[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Changing the Dates of the Convention
Kirk
kvharmon54 at gmail.com
Mon May 21 15:45:50 UTC 2012
Sherrill, snow birds are usually older and have homes here. The vacationers
are the ones that come in the summer and spend money on hotels and such,
thus the higher prices. Kirk
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net>
To: "NFBFL" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 10:51 AM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Changing the Dates of the Convention
Gloria and all,
I already sent this email to the leaders list, but meant to include this
list as well.
I think this change is a very good idea. But, just to toss out another
option for consideration, how about the weekend prior to Presidents
Day? I like the martin Luther King connection to our convention, but, for
example, when that day falls on Jan. 15, we would be heading to the
convention on Jan. 12. Just about the time we'd be receiving Christmas
credit card bills! Surely I'm not the only one who has visitors over
Christmas who stay for a week or two afterwards.
And how about the Presidents Day weekend? Presidents Day is also the third
Monday of the month So That would give us some breathing room after
Christmas.
On the other hand, would we have a more difficult time getting low
hotel rates, since either date would be right in the middle of snowbird
season? Also, most people get Memorial day off, but many don't get either
MLK or Presidents Day. Just a few challenges. Nevertheless, I think most of
us agree that we need to move our state convention date, and there's
certainly no perfect time, so we need to simply go with what's best for most
of us. Thanks, Gloria, for getting this ball rolling!
Sherrill
---Original Message-----
From: NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com [mailto:NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of Gloria Hicks
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 7:42 PM
To: NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com; nfbf-l at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] Changing the Dates of the Convention
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
National Federation of the Blind of Florida
3708 W. Bay To Bay Blvd.
Tampa Florida 33629
813 837-1100 Cell: 813 340-9754
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