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 Childrey 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 is May 3, 2008, at our NFB headquarters. 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 Judy Sanders, Secretary

By Jean Martin, Director

Resource Center: Blind/Visually Impaired

Minnesota Department of Education

By Catherine A. Durivage, Library Program Director

Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library

(Editor’s Note: This presentation was given at the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota annual convention on November 3, 2007.)

By Richard Strong, Director

Communication Center and Senior Services Unit

Minnesota State Services for the Blind (SSB)

By Beverly Collins, MS, RN

Research and Technology Manager

Clinical Decision Support

Allina Hospitals & Clinics

Taking Stock and Looking Forward

By Jennifer Dunnam, President

Volume 74, Number 1

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404