OCB Convention Information
Convention
Registration
Come Join Us!
2009 Annual Convention
(405) 685-4000 or
1-800-622-7666
Our theme is New Horizons: Changes and Challenges.
We will feature new trends in the field of technology,
rehabilitation, transportation, advocacy, etc.
This year’s convention has something special for everyone! Sleeping during the Convention will not be an
option! Come prepared for an
action-packed weekend!
Weekend
activities include:
· A game night
on Friday night, which will give you the opportunity to make new friends and
get to know others better. Experience
the electronic game that everybody is talking about, The Wii,
Bingo, card games, dominos, a variety of other table games and a late night
bop-it contest.
· Exhibits all
day Saturday. Exhibits include: high-tech computers and CCTVs,
low-tech independent living aids, arts and crafts, home decorating aids, etc.
· Special
presentations by Department of Rehabilitation Services Director Mike O’Brien,
Visual Services Administrator Jane Nelson, Business Enterprise Program Director
Daniel Erwin and local Veterans Administration Coordinator John Laakman.
· A special
transportation panel with representation from the
· A chance to
add your input to important OCB resolutions and Constitution and Bylaws
changes.
· Special Saturday night banquet entertainment
including music, comedy and brain teasers.
· An oral and
silent auction. Don’t miss auctioneer
Pat Kelly, who adds humor and challenge to his auctioneering pizzazz.
· A non-denominational
church service on Sunday morning. and
· Our Annual
Business Meeting including the opportunity to elect your future leaders.
Convention registration includes:
· Four excellent
plated meals
· Quality
speakers
· A variety of
exhibits
· Attendance at business
and committee meetings
· The privilege
to vote in elections
· Special
entertainment
· An opportunity
to meet new friends
· Educational
and training opportunities
· An oral and
silent auction
· Loads of door
prizes, etc.
Convention registration is only $80.00, which includes your
breakfast on Saturday and Sunday mornings, lunch on Saturday; and the Saturday
night banquet. Please register as soon
as possible so the Convention Committee has time to prepare your name tags and
registration packets in advance. Complete
the registration form at the end of this newsletter or go to OCB’s website at www.okcb.org. Please send your registration form and
payment to:
The
$80.00 registration fee is an excellent deal.
Please remember that the
First-Timers
Convention Scholarships
Is
this your first time to go to an OCB Convention? If you are blind and would like to apply for
one of five scholarships for convention first-timers, please e-mail or write a
letter telling us why you would like to attend.
The scholarship will cover the $80.00 registration fee. Contact Vicky Golightly,
425 N.W. 27th, Oklahoma
City , OK 73103
Hotel
Accommodations
The
sleeping room rate at the
Convention Sponsorship
Sponsorships support the
OCB and help us with our convention weekend expenses. Your name will appear in the program as a
sponsor and you will also be recognized at the convention during one of the
general sessions. Convention sponsorship levels are: Patron, $5.00; Silver, $10.00; Gold, $20.00;
and Platinum, $30. Send your check to OCB’s post office box and be sure to tell us of your wish
to become a sponsor and at what level.
The OCB sincerely appreciates your generosity.
Convention Advertising
Do
you have a business you’d like to advertise?
What about those arts and crafts you’d like to sell? Do
our OCB chapters feel this urgent need to tout their outstanding programs? Place an advertisement in the Convention program at
the following rates: quarter page,
$25.00; half page, $50.00; and full page, $100.00. Please make checks payable to the
2009
Please
complete the form below and check applicable conference information so we are
aware of your needs
Name
____________________________________________
Address__________________________________________
City_______________
State__________ Zip____________
Work
Phone ( )___________________________________
Home
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E-Mail
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Registration $
80.00
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Extra Lunch Ticket
(applies to people with friends and family already
registered at the Convention. $ 20.00
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Extra Banquet Ticket
(applies to
people with friends and family already registered at the Convention) $
30.00
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I need a vegetarian meal at the banquet.
I
need my program in
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Large Print ____ Braille ____ Disk
Other
Special Needs________________________________
For
more information, contact: Vicky Golightly
Convention
Chairman, Home Phone: (405) 524-6227,
Work Phone: (405) 522-0526 or via e-mail
at vgolight@yahoo.com.
2009 Annual Convention of the
Agenda
**All general sessions will be in the
**All meals will be in the Cypress Room.
**Exhibits on Saturday will be in the Dogwood Room.
**Hospitality activities will be in the Magnolia
Room.
Door Prizes Throughout Convention
Welcome, Jay Doudna, OCB President
Convention Overview, Vicky Golightly,
Convention
Chair
Session for Convention First-Timers:
What's
OCB and Why Am I Here?
Jay Doudna
Games Galore; Hospitality; Get Acquainted!
Boppit Contest
Descriptive Video: "The Ultimate Gift",
based on a book by Jim Stoval
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Exhibits: All day from 8:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M.
Silent Auction Begins
7:30 A.M.-8:15 A.M. – Breakfast
8:00 A.M.-10:00 A.M. – Registration Continues
8:00 A.M.-8:50 A.M. – Visit Vendors
8:50 A.M.-9:00 A.M. – Go to general session
9:00 A.M – Color Guard -Crooked Oak High School
9:05 A.M.-9:30 A.M. – Servant Leadership and DRSDr. Mike O'Brien,
Director, Department of Rehabilitation Services
9:30 A.M.-9:55 A.M. - Visual Services and You
Jane Nelson, Visual Services Administrator
9:55 A.M.-10:15 A.M. – Break/Visit Vendors
10:15 A.M.-11:40 A.M. – Special Panel on Transportation Jean Jones, Facilitator
Bill Cartwright, General Manager, Tulsa Transit
Mark Pritchard, Assistant Director, Metro Transit
Beverly Graham, United We
Ride
11:40 A.M. – Reading of Nominations for the OCB Board of Directors
Other Announcements
12:15 P.M.-1:00 P.M. – Lunch
1:00 P.M.-1:30 P.M. – Visit Vendors
1:30 P.M.-3:00 P.M. – What's New: More Services:
Panel
John Laakman,
Veterans Administration
Sandi Wright, Oklahoma League for the
Blind
Vicky Golightly,
Library for the Blind (new digital player)
3:00 P.M.-3:30 P.M. – Break/Visit
Vendors
3:30 P.M.-4:30 P.M. – Tricks, Tips and Resources: Living with Blindness Every
Day
Elaine Doudna
and Marilyn Sanders
4:45 P.M.-5:30 P.M. – Visit with Vendors
6:00 P.M.-7:30 P.M. – Banquet
Special Entertainment with Brain Teasers
Charley Tipps, Emcee
Presentation of Award
8:00 P.M. – Oral and Silent Auction, Pat Kelly
Entertainment – Charley Tipps
Sunday, September
27, 2009
7:30 A.M.-8:15 A.M. – Breakfast
8:15 A.M.-9:00 A.M. - Nondenominational Church Service,
Charley Tipps
9:15 A.M. – 2009 Annual Business Meeting
Reports
Resolutions
Constitution and Bylaws
Election of Board Members
12:00 P.M. – Hotel Checkout
The