[Nfbf-l] Changing the Dates of the Convention

[Dan Hicks]

As our convention expanded to encompass four days, we needed a three-day holiday weekend and those are in short supply. Long ago we had them in the fall, but the dangers of hurricane season drove a change to the spring and Memorial Day weekend. I support the change to Martin Luther King weekend with appropriate commemoration of that event (as we do for Memorial day now), as long as we can get good hotel rates. I don't see a problem with our getting good rates for MLK weekend. 

Dan

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On May 21, 2012, at 7:33 AM, "Tinetta Cooper" <tanetjec at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know the original reason for having the state convention over Memorial Day weekend, but I think moving it to earlier in the year is a good idea.  The state and national conventions are too close together now. Members barely have enough time to recuperate from one before the next one rolls around.
> That's my two cents worth. :-)
> 
> Tinetta
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gloria Hicks" <glorianfb at irescue-tax.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:41 PM
> Subject: [Nfbf-l] Changing the Dates of the Convention
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> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> There is a lot of passion in the Nfbf so much that I will broach another
>> subject which I am sure will bring out differences of opinions. On like
>> other thing this does not mean changing the Constitution, just a simple
>> vote.. I would like to see us change the dates of the state convention to
>> sometime in the winter. For the next five years the national convention will
>> take place in Florida. I believe that many Floridians will want to visit
>> that convention in July. It will make easier for us to change the weekend
>> that we have ours and also to raise the money to go to more than one. I
>> recommend the weekend that has Martin L King as a holiday on Monday. We
>> could also commemorate King as we do now with Memorial Day. What do you all
>> think.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Gloria Mills Hicks TR
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