Get ready for ACB's Legislative Seminar and to advocate on Capitol Hill by joining ACB's Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Claire Stanley to learn about the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (S.2984 and H.R.5813).

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Get ready for ACB's Legislative Seminar and to advocate on Capitol Hill with ACB's Advocacy and Outreach Specialist, Swatha Nandhakumar, and learn about the Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act (S.2494 and H.R.4858)

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Get ready for ACB's Legislative Seminar and to advocate on Capitol Hill with ACB's Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs, Claire Stanley, to hear about the first of ACB's four Legislative Imperatives, The Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefits Act (S. 842 and H.R. 33). (Listen on ACB Media 5.) Episode Notes

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The Board Of Publications Meeting Agenda

• Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny]
• Roll Call [Zelda]
• Approval of Minutes from January 2, 2024 BOP Meeting [Zelda]

• Public’s Point of View [All guests are welcomed and encouraged to ask questions, share comments, and make suggestions]

• The ACB-Conversation list: Moderation Rules and Process[Penny, All]

• ACB Community Daily Schedule Listings: Continued discussion regarding formatting guidelines for easier reading [Zelda, others]
• Editor’s Report [Sharon]
• ACB Affiliate Editors’ Quarterly Meeting and List [Zelda]
• ACB Voices Blog:
• Member on the Mic Update [Penny]
• BOP BLOG Editors : Cachet and Jeff for February; Who for March? [All]
• BOP Editorial Manual Update [Let’s try again to schedule a preliminary meeting to work on the update.[Penny, Jeff, Zelda, Deb]
• ACB Media Report [Rick]
• Other Topics [All]
• Adjourn

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Listen to the 4 2024 ACB Legislative Imperatives read by Matilda,

• Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act
• Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act
• The Medicare and Medicaid Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefits Act
• The Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act

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ACB Board of Directors Meeting January 30, 2024

• Call to Order: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Roll call and Introduction of Guests: Denise Colley, Secretary
• Approval of Agenda: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Approval of Minutes: Denise Colley, Secretary
• Mission Moment: Recognizing the entire ACB staff for pulling together to support ACBs mission with the departure of Clark and Kelly
• Update on Executive Director search process and timelines: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Executive Director Report: Dan Spoone, Interim Executive Director - Leadership conference; Introduction of Claire Stanley; Director of Advocacy and Governmental Affairs Advocacy
• Board discussion and action regarding Kingsley Plantation tour during convention: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Board discussion and action regarding confirmation of ACB mission and member expectations: Deb Cook Lewis, President
• Discussion and action regarding ACB’s position on the human rights rally sponsored by BPI: Deb Cook Lewis, President

• Announcement of next board meetings: February 8th, 2024 meeting at 7 PM Eastern – Executive Session only February 15th, 2024 at 7 PM Eastern – Executive Session only March 2nd, 2024 in conjunction with the Leadership conference

• Adjourn

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The Board Of Publications Meeting Agenda: Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny] Roll Call [Zelda] Approval of Minutes from December 5, 2023 BOP Meeting [Zelda] Public’s Point of View [All guests are welcomed and encouraged to ask questions, share Comments, and make suggestions] Announcement: The Braille Forum Budget [Penny] Editor’s Report [Sharon] ACB Affiliate Editors’ Quarterly Meeting Update [Zelda] ACB Voices Blog: Member on the Mic Process Report [Cheryl, Anthony, Cachet] BOP BLOG Editors: Penny and Cheryl for January; Cachet and who for February? [All] Proposed Community Meeting: Let’s plan for this community event focused on the ACB Voices BLOG [All] BOP Editorial Manual Update [Let’s bring our calendars and schedule a preliminary meeting to work on the update.[Penny, Jeff, Zelda, Deb] ACB Media Report [Rick] Other Topics [All] Adjourn The next meeting of the BOP will occur on February 6, 2024, beginning at 8:30 PM, ET. Happy new year!

Agenda:

Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny]

Roll Call [Zelda]

Approval of Minutes from the November 7, 2023 BOP Meeting [Zelda]

Public’s Point of View ]Guests]

Editor’s Report[Sharon]

The ACB-Conversation E-mail Discussion List Moderation [Cheryl, All]

ACB Voices BLOG: The Member on the Mic(MOM) Process Report [Cheryl, Cachet, Anthony

Recruiting candidates for MOM interviews [Anthony] Have ACB members responded to our request for interview subjects?

BOP Voices BLOG Reviewers for December Who would like to volunteer?

Editorial Policy Manual Updates [Penny, Zelda, and Jeff] We still need to schedule a time for this. Shall we postpone until January?

Update on EReader training [Penny]

ACB Media Report [Rick]

2023 ACB Telephonic Board of Directors Meeting Tuesday, November 28, 2023

at 8:00PM ET (after Executive Session)

Meeting Time: 7:30PM ET – 11:30PM ET

1. Call to Order: Deb Cook Lewis, ACB President
2. Roll Call and Introduction of Staff and Guests: Denise Colley, ACB Secretary
3. Review and Approval of Agenda: Deb Cook Lewis, ACB President

4. Executive Session: (7:30 PM ET Until 8:00 PM ET) Broadcast on ACB Media Six Starts at 8:00PM ET. President Deb Cook Lewis welcomes listeners and explains meeting agenda

5. Mission Moment: Deb Cook Lewis and Dan Spoone

6. ACB Celebrates the 3rd Annual AD Awards Gala: Our AD Awards Gala committee did an outstanding job creating, communicating, producing, and raising funds for ACB. Special thanks to Tabitha Kenlon, Kim Charlson, Carl Richardson, Joel Snyder, Rick Morin, Gabriel Lopes Kafati, Clark Rachfal, Jo Lynn Bailey Page, Kolby Garrison, Jeff Thom, Doug Roland and our industry partners for all of their contributions!

7. President’s Report: Deb Cook Lewis A. Dec. 4 and 11th board meeting B. January 30 Board Meeting C. March 2 DC Leadership Board Meeting

8. Staff Report: Dan Spoone

9. Review and Approval of 2024 D.C. Leadership Conference Calendar: Deb Cook Lewis, Dan Spoone and the Entire Board
10. Update on the 2024 ACB Conference and Convention: Janet Dickelman, Convention Committee Chair

11. Update on the Executive Director Job Description and Job Posting: Executive Director Search Committee and Entire ACB Board (Broadcast on ACB Media Six Stops)

12. Executive Session:

13. Adjourn

Rick Morin ACB Media and IT Manager American Council of the Blind, Inc. +1 (860) 426-9161 [email protected]

20231107 Board of Publications Meeting November 2023

Agenda:

• Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny]

• Roll Call [Zelda]

• Approval of Minutes from the October 3, 2023 BOP Meeting [Zelda]

• Public’s Point of View [Guests]

• Editor’s Report[Sharon]

• Including an Overview of ACB Media in each Braille Forum and on the web site [Penny, Sharon, All] Proposed content? Can an informative page be located on the inside back cover of the Braille Forum?

• Braille Forum boiler plate [Sharon, Penny, All] Where should it consistently appear in the magazine? What information should it include?

• A BOP page on www.acb.org How can we make this happen? [Deb, Rick]

• An e-mail address for the Board of Publications Can we create one? And, point it to the Chair’s personal e-mail address? [Deb, Rick]

• ACB Voices BLOG We need to add information about suggested wordcount to the introductory material. And a description of appropriate topics. Anything else? [All]

• Do we have the BLOG submission from Karyn? Anything else to review yet for November?

• Member at the Mic Process: Approval of Cheryl and Cachet’s proposal [Cheryl, Cachet, Anthony, all]

• Member at the Mic and Scholarship Winner Spotlight update [Anthony]

• Penny and Cheryl are BLOG reviewers for November. Who wants to volunteer for December?

• Editorial Policy Manual Updates Penny, Zelda, and Jeff agreed to address necessary updates, including to review Section 15 which deals with the BOP’s role with respect to social media, to incorporate changes approved in 2019 in the Editorial Manual that is published on the web site, and to add large print guidelines that were approved last year to the appendix on the web site.  . We need to find a time to meet. [Penny, Zelda, Jeff]

• Braille Forum Budget[Deb, Katie] What happens next? Has the list of Braille Forum subscribers been purged of non members, and did that reduce our costs for producing the Braille Forum??

• Update on EReader training [Penny]

• ACB Media Report [Rick] Is the new version of ACB LINK up now?

• Update on ACB’s presence on the Mastodon platform [Jeff, Rick]

• Other Topics? [All]

• Adjourn. Next BOP meeting: December5, 2023.