Staff and Travel Summary

Iowa Department for the Blind
Staff Travel Summary
January – March 2011

January
Trip Name: CSAVR Winter Meeting
Date of Travel: January 23 – 25, 2011
Location: Dallas, TX
Staff Attending: Karen Keninger
Description: As a member of the executive committee of CSAVR, it will be very important to support this national organization which focuses on rehabilitation and which has worked to secure significant funding for Iowa through ARRA. The committee, of which Ms. Keninger is a member, will be discussing fiscal procedures, proposed goals and objectives, and working on rehabilitation research. Ms. Keninger has been asked to give a report to the committee on region VII rehabilitation.

February
There was no travel in the month of February.

March
Trip Name: California State University Northridge (CSUN)
Date of Travel: March 14 – 18, 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
Staff Attending: Curtis Chong and Michael Barber
Description: The CSUN conference is the leading conference dealing with technology for people with disabilities. It provides an important opportunity to obtain information about the most recent developments in technology for the blind and people with other disabilities.