[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Sun Jul 10 22:00:08 UTC 2011


No hotel shuttle to the airport operated by the hotel although there were
shuttle services that operated between the hotel and airport operated by
commercial services.

NFB operated shuttles between the two major hotels where conventioneers
stayed. There was no charge to ride these; this means that NFB paid the
cost.

Mike


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Say the busses that went from one hotel to another was that a cost?
Did the busses also go to the air port that would make it easier for 
folks to get to the air port or from the port to the hotels?
Then you shared what hotel you were going to ?
This would be new for me, and I thought that was kind to have a buss 
doing this.

Original message:
> Ray:

> That's also what I remember.

> I don't remember who asked but the 2013 convention may not be at the Rosen
> Shingle Creek Resort but may be at one of the other rosen properties, as,
> for example, the rosen Center which was one of the overflow hotels. One of
> the contract terms for conventions at rosen properties is that Rosen
Hotels
> gets to choose the venue from three (I believe) Rosen properties in the
> area.

> I will forbear from entering extensively into the debate about where
> conventions should be held. In fact, I, too, wish conventions could be
held
> in the West. For some of us, airfare tends to erase much of the savings we
> get with our wonderfully low hotel rates. However, as David Andrews has
> pointed out, when we were at hotels West of the Mississippi, we had much
> smaller attendance than we do now. We're too big for many of the hotels we
> used to use and not quite large enough for the megahotels that handle
> conventions of ten thousand or more. As Joseph Carter has pointed out, we
> face a Hobson's choice in trying to negotiate convention venues. And we're
> having to eat shuttle costs.

> But even though cost of air travel to Orlando from Portland, Oregon, was
> outrageous, this was one of the best conventions I've been to in many,
many
> years.

> Mike Freeman


> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:08 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

> I believe the dead zone was on TMobile.
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

> Skype name:
> barefootedray

> Facebook:
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> On Jul 10, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Mike Freeman wrote:

>> My AT&T phone worked everywhere I tried it.

>> Mike

>> On Jul 10, 2011, at 0:53, Ray Foret Jr <rforetjr at att.net> wrote:

>>> Not to mention which, one of the dead zones just happens to be right at
> the platform itself.  A rather embarrasing fact for one fellow who was
going
> to give a demonstration of the Icon 18 or something.


>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

>>> Skype name:
>>> barefootedray

>>> Facebook:
>>> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1



>>> On Jul 9, 2011, at 11:43 PM, T. Joseph Carter wrote:

>>>> Yes, Mr. Rosen was REALLY impressed with the NFB, and Dr. Maurer was
> really impressed with the facility.  Hopefully the two of them can work
> something out to reduce the nickel-and-dime effects somewhat.  I certainly
> have no objection to the hotel making money-but the incidental fees are
both
> too high and too frequent to be comfortable.  There isn't even lobby wifi
> access without a fee, and the hotel is full of cellular dead zones.

>>>> Joseph


>>>> On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:43:17PM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>>>> Did they say if it was to be at the same hotel all those years?

>>>>> Brian M


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>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

>>>>> It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013
>>>>> through 2017 will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the
>>>>> length of the convention back to how it was and NFB would organize
> tours for Wednesday afternoon.
>>>>> That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go
> places.
>>>>> I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep
>>>>> people here for five years in a row, we need to give them ample
>>>>> opportunity to take advantage of all there is to do in Orlando.
>>>>> Besides, I like the banquet the night before the last day of
> convention.


>>>>> Sherri Brun
>>>>> "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
>>>>> John Lennon

>>>>> Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun

>>>>> E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>>>> NFBF NewslineR chair
>>>>> www.nfbnewsline.org
>>>>> Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter http://nfbfgoc.org
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>>>>> Advisory Committee

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