[nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions

Thu Nov 26 18:00:14 UTC 2009

With respect, that's nuts! We have traditionally chosen a holiday because many of us who are working can use the holiday for part of ourconvention time. The 4th of July is a good compromise between holidays and bad wether.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 8:00:45
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions

>
>
> hi,
> 
> nfb/blind people tend to isolate themselves from the sighted world and don't 
> consider that some members prefer to spend their fourth of july events with 
> sighted friends instead of sitting in a hotel.
> 
> Bryan Schulz
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wm. Ritchhart " <william.ritchhart at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
> 
> 
> >I would only add to this string with the comment that at the last national
> > convention I attended, this topic was brought up.  Both the issue of 
> > paying
> > more and changing the time were presented.  Overwhelmingly both items were
> > massively defeated.
> >
> > So long as the membership is determined to pay as little as possible and
> > keeping the convention in the first days of July, choices will be 
> > extremely
> > limited.
> >
> > I personally would rather undergo massive tooth extraction than spend a 
> > week
> > in Dallas in July.  Especially when the hotel is basically isolated.  So
> > that one cannot just walk out and access the city.
> >
> > Orlando holds great promise.  Indeed I cannot believe that Marc allowed 
> > the
> > convention to be booked in such a desirable tourist location.  Having 
> > stayed
> > in Orlando when attending the Daytona 500, I am aware of all the
> > distractions beyond Disney.  There is enough in Orlando to make skipping 
> > the
> > boring guy from agency X look very attractive.  And there are enough 
> > tourist
> > attractions to make skipping him easy.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, William
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:43 PM
> > To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
> >
> > True enough! This stems from at least two factors: First, the number of
> > convention attendees has increased greatly, making it harder to find a
> > single hotel that will hold a majority of them. In essence, we're too big
> > for the smaller hotels and not quite big enough for the megahotels.
> >
> > Second, despite the severe economic down-turn (or, perhaps, because of 
> > it),
> > hotels have become far tougher to negotiate with than in days of yore,
> > necessitating making of contracts farther out in order to get anything 
> > like
> > the rates NFB members are used to.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gerardo Corripio" <gera1027 at gmail.com>
> > To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 11:32:06
> > Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I've noticed that in the past more cities were sites of NFB conventions
> >> whereas since about 2004 or so the only cities I've heard where
> > conventions
> >> are have been either Dallas, Atlanta whereas in years past I've heard 
> >> that
> >
> >> cities as Kansas, Houston, Denver and San Francisco I think was once site
> > of
> >> a convention.
> >> Gerardo
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Darian Smith" <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
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> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:00 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
> >>
> >>
> >> You know, it might take some bit of nagotiation, but I would love to
> >> see National convention in San Francisco. I mean, think of the
> >> possibilities... You  can have people touring the city, students could
> >> visit  both San Francisco state and UC Berkley,  Guide dogs for the
> >> blind is  basically right across the goldengate bridge, oh, and did  I
> >> mention the goldengate bridge? you can have  the march crossing the
> >> goldengate bridge.
> >>  and  for those people who like baseball and tend to visit the ball
> >> yard... AT&T Park is about  as pretty of a park as they come. you can
> >> take the bus and find some good food about anywhere in the city.
> >>  Not to mention that you could  get alot of attention by just being in 
> >> san
> >
> >> fran.
> >>  Besides,  one of our historically great leaders came from northern
> >> california.
> >>  I think  that's  all amazing reasons  to  make  a national convention
> >> a golden gate event.
> >>   Darian
> >>
> >> On 11/25/09, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
> >> > thanks Mike I will do just that.
> >> > Sure would love to see NFB in Colorado again.
> >> >
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