[Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

[Sherri]

Hi Gary,

I kind of liked it on Friday. I am not even saying move the resolutions back 
to Friday; it is good that the majority of members are in attendance when 
the policies of the NFB are set. We could still have speakers on Friday. I 
just would like the Board to know there are some of us who prefer the longer 
convention.

Hope you enjoy Universal and Harry Potter. Do you know, I live in Orlando 
and haven't gone to the harry Potter rides yet. I really like Universal, 
because it has more amusement park and coaster type rides, which I prefer to 
the visual rides of Disney World. Actually, the park with the Harry Potter 
rides is Islands of Adventure. I hope you enjoyed the convention in Florida 
and let us know how you liked IOA.

Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years


> Hi Sherri.  My take is that I always found it strange that we would have 
> the
> highlight activity of our convention be on Thursday evening and then find 
> so
> many people leaving on Friday when we did the work of getting our 
> Washington
> report, reviewing our financial statements, and then adopting resolutions
> which should be the policy statements for the whole organization.  The way
> it is now has problems, but at least when we are adopting resolutions, the
> full body is in attendance.  We leave with the uplift of the banquet 
> speech
> in our minds, rather than the last impression being the kind of slow day 
> we
> had on Friday.
>
> My take on the Wednesday half-day tour is probably jaded because I've been
> on the Scholarship Committee for a while and it was that day we used to 
> pick
> the awards and scholarship winner will win.  At least now I get a tour 
> they
> if I decide to stay over.  My wife and daughter are staying until 
> Wednesday,
> and it is a big deal for us to have a vacation.  We're off today to
> Universal Studios to see whatever they've done for a Harry Potter theme
> Park.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Gary
>
>  Scholarship rankings.
>
> -----Original Message----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Sherri
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
> It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013 through 2017
> will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the length of the 
> convention
> back to how it was and NFB would organize tours for Wednesday afternoon.
> That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go 
> places.
> I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep people here
> for five years in a row, we need to give them ample opportunity to take
> advantage of all there is to do in Orlando. Besides, I like the banquet 
> the
> night before the last day of convention.
>
>
> Sherri Brun
> "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John
> Lennon
>
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