[il-talk] Great Convention And Thank You

Tue Nov 5 00:31:31 UTC 2013

I enjoyed the banquet and the at large dinner.

RH

On 10/28/2013 9:36 AM, Deborah Kent Stein 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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