[MN-at-Large] Reserving your State Convention Hotel Room is Open

[David Andrews]

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>Hi everybody,
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>Over the next couple of weeks, you will see various announcements 
>concerning our in-person state convention on November 4 through 
>November 6. This is our first in-person convention in three years, 
>so please, please come and join us.   Of course, we will be sending 
>out the usual convention notice email and letter soon, along with a 
>link to our convention registration form. There will also be details 
>about our annual auction as well. However, there is no need to wait 
>to reserve your hotel room, you can do that right away.
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>Our hotel is the Hilton Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport at 3800 East 
>American Blvd. in Bloomington. The full name is very important since 
>there are multiple Hilton hotels in that part of the Twin Cities. 
>Our room rates are $89 per night plus state and local taxes.
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>You can reserve your room by phone or directly via the web. Unlike 
>past years, the process to reserve a room through the web is pretty 
>accessible from our experience. We have successfully booked a room 
>using a screen reader. The link to reserve a room using the web is:
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><https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSPAHHF&groupCode=FEDCI&arrivaldate=2022-11-04&departuredate=2022-11-06&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT>State 
>Convention Hotel Room Reservation
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>Please note that in most email programs, the above link will have a 
>title that I have added and it fits nicely on a single line. If you 
>receive emails using plain text, the URL behind this link is very 
>long and it will probably go to multiple lines. In that case, you 
>may have to cut and paste each line into a single address in your 
>web browser to get the link to work. If the link is correct, you 
>will see the arrival and departure dates already filled in, and the 
>room rate will be $89. Also, "National Federation" will be displayed 
>on the page.
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>If I have already scared you out of using the link, please know that 
>the long URL problem mentioned above is very common and is not 
>unique to this process. Still you can call in by phone. You can use 
>the Hilton's national reservation line which is:
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>Hilton National Reservations:  1-800-774-1500
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>They will ask you to specify the Hilton hotel for which you want to 
>make reservations. Remember that our hotel is the Hilton 
>Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport located at 3800 East American Blvd. as 
>mentioned earlier.
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>Next, you need to give them the group code that points to our hotel 
>rates and block of rooms. The group code, sometimes called the 
>"block code," that you need is "FEDCI". Just as with the reservation 
>link, this code will cause our $89 room rate to be used.
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>We have also reserved a room using this process and it went 
>smoothly. If you happen to have trouble with the national number 
>finding our group or block, You can call the local hotel at:
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>Hilton Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Phone: 952-854-2100
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>Dial zero to reach the Front Desk, and give them the Group Code of 
>FEDCI just as you would for the national reservation line. Let me 
>know if you run into difficulties so we can get any issues resolved.
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>Please know that we respect the fact that some of you will not be 
>comfortable attending our convention because of personal health 
>concerns. However, we really need to renew our personal connections 
>after almost three years of meeting virtually. We will be working 
>very hard to make our convention as safe as possible by implementing 
>processes that are similar to what was done at our national 
>convention. While we did a pretty good job of limiting the spread of 
>the COVID virus in New Orleans, the fact that we will be together 
>for only forty-eight hours rather than for an entire week means that 
>starting out with negative tests will be even more effective. There 
>will be more specifics on that later as well.
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>If we are careful, and we intend to be, I believe that we can have a 
>convention that is safe, and one that inspires and energizes each of 
>us. I am looking forward to meeting some of you for the first time 
>and to renew old friendships. Please come and join us.
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>Best regards,
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>Steve Jacobson, President
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>National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota
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><http://www.nfbmn.org/>www.nfbmn.org
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>(612) 872-9363
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>www.nfb.org
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>Live the life you Want.
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