St. Paul Midway Lions announce openings for Free Beep Baseball — our 12th year — coming up in spring of 2015.  Our team will continue to play inter-squad games at Cretin Derham Hall High School in St.

Resolution A14-01

Regarding Accessibility of the State's Information Technology

WHEREAS, Minnesota's Information Technology agency (MN.IT) has become the centralized agency in charge of procuring and implementing information technology for Minnesota state government and is therefore in charge of insuring that such technology is accessible to all; and

By Judy Sanders, Secretary

(Editor’s Note:  This is the winner of our Metro Chapter’s 2014 essay contest.  Dave is an active member of our Rochester Chapter.)

By Lori Peglow

Meet the Members

Do you wish to be more active in the Federation, but can't get to a chapter because of distance, physical disability, or some other reason?  If so, you might be interested to hear that we are in the process of organizing an At Large chapter, and we would love to have your participation.  This chapter will be much like any other chapter in the state, except that we will meet each month via conference call, instead of in person.

If you are interested in getting involved, or for more information, please contact:

Aaron Cannon

(319) 400-0157

By Jennifer Dunnam

(The following is taken from the presidential report delivered at the 2014 annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, and includes some updates since then).

Volume 81, Number 1

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

Voice:  (612) 872-9363

Website:  www.nfbmn.org

Tom Scanlan, Editor

E-mail tom.scanlan@earthlink.net

WE ARE CHANGING

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.

The purpose of the National Federation of the Blind is two-fold — to help blind persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind.  By providing public education about blindness, information and referral services, scholarships, literature and publications about blindness, aids and appliances and other adaptive equipment for the blind, advocacy services and protection of civil rights, development and evaluation of technology, and support for blind persons and their families, members of the NFB strive to educate the publi