[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Changing the Dates of the Convention

[Holly]

As a state employee, I do get MLK off, but that is the last holiday I get until the end of May. I know the schools are out for President's Day, I have to work.
Holly 

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On May 21, 2012, at 10:51 AM, "Sherrill O'Brien" <sherrill.obrien at verizon.net> wrote:

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> 
> 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
> 
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> ---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
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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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>  National Federation of the Blind of Florida
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>  3708 W. Bay To Bay Blvd.
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