[nabs-l] NFB convention

[Christopher O'meally]

I personally have never heard of the state paying for convention, so
unless you can get a grant specificly  to attend from somewhere, it
would be a personal  expense

On 6/5/15, Darian Smith via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Good Morning,
>  there are a few ways you can try to get to  a national convention.
>  someone has already touched on voc rehab as an option.
>  your  state affiliate or local chapter might have funds to assist members
> in going to national and state conventions.
>  the NFB has a  scholarship  set aside which is funded by members of the
> organization  that has been set up to assist first time convention
> participants to experience all of what convention iss.  I am sure that there
> are a few people on the list that have made good use of that fund and can
> tell you how valuable it is.
>   NFB  Training centers take their students to national convention as a part
> of their training.
>  Finally people do pay their own way. If you can save the money, you can pay
> for a flight and share room costs with two to three other folks. this helps
> greatly with the expense and honestly, If you are really  taking advantage
> of  the opportunity to be at  convention you’ll only  be in your room just
> long enough to sleep, shower , change , etc.
>  hth
>  Darian
>
>   as a
>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 9:58 AM, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Let me clarify. The locational rehabilitation counselor will normally pay
>> once for you to go as it relates to your vocational, i.e. work goal. At
>> least that's what I've known all my life. :-)
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver
>>
>>> On Jun 5, 2015, at 09:37, Joshua Hendrickson via nabs-l
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, your parents would have to pay for you to go.  Your rehab
>>> counselor would not pay for it.  I've never been to any NFB
>>> conventions, but they do sound very cool.  I'd love to check out all
>>> the assistive technology.
>>>
>>>> On 6/5/15, Mabelin Ramirez via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Hello everyone, I have a question for you all. If I would like to attend
>>>> the
>>>> NFB convention would my commission counselor have to pay for it, or is
>>>> this
>>>> something my parents would have to pay for? I really want to go to the
>>>> NFB
>>>> convention.
>>>> I've never gone there before.
>>>> I'd so love to go.
>>>>
>>>> I just want to run it by my commission counselor first if that's
>>>> necessary.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mabelin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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