[NFBJ] Plans for NFB National Convention

[Adonna Frankel]

Won't most of us be arriving before Friday night? Why not have S small
service Friday afternoon? Also, won't July 5 be banquet night?

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 11:16 AM Stewart Prost via NFBJ <nfbj at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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.
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