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National Council on Disability (NCD) Hosts Quarterly Meeting
Date:11/16/2007

BOSTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the National Council on Disability:

WHAT: National Council on Disability (NCD) Hosts Quarterly Meeting, November 29 to December 1, 2007.

WHERE:

Hyatt Regency Boston

One Avenue de LaFayette

Boston, Massachusetts

Thursday, November 29, 2007

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

-- Call to Order

-- Chairperson's Welcome - John Vaughn

-- Introduction of Council Members, NCD staff and guests

Welcome from Mayor Thomas Menino, City of Boston and Stephen Spinetto, Commissioner, City of Boston Commission for Persons with Disabilities

-- Acceptance of Agenda

-- Approval of July 11, July 24 - 26, September 5 Minutes

-- Council Member Reports

-- Chairman's Report -- John R. Vaughn

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

-- Executive Director's Report - Michael Collins

-- Finance Committee Report - Chad Colley, Committee Chair

-- International Watch Advisory Committee Report - Kathy Martinez, Council Liaison and Joan Durocher, staff

-- Cultural Diversity Advisory Committee - Michael Collins and Stacey Brown, staff

11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Comments from Dan Shannon, Executive Director, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and Myra Berloff, Director, Massachusetts Office on Disability

1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Homeland Security Committee Report - Pat Pound, Chairperson and Michael Collins, staff

Current plans for Post-Katrina Act funding

Emergency Preparedness Panel (Moderator: Pat Pound)

Panelists:

-- Marcia Brooks, WGBH Public Television

-- Sharon Gamache and Lisa Braxton, The Center for High-Risk Outreach, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

-- Myra Berloff, Massachusetts Office on Disability

Council Member Questions and Dialogue

2:45
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