[nfb-talk] Convention Recordings

Wed Jul 13 02:44:20 UTC 2011

olympus recorders work well placed on the podium.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:30 PM
Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention Recordings

> Hello Bryan and everyone,
>
>    A digital recorder and a recording made from the audience would not
> produce the same high-quality as would be a blead of the P.A. system. The
> Back-to-Basics Seminar was held in one of the Panzicola Rooms. Those Rooms
> were very large. My sound system would not have been up to the job without
> being able to patch in to the sound system in those rooms.
>
>    Many of the smaller rooms in the Shingle Creek did not have sound
> systems at all. It's a good thing that I was able to finance the purchass 
> of
> a pare of small speakers before coming to the convention as they allowed 
> me
> to provide a sound system in those rooms as well as being able to record 
> the
> events held there.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
>
> that doesn't sound right.
> why didn't you or someone use olympus recorders at least as a backup?
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
>
>> Hello Joseph and everyone,
>>
>>    Add to that wish list negotiating a special rate with the audio-video
>> company to permit affiliates to connect to in-room sound systems without
>> the
>> need to visit the mortgage company first. This issue caused the recording
>> of
>> this year's Back-to-Basics Seminar to be aborted. I'm sorry to have to
>> give
>> everyone this news but if you wonder why this activity was not recorded
>> you
>> now know the answer.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>
>> More frustrating was that there was no wifi at any price anywhere in
>> the area of the meeting rooms.  Were I to make one request of the
>> national office when we return, it would be to obtain internet access
>> for the meeting rooms and set up a few wifi routers at selected
>> locations for basic access.
>>
>> Joseph
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:01:59PM -0400, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>>Just my two cents on this convention. The hotel was nice, very clean, 
>>>nice
>>>rooms, and the staff was great. It was huge, people thought we walked a
>>>lot
>>>in Dallas, folks that is NOTHING! The food in the hotel was very very
>>>expensive, way way more than any of the restaurants in Dallas. It did 
>>>help
>>>greatly to have the Publics across the street. If and when I go back, I
>>>must
>>>remember to take good walking shoes. In regards to the WiFi, yes it
>>>totally
>>>sucked there was no free access any where in the hotel. And yet again I 
>>>am
>>>too cheap to buy it. As far as the cell coverage, I have Verizon and had
>>>converage every where in the hotel and rooms. So I think that really
>>>depends
>>>on your carrier.
>>>
>>>Marsha
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:43 AM
>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>
>>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>>On
>>>>Behalf Of Sherri
>>>>Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
>>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>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 Secretary
>>>FDCP
>>>>INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
>>>>
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