[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Fri Jul 15 14:05:17 UTC 2011

Couldn't you shair the internet charges with your room mate, if they were interested.  This would cut down on the cost.  
Terry Powers

-----Original Message-----
From: Beth Wright [mailto:beth.wright at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Hi, Mike.

Don't think this is an entitlement mentality.  We don't want a free lunch, but neither do we want to be ripped off.

Beth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

> The charges are about the same. In my experience, hotels with free wifi 
> are
> usually much smaller as in, for example, the Holiday Inn Capitol where we
> hold the Washington Seminar.
>
> I surely hope we aren't working ourselves into an entitlement mentality.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of bookwormahb at earthlink.net
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
> Well, how much do other large hotels charge? Some small hotels have no
> charge, but they do have several public computers to use; they know 
> business
>
> people need to conduct business.
> I wonder what is reasonable? Compare that to other hotels to find out.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Loren Wakefield
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
> That amount is something like the mob would charge.  There is absolutely 
> no
> reason to charge that much except that they think they can.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:09 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
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>
>> 9.95 a day.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of d m gina
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:44 PM
>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>> 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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