[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

[Jessica]

I would love to see a convention at a hotel somewhere like San Francisco. That would be super expensive though unfortunately.

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On Jul 10, 2011, at 3:31 PM, "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> Hi, all.
> 
> I agree with Michael. I do the same thing, i.e., I come in a day or two
> before Seminar Day and get the lay of the hotel and if there's something of
> interest in the area, I'll visit it.
> 
> I don't really care whether or not the banquet is on the last night of the
> convention in the abbreviated schedule or whether it's on the day before the
> last day in the longer format. Admittedly, the first time we tried the
> shorter format, things were a bit rushed and chaotic but this time around,
> there was only one event I missed because I hadn't been able to eat since
> breakfast so elected to go to dinner rather than attend the event.
> 
> I've heard the same thing; it's getting harder and harder to get hotels to
> agree to an entire convention week without raising rates beyond what we are
> willing to accept. The only change I'd make would be to declare thatthat
> between five and seven in the evening, no events would occur so everyone
> would have a good two hours to eat a decent dinner. Other than that, I
> thought this year's schedule was just about perfect for the shorter format.
> 
> Insofar as convention cities are concerned, I doubt that downtown Seattle
> would have a large enough hotel to hold all of us. There are hotels near
> SEATAC Airport that might but you all would complain that we were away from
> everything. I don't think Portland has anything large enough for us to fit
> in one hotel.
> 
> In any event, it's not worth dreaming about because the rates would be
> prohibitively expensive up and down the West Coast. That's just the way the
> cookie crumbles.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Michael Barber
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 9:33 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
> 
> Actually, what I do is to arrive 2 days before what I call seminar Saturday.
> It gives me a chance to explore the hotel and to do any other outside
> activities I may want to do.
> 
> I actually prefer the banquet as the final event of convention.  It makes a
> very nice climax to a super week.  Having the banquet followed by another
> day of general sessions is very anticlimactic as far as I'm concerned.
> 
> I believe the reason we're changing to this newer abbreviated schedule has
> something to do with being able to attract more hotels, as I recall.
> Michael Barber
> On 7/9/11, Sherri <flmom2006 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> 
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