[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Gloria Whipple ladygloria at webband.com
Fri Jul 15 16:27:18 UTC 2011


I sure wouldn't.


Gloria Whipple
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-----Original Message-----
From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 09:06
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Do you want your roommate using your computer? I wouldn't want that.

Mike

On Jul 15, 2011, at 7:05, "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]"
<Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:

> 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
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> 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
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> 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
>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>> 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>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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