HOSTED BY
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
JEFF THOM, PRESIDENT
1510 J Street, Suite 125
Sacramento, CA 95814
800-221-6359
916-441-2100
HOST AFFILIATE
Capitol Chapter, Sacramento
LOCATION
THE SACRAMENTO ARDEN WEST HILTON HOTEL
2200 HARVARD STREET
SACRAMENTO, CA 95815
916-922-4700
800-344-4321
For your convenience a textual description of the hotel floor plan and emergency evacuation procedures are included at the back of this program.
Donations of prizes to be given throughout the convention should be brought to the CCB registration table in the hotel’s main lobby.
If your chapter plans to make a contribution to our scholarship or general fund during the convention You are urged to have a representative from your chapter present it at the banquet.
If you would like to pay your member-at-large dues for 2008 or pay your life membership dues, you may do so at the CCB registration table.
You may also sign up for the ACB Monthly Monetary Support fund, from which, through automatic deductions, you can give CCB up to 50% of your monthly donation. If you are already an MMS contributor, you may also modify your existing MS donation.
If you require an assistive listening device for the general sessions or other special accommodations, please contact the CCB registration table.
For your convenience a textual description of the hotel floor plan and emergency evacuation procedures are included at the end of this program.
Hotel check in time is 3:00 PM. Check out time is 12 Noon. Later check out time is subject to hotel availability. Please inquire at the front desk.
For your convenience here is a hotel telephone directory and instructions for reaching various departments within the Arden West Hilton.
The telephone on guest room nights stands does not have pre-programmed buttons, please use Hotel Operator: Dial "0" The Hotel Operator can help CCB convention attendees with most anything in the hotel to contact a specific department. Requests for items such as extra towels, toiletries, etc. can be handled through the Hotel Operator instead of contacting the Housekeeping Department.To check Voicemail in your guestroom: Dial "61" to retrieve your voicemail messages. Also, the telephone located on the desk, there are two rows of 5 buttons each located horizontally below the standard keypad. On the row that is directly under the keypad, the Voicemail Retrieval button is the farthest button on the right. Once this button is pressed, the computer voice will alert you to any voicemail messages you might have. If you do have a message, the computer voice will guide you through the process of what numbers to press to retrieve your messages.
To dial another guest room in the hotel: For guest rooms on floors 2 through 9, press 7 and the room number, for guest rooms on floors 10, 11 or 12, just dial the four digit room number.
For your convenience here are the phone numbers for the CCB Registration table, 1708 and the CCB Volunteer table, 1981.
ABISEE, Inc.Reading Machines for the Low Vision, Blind, and Deaf-Blind. We invent them... We make them... We sell them. Our portable 1 lb USB devices scan bound books and documents and instantly convert printed text into multiple accessible formats:
ABISee Products:Eye-Pal is a portable instant scanning/reading machine for the blind and deaf-blind that allows output on a Braille display and as speech.Zoom-Ex is 3 tools for low vision in a single 1 lb device:
Zoom-Twix makes low vision students fully functional in class: Our distributor in Northern CA: Synergy Vision, 925-249-0555 www.helpwithvision.com |
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Dorit Sandholm, “Weekenders USA”Dorit Sandholm and Gina Leonard Present: "Weekenders" The Clothes You Love To Live In Our wardrobing concept offers you value with easy care/easy wear fashions Planning your Spring/Summer Fashion Wardrobe has never been easier or more fun! Look for us in the Exhibit Hall. We will help you select the colors and styles to look your very best. |
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GW MicroWe would like to acknowledge the generosity of GW Micro, Inc., as a Spring CCB Convention Silver Sponsor. Since 1990, GW Micro has been a trusted pioneer in the adaptive technology industry, and continues to lead with innovative, customer driven solutions. Window-Eyes is nothing less than the most stable screen reader available on the market today, featuring full support for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista. GW Micro also offers a line of hardware products to fill our customers’ needs, including Braille Sense and Voice Sense Notetakers, GW Sense Navigation, SyncBraille 20 and 32 Braille Displays, Portable SenseView hand held magnifier, and Small-Talk Ultra portable computer. To find out more about these and other fine products go to gwmicro.com or call 260-489-3671. |
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HumanWare Inc.We would like to acknowledge the generosity of HumanWare, as a Spring CCB Convention Silver Sponsor.Solutions Empower People HumanWare products empower people to compete effectively in a sighted world. We provide innovative solutions and put the power into the hands of our customers. Experience HumanWare through our many product families including the mPower BrailleNote, Victor, and Trekker product lines. For more information on any of our products, please call us at 800-722-3393, or see us on the web at www.humanware.com |
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Mercy General HospitalMercy Specialty ProgramsWe are a nonprofit dedicated to guiding our patients through a growing, diverse healthcare system. At Mercy Specialty Programs, we are committed to providing compassionate, reliable patient care coordination. We provide emotional support and encouragement and empower you to be your own healthcare advocate. Programs and Services Include:
Call Today! Mercy Specialty Programs Mercy A member of CHW |
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Navi Tech Inc.Navi Tech Inc., 942 West L Street, Springfield, OR 97477Navigational technologies for the disabled – from home to work NAVI-TECH, INC. is a new Corporation that combines four fantastic wholly-owned subsidiaries, some of which you might have already heard of:
Please stop by our Exhibits Table (#??) and check out our products and services. For further information on Navi-Tech, Inc. call or email: (541) 741-4367 robgcook@comcast.net |
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VAST VISIONS"what we perceive, we can achieve." We educate and train clients to overcome change and attain their aspirations through appropriate vision, empowerment strategies and balanced success training. We specialize in…stress management public speaking enjoyment balanced success training change management image and wellness strategies ballroom dancing instructions "Coping with vision loss has been my greatest challenge. Now, I challenge others to be blind to mental myopia and to focus on possibilities in all areas of life.”-John Battistoni (President of Vast Visions)
Call for a free consultation so we can evaluate your personal situation. |
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The hotel facilities consist of the main hotel building, the swimming pool area, and the health club building. These buildings and spaces are positioned in an in-line pattern with a west to east orientation in the order that they are listed. The hotel building complex is completely encircled by its parking lots and there is no direct or easy access to the public street by pedestrians.
The building is a rectangular structure consisting of a single story (general circulation area) with a 12-story tower on the south side of the structure. The generally rectangle shaped first floor has its short sides in an easterly-westerly orientation and its long sides in a northerly-southerly orientation. All of the hotel rooms, restrooms, exits, and spaces have raised print and Braille signs.
The primary front entrance is on the west side of the building. It opens onto a raised sidewalk with one curb ramp that is aligned with the doors. For guests to enter or exit the hotel's front entry, they must walk through a vestibule with 2 non-automatic single doors and an automatic double door between them at each end of the vestibule.
The first floor can be subdivided into three rectangles lying side-by-side with their long ends running in a west to east direction. From outside, facing the west side or front of the building, going left to right, the first rectangle consists of meeting rooms and the restaurant, which open into the middle rectangle. The middle rectangle can be subdivided horizontally into two squares. The first square being the lobby and bar in the front of the hotel and the second square is the Atrium/Solarium, which is in the rear of the building. The third and right-most rectangle consists of meeting rooms, hotel offices, hallways, and elevators that go to the 12-story tower.
When you enter the western or front entrance of the hotel you are in the lobby with its marbled floor looking toward the rear of the building. From where you are standing you are given two routes for accessing most of the hotel. The path of travel through the lobby is shaped like the print letter "U" with the front door at the bottom of the "U." The two upper ends lead to the entryways to the Atrium/Solarium at the rear of the building. A few feet in front of you in the inner portion of the "U" you will find a carpeted seating area with chairs, tables, and a fireplace, which faces the front door. Behind the fireplace is the Cameo Bar. It is on a raised platform that can be accessed by stairs or a wheelchair ramp (north side of bar). From the west entrance, if you go immediately to the left; toward the north wall of the lobby you will encounter a coffee bar, Café Expresso. After circling right around the coffee bar, Café Expresso and reaching the north wall you are given two options. (a) turn left to enter the corridor leading to the Folsom Room entrance, Harvard Street Grill, restrooms, and a front exit (in a counter clockwise order) or (b) turn right and walk toward the rear of the lobby. As you walk to the rear of the lobby, along the north wall you will find the following: Folsom Room (two entrances from lobby; alcove with a grand piano; Brandywine Room (one entrance); Women's and Men’s Restrooms, and double doors leading into an employees’ only area. At this point, if you continue walking, you will leave the lobby and enter the Atrium/Solarium, which will be described in more detail later. Back at the front entrance of the hotel if you turn right you will encounter the Bellmen's desk and will have to make a left turn to walk parallel with the south wall of the lobby. Along the south wall of the lobby you will find the following: a hallway leading to two (2) glass elevators to the tower rooms, front registration desk, Concierge's desk, 24 hour Business Center, gift shop and a hallway leading to the first floor of the tower (a.k.a. the third rectangle). At this point, if you continue toward the rear of the hotel, you will leave the lobby and enter the Atrium/Solarium area. When you enter the Atrium/Solarium you will find yourself in a reasonably square shaped room that is carpeted and has movable planters. The Atrium/Solarium has exit doors at the east or rear side of the building, which open onto the swimming pool area. As you enter the Atrium/Solarium from the lobby area, the following rooms can be found on the north or left side: Shasta (one entrance), Tahoe (one entrance), Berryessa (one entrance) and Eagle (one entrance). When all the room dividers are retracted from these four rooms they are then considered the Grand Ballroom. On the south or right wall running from the common wall between the lobby and the Atrium/Solarium to the swimming pool area the following meeting rooms can be found: Chardonnay (2 entrances), Cabernet(2 entrances) and Zinfandel (2 entrances). As you pass the Zinfandel Room you will walk through a set of glass double doors and walk toward the exit that takes you to the swimming pool area, you will find a glass wall to your left that separates you from the remainder of the Atrium/Solarium. On your right-hand side is the opening to a hallway that leads to the east or rear elevators, and the first floor of the tower or the third rectangle. Starting again at the front entrance and turning right, walk past the Bellman's desk and you will enter the third rectangle (a.k.a. the first floor of the tower). Immediately upon entering the west front elevator hallway you will pass the following on your right hand side: two glass elevators, a staircase, and a secondary front entry door. On the left side, across from the elevators, you will find the ATM machines. If you make a left turn and walk eastward, you will find the following on the left hand side of the hallway: four unmarked, locked doors, Women’s and Men’s Restrooms, the second hallway from the lobby, the Chardonnay Room (one entrance), Cabernet Room (one entrance), Zinfandel Room (one entrance) and the east rear elevator hallway. If you start down the hallway from the front of the hotel and walk eastward, you will find the following on the right side of the hallway: Executive Office (which is locked), Sales and Catering, hallway to south side exit, Sonoma (1 entrance), Napa (1 entrance), Merlot(1 entrance), Board Room (1 entrance), stairwell, and exit to delivery dock. At this point, if you make a left turn, you will enter the east or rear elevator hallway that also leads to the Atrium/Solarium. This completes the description of the first floor plan.
Except for the first floor, which was described in the preceding paragraph, the second through the 12th floors, have one corridor that is intersected at both ends by a short dead-end corridor. This is where the west or front and the east or rear elevators are contained with their accompanying stairwells. On the second through 12th floors are guest rooms and vending machine rooms (located at the end of the main hallway near the rear elevators). In addition, on the second and 12th floors you will find more meeting rooms. The second floor has three meeting rooms, the Eureka 219, Natomas 221, and Sierra 229. On the 12th floor, walking from the front of the tower to the rear, the first room on the right hand side is the Penthouse (no room number assigned). Next comes the Presidential Suite, Room 1214 and Club Room, Room 1222. This is the end of the description of the main hotel building.
By using the exterior exit doors from the Eagle/Ballroom, the Atrium/Solarium, or hallway to rear/east elevators you can access the swimming pool area, health club building, and dog relieving area, which are east of the main hotel building.
The swimming area is a large concrete rectangular patio with an hourglass shaped swimming pool in its center and an in-ground Jacuzzi to the left. Warning: There is no fencing encircling either the pool or Jacuzzi. When you are standing with your back to the main hotel building the north or left side of the patio is bordered with a fence and raised gazebo and a sidewalk leading to a parking lot. On the south or right side of the pool is a pay telephone on a wall and a flower bed. Directly in front of you on the opposite side of the swimming pool are the entrances into the various rooms making up the health club building. When facing the health club building going left to right you will find the following rooms and spaces: Men’s and Women’s Restrooms, weight room, dry sauna and aerobic room. The dry sauna is in an alcove Note: All the rooms and spaces making up the health club building are labeled with accessible signage.
Exit the rear of the main hotel building, find the south or right side of the swimming pool area, and walk toward and beyond the Health Club building through the wood gate. NOTE: You will need your hotel room key to re-enter the pool area. Also, the gate is very heavy. After passing the health club building you will find the dog's relieving area to the right. NOTE: The grassy area to the left is not to be used as a relieving area. Also, there is no fence separating the relieving area and the parking lot. There will be a large trash can and plastic bags at the corner of this area.
The above narrative description of the Sacramento Hilton Inn is to be considered only as a general overview and not an exhaustive in-depth description of the facilities.
For your personal safety, please note where each exit is located upon arrival. All floors/rooms are equipped with diagrams/locations of various fire exits, which are located at the end of each hallway. Each exit is labeled with a raised print and Braille sign. The two stairways are located on the East and West end of each hotel floor. The emergency exit on the east end of the hallways (higher room numbers) leads onto a small balcony. The staircase entrance is to the right of the Exit door. Both stairways exit outside the buildings on the main grounds. There are two (2) fire extinguishers located in each hallway. They are in white metal cabinets. All cabinets are located on the north-side (odd room numbers side) of the hallways. They are mounted on the wall to the right side of the 07 and 25 room entrances on each floor. The cabinet door handle is 40 inches above the floor on the right side of the cabinet opening towards the left. There are two (2) fire alarm manual pull stations, which are red in color, with the center point of the device mounted 52 inches above the carpeted floor; one (1) at each end of the hallway to the right of the stairway exit door.
Our Banquet rooms are located on the main level floor. The fire exits are located at each end and in the middle of the hallway that runs between the small meeting room entrances and hotel offices on the south side of the building, as well as at the back of the main ball room on the east side of the building and in front of the restaurant on the west side of the building. All exits are marked with illuminated green Exit Signs throughout the hotel. Each exit is also labeled with a raised print and Braille sign.
Our fire alarm makes a high-pitched sound. The elevators will not be in working order once the alarm is activated. If the alarm is activated, we recommend that you stay in your guestroom or in the meeting room. Our hotel staff will investigate right away the cause of the fire alarm. Our hotel staff will determine if it is a false alarm or if evacuation is necessary and will advise hotel guests accordingly through the PA system.
If evacuation is necessary, every attempt will be made for a member of our staff to assist you in exiting the hotel. All hotel guests with visual impairments will be noted by the front desk, and special assistance would immediately be deployed to their hotel room or meeting rooms.
If you detect fire or smoke, notify the operator by dialing “0”, or pull the nearest fire alarm manual pull station. If you must leave the room, feel the door to see if it is hot. If it is not hot, open the door slightly to look and listen to determine if you can make it to the stairways. Stay low to the floor and take your room key. Do not use the elevator. Proceed to the nearest stairway and exit on the ground floor. Then proceed to the meeting area in the front of the hotel. If unable to exit your room because of fire or smoke: (a) Close the door and seal it with a wet towel (b) Notify the operator by dialing “0”. (c) Stay near the window until help arrives but do not open the window.
We ask that our guests assemble in front of the hotel in the parking lot facing the main entrance. There will be members of our staff at this location to account for all guests and to inform our guests when it is safe to re-enter the hotel.