[il-talk] Great Convention And Thank You

[Glenn]

Debbie, and denise, you two said it all, convention was a wonderful experience, as it should be and always is.  Hope those who have never had a chance to come to  a state or national convention, realty consider it for 2014. As much as folks want to come, we want to see them there too.
Glenn III

Deborah Kent Stein <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:

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>I would like to add oceans of thanks to Denise Avant for all of her work in 
>advance of and during convention, inviting families, sorting out meal 
>requests, handling door prizes, emcee-ing the banquet, and managing to be in 
>so many places at once that it defies the laws of physics!
> This was a truly wonderful convention, and it worked so well because so 
>many people contributed their time, energy, and talents, in large ways and 
>small.  One contribution that means so much, and for which it's impossible 
>to thank people individually, is the welcome that so many extended to our 
>first-time attendees.  Throughout the weekend parents remarked to me that 
>people reached out to them, answered questions and showed a sincere interest 
>in getting to know them.  The recipients of our Teaching Excellence Awards, 
>Keith Lange and Mike Williamson, both told me they had a wonderful time and 
>said they plan to stay connected with the NFB.  Thank you to everyone who 
>helped create such a warm and welcoming atmosphere!  It matters more than I 
>can convey!
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Denise Avant" <dravant at ameritech.net>
>To: "Illinois Association of Blind Students List" <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: "NFB of Illinois Nfb-i conference call Number" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:00 AM
>Subject: [il-talk] Great Convention And Thank You
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>> Hello federation family,
>> We just concluded a great convention in Bloomington Illinois. There are 
>> some people I just wanted to say thanks to for making it all happen. Of 
>> course, I want to thank our State President for her ability to organize 
>> and lead the convention. All of the speakers were great.  Thanks to 
>> Francisco Chang for the many Many ways you support Patti and the rest of 
>> us.
>> I wanted to say thanks to Ron Brown, the State President of Indiana and 
>> his wife Jean for being national reps to our convention.
>>
>> Thanks to those people who helped with the door prizes. Nancy Gardner you 
>> are great. I appreciate your running around to all of the rooms, checking 
>> to make sure they are set up the way we want. And of course, i appreciate 
>> your help at the door prize table. I also want to thank Pam Gilmore for 
>> helping me with Brailling door prizes this year. Thank you Glenn Moore for 
>> getting me the registration list so I could Braille the names in advance. 
>> You made that part of my life easy. Finally, to the chapters and 
>> individuals who donated door prizes. Ferris Wheel, Four Rivers, Black 
>> Hawk, Chicago, Illinois Association Of Blind Merchants and Illinois 
>> Association Of Blind Students, thanks so much for your prizes. Thank you 
>> also goes to Dave and Teresa Meyer, Pam Gilmore, and Courtney Hummel and 
>> many many more for all of the prizes.
>> I also wanted to thank the public relations committee for getting out the 
>> word about the convention. Robert Hansen, I thank you for your willingness 
>> to use your platform to get out the word. And thank you for your door 
>> prizes.
>> Thank you so much Debbie Stein for building all of those lists of parents, 
>> kids, and teachers  so we can get them to convention.
>> Thank you also goes to Steve Hastalis for handling the shuttle to and from 
>> the hotel, and helping with the sound. Byron, you are so funny and 
>> absolutely wonderful in the way you handle our streaming and sound.
>> Cathy Randall, all of NFBI thanks you for bringing in all of that money to 
>> put on all of these various programs.
>> In short, we have a wonderful affiliate.
>>
>> Denise Avant
>> dravant at ameritech.net
>>
>> P.S.  Please give to the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois 
>> Annual
>> Appeal by sending your tax deductible donation to NFBI c/o Glenn Moore 
>> III,
>> Treasurer P.O. Box 1065 Elgin, IL 60121.
>>
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