[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Wed Jul 13 17:16:10 UTC 2011

Sherri,

I would also bet that in your situation, you could deduct the $9.95 per day and its associated taxes as a legitimate business expense when you do your 2011 tax return.

Thanks, William

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From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

I did pay the $9.95 per day and I am sure I earned more than what I lost by 
paying the Internet connection, as I do medical transcription from home. I 
did not use the Internet every day and I know that having a connect card 
such as those sold by A T & T is much more expensive. If you are traveling a 
lot, they are worth it; if not, they are not, as I have learned the hard 
way.

Sherri
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

>I do not have much sympathy over the 9.95 per day hotel internet.  These 
>places use the extras to generate a huge part of their revenue.  Many have 
>stated there were many businesses near the main hotel.  Why not locate a 
>Starbucks or McDonalds or one of the growing number of businesses that 
>provide free or low-cost WIFI for its customers?  I would not expect people 
>to go off during sessions.  However sessions generally start at 9:00 A.M. 
>always end around 5:00 P.M.  Which leaves sometime to care for checking the 
>bank balance or reading email.
>
> It's a different issue for people who are working.  I've been pulled out 
> of a session once or twice and asked to accomplish a task during a 
> presentation I wanted to hear.  An internet connection would have been 
> nice.
>
>
>
> Thanks, William
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:22 AM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
> $10 per day, with a half-mile hike from the meeting rooms to the
> nearest place it could be used.  Wifi in hotel lobby, ethernet in
> your room.  If you just needed to arrange a meeting, you had to walk
> all that way and hope that the person at the other end had a way of
> receiving the message.  Not everyone did.
>
> You couldn’t call if one or both parties were on certain cellphone
> carriers, because one or both of you were unlikely to have service.
>
> And more than one person at convention was discussing the need to
> connect to the Internet to monitor their bank account or similar (I
> can’t recommend being dependent on that, however.)
>
> I personally had a package delivered while I was away that I wasn’t
> sure actually got delivered until I got home.  I’m glad my neighbor
> was able to sign for it, because my apartment manager was out last
> week while I was in Orlando.
>
> There would have been a lot more coverage of convention on sites like
> Twitter and Facebook, including drawing attention to the sub-minimum
> wage stuff if people could have accessed those services.  In 2009
> there was an attempt to organize a Tweet-up which half the twitter
> users at convention didn’t know about because they didn’t have
> access to Twitter.  If there was one in 2011, I never heard about it.
>
> Those of us working during session outside of the session hall would
> have loved to have access to the stream.  We tried, of course, but it
> didn’t work either because of poor cellular reception, the issues
> with the stream, or both.
>
> The big sponsor for the convention this year was eBay.  It would’ve
> been a lot easier in the eBay sessions (aside from the first one) if
> people could’ve actually gotten on eBay to see and try the things
> suggested.
>
> The Internet is part of how people do business in the modern world.
> It’s an even bigger part of how the average younger blind person does
> business.  Not having it available for eight days hobbled those of us
> who could have done a lot more if we’d had it.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:44:04PM -0400, d m gina wrote:
>>yes it is nice to check email though when you would wish.
>>What was the cost to use their system?
>>Five dollars?
>>Would that be a day?
>>Jim likes to check things out like that.
>>Me, I would rather use my new system with Verizon.
>>I have worked hard to do email by the phone, and even if I say so
>>myself, I plum don't do that bad.
>>My lists laugh at me if they get a blank message.
>>I even hit the wrong keys on this computer trying to do something else.
>>Keeps me thinking.
>>
>>Original message:
>>>Of course, the question is *why?* After all, one presumably goes to
>>>conventions to attend meetings, not dabble on the Internet. <<putting on
>>>fire-resistant suit>>
>>
>>>Mike
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:35 PM
>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>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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