[Nfb-kzoo] NFB of Michigan State Convention

[Tyler and Leanne Merren]

Nothing final yet.  Two people have said they're not going, and 4 are still 
up in the air.  Trying to get answers from all of them by this evening. 
Will keep you posted.
Thanks for hanging with us till then.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jacalyn Paulding" <jacalynpaulding at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Kalamazoo Michigan List" <nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Malaina" <malaina at iserv.net>; "jon searles" 
<theblindrepublican at gmail.com>; "Castor, Jordyn" <jordyn2493 at gmail.com>; 
"Chelsea Henrizi" <goalballprincess at yahoo.com>; <kennethversluys at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-kzoo] NFB of Michigan State Convention


> Just wondering if there has been any final decision made about the taxi
> taking us to Dearborn?
>
> Thanks guys for all of your hard work!
> Jackie
>
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Jacalyn Paulding <
> jacalynpaulding at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi ALl,
>>
>> Matt and I just talked and Tim will be ready to go at 1:45 so we could
>> leave then.  We are find with up too 150 round trip for the 2 of us for
>> transportation.  If it is going to be more than that so 75 per person 
>> round
>> trip then we would rather just take the train.
>>
>> Thanks Tyler for all of your work in this area and Leanne also.  Look
>> forward to hearing from you guys!
>>
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Tyler and Leanne Merren <
>> tmerren at charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I realize we are very late in putting this together, but we have 
>>> recently
>>> had several people express interest in attending the State Convention 
>>> next
>>> weekend.  The student division has a couple of rooms available, so they 
>>> will
>>> try and help if possible with accomidations.  We were also told that 
>>> there
>>> may be some banquet tickets available for those who are attending for 
>>> the
>>> first time.  That isn't for sure, but we will do our best to do what we 
>>> can
>>> to help people out.  As far as transportation goes, we have an offer 
>>> from
>>> Central City Taxi to shuttle us there and back in a bus for between $300 
>>> and
>>> $350 per trip.  The bus can hold up to 14 people, so if we can fill the 
>>> bus,
>>> it will work out cheaper than taking the train each way.  Plus, if we 
>>> take
>>> the train, you have to figure in transportation between the station and 
>>> the
>>> hotel, so keep that in mind as well.  I'm not sure how far that is or 
>>> how
>>> much it would cost.  Maybe somebody else has an idea on that?
>>>
>>> As far as I know, the break down of the cost is as follows:
>>> Registration: $20 per person (I think it's $15 if you register before
>>> midnight today?)
>>> Hotel rooms: $85 per night
>>> Saturday evening banquet: $40 per person (again cheaper if bought 
>>> today?)
>>>
>>> Someone correct me if I am wrong on any of those figures.
>>>
>>> Please forward this to anyone else who might want to go from this side 
>>> of
>>> the state.  The bus will be first come first served.  We checked with 
>>> the
>>> Doubletree hotel, and they still have several rooms available.
>>>
>>> You can register for convention, and reserve your room at
>>> http://www.nfbmi.org
>>>
>>> Please also get back to us with your plans, and what you would like
>>> assistance with.  We can't make any promises, but we'll do what we can.
>>> We're looking forward to a great time next weekend!
>>> Leanne
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