[NFBJ] Plans for NFB National Convention

[Stewart Prost]

Greetings everyone,
Our national convention is scheduled for July 1-6, 2023 in Houston, TX .
Even though this is still several months away, it is now time to plan for
our meeting at National Convention.  Last year, we had our group meeting
the first evening of the convention.  Since July 1, the first day, falls on
Shabbat, and the time we would normally have the meeting is before sunset,
I do not think it is a good idea to hold our meeting at that time.
Additionally, I have heard from Ms. Livia Thompson, President of JBI
International that she is thinking about coming to our convention from mid
day, July 4, leaving early july 6 and stating that they wanted to meet with
Jewish individuals, I am thinking about asking to move our meeting to the
evening of July 5 from 7-8:30 PM, having Ms. Thompson as our
guest speaker.  What do you all think?  Also, since the first day of the
convention is Shabbat, is there interest in having a service in the morning
or having a havdalah service in the evening.  Please give this some thought
and respond to me ASAP.  John Bergren, Convention Chair sent me an email
asking for our preferred meeting date and time.  Now is the time to think
about what we should plan for National Convention.  Please hit reply all to
your response.  I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Warm Regards,
Stewart Prost, Chair, NFB in Judaism
Phone: 757-572-6891
Email: sprost82 at gmail.com.