ex Officio Trustees and Special Guests
The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky
October 15 - 18, 2003
TENTATIVE AGENDA
Wednesday, October 15 (TENTATIVE)
- Related Meetings as scheduled
See separate schedule
Thursday, October 16 (TENTATIVE)
Opportunities at APH
- 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Tour of APH Including Callahan Museum
Bus leaves the Brown at 9:00 am from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 11:30 am - 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tour of APH Including Callahan Museum
Bus leaves the Brown at 1:00 pm from the Broadway entrance and will return to the hotel at 3:30 pm
Thursday, October 16 (TENTATIVE)
- 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Mezzanine
Annual Meeting Registration and Help Desk - 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Broadway A
Meeting of APH Ex Officio Trustee Advisory Committees - 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Louis XVI
APH Products Showcase
Tony Grantz, Business Development Manager, APH - 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
J. Graham Brown Room
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition
Roberta Williams, Public Affairs and Special Projects Manager, APH - Throughout the Meeting
Unveiling of the new Travelling Callahan Museum Science Exhibit - 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Crystal Ballroom
Opening Session - "Journey to the Stars"
- Welcome
Tuck Tinsley, President, APH - Keynote Address
"The Joy of the Journey"
Dr. Kent Cullers, Director, SETI Research and Development
- Welcome
- 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Bluegrass Room
Reception
Please join APH to honor and greet Dr. Kent Cullers at a reception featuring hot and cold hors d'oeuveres and the musical entertainment of Zinninger and Zinninger.
Friday, October 17 (TENTATIVE)
- 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
South Alcove
Continental Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mezzanine
Registration and Help Desk - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Louis XVI
APH Products Showcase - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
J. Graham Brown Room
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition - 8:00 - 9:00
Hospitality Suite
New Trustee Orientation Breakfast
(Pre-registration Required) - 9:00 - 10:30
Crystal Ballroom
General Session - "Charting Our Course"- Charge for the 135th Annual Meeting
Mary Nelle McLennan, Executive Advisor to the President, APH - Report on the State of the Company
Tuck Tinsley, APH
Bill Beavin, Vice President, Finance, APH
Jack Decker, Vice President, Production, APH
Donald Keefe, Vice President, Development, APH
Gary Mudd, Vice President, Public Affairs, APH
Bob Brasher, Vice President, Advisory Services and Research, APH - Response to the 2002 Advisory Committee Recommendations
Bob Brasher, APH - Advisory Committee Report Highlights - 2003
- Educational Products Advisory Committee
Dotta Hassman, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School - Educational Services Advisory Committee
Dan Boyd, Chair and Ex Officio Trustee Representing the South Dakota Department of Education
- Charge for the 135th Annual Meeting
- 10:30 - 10:45
BREAK - 10:45 - 12:00
Crystal Ballroom
General Session- Product Development Update
Ralph Bartley, Director of Research, APH - APH Braille Committee
Gary Mudd, APH - Prison Braille Programs
Nancy Lacewell, Director of Government and Community Affairs, APH - "The Center of Our Galaxy" - Information Fair Preview
Bernadette Mudd, Product Materials Designer/Coordinator, APH
Karen Poppe, Senior Research Associate, Tactile Graphics Project Leader, APH
- Product Development Update
- 12:00 - 1:30
Lunch Break - 12:00 - 1:30
16th Floor Gallery
"How To Start Or Enhance Your Fund Raising Program, Including A Foundation"
Sponsored by James G. Dickman, Executive Vice President, Lewis Direct
Separate registration required - Ex Officio Trustees or Designees Only - 1:30 - 2:30
Crystal Ballroom
General Session - "Traveling Coast to Coast"
Updates from the Field- Choices for Children
Mary Ann Siller, Director, National Education Program, American Foundation for the Blind - IMAA/Legislative Issues
Mark Richert, Executive Director, AER - National Agenda
Karen Wolffe, National Agenda Co-Chair - National Braille Challenge Invitational
Vicki Liske, EOT Representing The Braille Institute of America - Personnel Preparation
KC Dignan, Coordinator, Personnel Shortage Initiative, AER
- Choices for Children
- 2:30 - 5:00
Bluegrass Room
Information Fair
"The Center of Our Galaxy"
Your personal passport will transport you to "THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY" where you will encounter over 20 poster sessions presented by a cluster of stars from APH. After your visit to our galaxy you will be spiraling with new information and knowledge. Upon exiting our galaxy, return your passport with ten presenter signatures and qualify for the drawing of a special prize!
- APH Prison Braille Program
- The Assessment Universe
- Braille Production Study
- Can Your Student Weigh a Corn Flake?
- EZ Track Financial Record Keeper Makes Money Management "EZ"
- Federal Quota/SRS Training Sessions
- Field Services Tours the Universe
- Hall Of Fame: Leaders and Legends of the Blindness Field
- Houston, We HAD a Problem: ATIC/BANA Has a Solution
- Journey Into the Testing Zone
- "Masters" of the Universe: The Craft of Designing Tactile Patterns
- New Software and Hardware Products
- No Distractors - Invisiboard
- One Small Step for EOTs, One Giant Leap for APH
- Print By Dots
- Protostars: Products Underway at APH
- Using Calendars
- Voyage to the APH Web Site
- Web Chase: A New Tactile Board Game
- The World Atlas
- 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Gallery 16th Floor
Reception Honoring James P. Storer and the George B. Storer Foundation for contributions to the field of blindness - 6:30 - 8:30
Crystal Ballroom
APH InSights Art Celebration
Awards Dinner- Invocation
Lou Tutt, EOT Representing the Colorado School for the Blind - Honoring Retiring Advisory Committee Members
Dan Boyd, South Dakota
Dotta Hassman, Iowa
Elaine Sveen, Maryland - APH InSights Art Winners Awards Presentation
Roberta Williams, APH
Tuck Tinsley, APH
Donald Keefe, APH - Awards Presentations
- Zickel Award Presentation
Recipient: Billy Brookshire - Creative Use of Braille Award Presentation
Recipient: Sally Mangold - Wings Of Freedom Award Presentation
Recipient: Susan J. Spungin
- Zickel Award Presentation
- Invocation
- 8:00 - 9:00
J. Graham Brown Room
Meet The Artists
Saturday, October 18 (TENTATIVE)
- 7:15 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
South Alcove
Continental Breakfast - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Louis XVI
APH Products Showcase - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
J. Graham Brown Room
APH InSights 2002 Art Exhibition - 8:15 - 8:40
Crystal Ballroom
General Session - "Traveling Companions"- ABC Braille Study
Sharon Sacks, Professor and Coordinator, Teacher Preparation Programs in Visual Impairments, California State University, Los Angeles
Alan Koening, Professor, Texas Tech University - Family Support and Education Focus Group
Burt Boyer, Field Services Representative, APH - Meeting of the Minds II
Cay Holbrook, Professor, University of British Columbia
Janie Humphries, APH
- ABC Braille Study
- 8:45 - 10:00
Product Training Sessions- Broadway A
Book Port
Larry Skutchan, Research Scientist, Technology Project Leader, APH
Rodger Smith, Programmer, APH - Broadway B
ENVISION
Elaine Kitchel, Research Scientist, Low Vision Project Leader, APH
Dr. Randy Jose - Broadway C
Loving Me
Billy Brookshire, Senior HRD Specialist, Texas Commission for the Blind - Louisville Room
EZ Track Series
Terrie Terlau, Research Associate, Adult Life Project Leader, APH - Board Room
Brigance Diagnostic Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills
Barbara Henderson, Test and Assessment Project Leader, APH
Carol Allman, Consultant and Trainer, Accessible Tests Department, APH - Kentucky Room
Teaching Touch
Fred Otto, Research Associate and Project Leader, Tactile Graphics, APH
Lois Harrell, Consultant
- Broadway A
- 10:00 - 10:15
BREAK - 10:15 - 11:30
Product Training Sessions
(Repeat from earlier session) - 11:40 - 12:00
Crystal Ballroom
General Session/Closing - "Happy Trails to You"- Center of the Galaxy Door Prize Drawing
- Closing
Janie Humprhies, APH
- 12:00 - 1:30
16th Floor Gallery
Formal Luncheon of Ex Officio Trustees
Preregistration required - 1:30 - 6:00
Related Meetings as scheduled
See separate schedule - 6:00 - 7:00
16th Floor Gallery
Happy Hour
(Sponsored by Camberley Brown Hotel) - 7:30 - 10:00
16th Floor Gallery
Roswell Road House
Social and Dance
Featuring the musical stylings of "All Purpose Hysteria"