[Mn-at-large] Day 4 results: Exhibit table at National Convention

[David Andrews]

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>Subject: [Nfbmn-news] Day 4 results: Exhibit table at National Convention
>From: NFBMN President via NFBMN-News <nfbmn-news at nfbnet.org>
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>Hi everyone, This email is coming out on day 5, 
>but since all the feedback I received came in 
>yesterday, it's still accurate. Theresa, who has 
>been an idea-generating Rockstar, wrote in with 
>more ideas for Jennifer Wenzel's Minnesota idea. 
>She also had some thoughts on selling water 
>bottles. Corbb O'Connor, over pizza, suggested 
>we sell coasters with cool sayings on them. 
>Lorraine suggested we sell gorp, which--though I 
>have heard of it for years--I never realized 
>stands for "good old raisins and peanuts." 
>Thanks for that, Lorraine. Rocky sent in last 
>night that he thinks we ought to sell cookies or 
>caramel corn. Finally, I received an email from 
>Sharon asking if we would still be partnering 
>with BLIND Inc. at our table, and whether they 
>would be selling their merchandise in addition 
>to ours. The answer is absolutely. BLIND Inc. 
>will be holding a fundraiser for their programs, 
>and they will be selling wild rice and salted 
>nut rolls. Our fundraiser will be to raise money 
>for our 6 chapters, and we will be drawing from 
>the suggestions I have received. Thanks for the 
>question, Sharon. I appreciate Rocky, Lorraine, 
>Corbb, Sharon, and Theresa for their thoughts. 
>You guys are awesome. I thank everyone who wrote 
>in with ideas over the past few days. I'm going 
>to be chatting with people about logistics over 
>the next day or two, checking on prices and the 
>like, and putting together a plan. I'll keep you 
>posted when we reach a final decision. Thanks to 
>everyone for their ideas on how we can raise 
>funds to continue our work. All the best, Ryan 
>Ryan Strunk, President president at nfbmn.org 
>www.nfb.org www.nfbmn.org (612) 872-9363 Live 
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>From: Ryan Strunk <president at nfbmn.org> Sent: 
>Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:09 AM To: 
>nfbmn-news at nfbnet.org Subject: Exhibit table at 
>National Convention Greetings, fellow 
>federationists, I apologize for the brevity of 
>this post, but I'm writing it on my phone from 
>the bus to work. At our board meeting in April, 
>we discussed changing our exhibit table format 
>this year. Instead of having each chapter and 
>BLIND Inc. hosting their own fundraiser, and 
>asking the volunteers working the table to keep 
>track of half a dozen treasuries, we thought it 
>would be a better idea to have a single 
>fundraiser, then share the money out between all 
>the chapters. The question is: what should we 
>sell? Food is certainly a possibility—lots of 
>affiliates do that—but tt there are also other 
>options. Years ago, the Wisconsin affiliate sold 
>envelopes full of tic-tacs, but some of those 
>envelopes also contained cash prizes. The 
>choices are unlimited. Unfortunately, our time 
>is not. We need to make a final decision in the 
>next week in order to write copy for the 
>exhibitor list. I'm writing to all of you to 
>solicit ideas. If you can think of a fundraiser 
>we should host at our exhibit table this year, 
>please email me at president at nfbmn.org, and 
>let's discuss. Thank you for your help, Ryan 
>Strunk, President Sent from a mobile device, so please forgive the brevity


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