[Colorado-talk] Convention Notes

[Lisa Bonderson]

Good Afternoon,

With state convention right around the corner, I wanted to bring a few items to your attention.

We will have two charter buses leaving the Colorado Center for the Blind on Thursday 10/29, just after 12:00pm.   You should try to be at the Center around 11:30am.  If you have not already done so, you need to rsvp me in order to be ensured that we have plenty of seating. You may rsvp me by email at lbonderson at cocenter.org<mailto:lbonderson at cocenter.org> or by phone at 303-504-5979.  We are very nearly at capacity, so the rsvp courtesy is extremely important. If you have already done so, no need to rsvp again.

Upon arrival, the hotel will do everything it can to check people in, provided the rooms are ready for us.  It may very well be that we have to check our luggage in up front until the rooms become available.

If you plan on coming down by car you need to know that there is a fee for parking: self parking in the parking lot is $17.00 per day and valet parking is $22.00 per day.

The Antlers Colorado Springs is no longer a Hilton property.  With that change, we have discovered that the new owners will be doing some extensive remodeling and the previous owners did not make some necessary corrections to the Braille number of the sleeping rooms. Scott LaBarre and Kevan Worley discovered that a great number of the rooms were numbered incorrectly.  The hotel has had some Braille number stickers printed and has affixed them to all of the room signs.  You will find the correctly stickered number near the top of the room sign above the print number.  They were unable to remove the existing incorrect number, so there will be two sets of Braille numbers. Again, look for the stickered Braille number above the print number.

And finally, if you are planning on participating in the Yoga segment of the Sports and Recreation Division breakouts on Thursday 10/29, do please bring a mat or a towel, as they will be unable to provide them for everyone in attendance.

Thanks much,

Lisa Bonderson
NFB of Colorado