[Nfbk] {Disarmed} Fwd: [nfb-indiana] It's time to make your National Convention Reservations!!

Wed Jan 7 21:20:27 UTC 2015

Hey Gang,
Believe it or not it is time to make reservations for the 2015 NFB  convention. We will be celebrating our 75th birthday in style. The word on the street is that reservations in the Rosen Center Hotel are going very quickly. I have forwarded you the convention info. We are still trying to gather information for taking a bus. Please contact me off line at cathyj1949 at gmail.com to let me know if you are interested in riding with us. If you ride the bus you should make your reservation checking in on Saturday the 4th and departing on Saturday the 11th. Hope we can take a bus load.
Cathy

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> From: "ronald brown" <rb15 at iquest.net>
> Date: January 7, 2015 at 2:47:39 PM EST
> To: "'Jackson Cathy'" <cathyj1949 at gmail.com>
> Subject: FW: [nfb-indiana] It's time to make your National Convention Reservations!!
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> From: nfb-indiana at yahoogroups.com [mailto:nfb-indiana at yahoogroups.com] 
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 2:08 PM
> To: nfb-indiana at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [nfb-indiana] It's time to make your National Convention Reservations!!
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> Federationists,
> I have booked my reservations for the NFB 75th Diamond Anniversary Convention! If you want to be in the main Hotel; you need to get yours done! This will be one of the largest conventions in a long time.
> Below is the Convention information.
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> Yours in the Bond,
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> Ron Brown
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> RE:                           Convention Bulletin 2015/Braille Monitor
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>                              Rosen Centre Hotel
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>       It is time to begin planning for the 2015 convention of the National
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> Federation of the Blind. We are returning to Orlando for our third stay at
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> the beautiful Rosen Centre Hotel this year, July 5 through 10. Once again
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> our hotel rates are the envy of all. For the 2015 convention they are
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> singles and doubles, $82; and for triples and quads, $89. In addition to
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> the room rates there will be a tax, which currently is 13.5 percent. No
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> charge will be made for children under seventeen in the room with parents
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> as long as no extra bed is requested. Please note that the hotel is a no-
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> smoking facility.
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>       For 2015 convention room reservations you should write directly to the
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> Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819. You
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> can call the hotel at (800) 204-7234 after January 1. At the time you make
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> a reservation, a $95 deposit is required for each room reserved. If you use
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> a credit card, the deposit will be charged against your card immediately,
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> just as would be the case with a $95 check. If a reservation is cancelled
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> before Monday, June 1, 2015, half of the deposit will be returned.
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> Otherwise refunds will not be made.
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>       Guest room amenities include cable television, in-room safe,
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> coffeemaker, mini-fridge, and hairdryer. Internet access is available in
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> each guest room, and currently it is offered without charge. Guests can
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> also enjoy a swimming pool, fitness center, and on-site spa. The Rosen
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> Centre Hotel offers fine dining at the award-winning Everglades Restaurant.
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> In addition, we will have an array of dining options from sushi and tapas
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> to pool-side dining to a 24-hour deli. See later issues of the Monitor for
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> details and information about other attractions in the Greater Orlando
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> area.
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>       The 2015 convention of the National Federation of the Blind will be a
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> truly exciting and memorable event, with an unparalleled program and
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> rededication to the goals and work of our movement. Make plans now to be a
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> part of it. Preconvention seminars for parents of blind children and other
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> groups and set-up of the exhibit hall will take place on Sunday, July 5.
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> Adjournment will be Friday, July 10, following the banquet. Convention
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> registration and registration packet pick-up for those who preregistered
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> will begin on Monday, July 6, and both Monday and Tuesday will be filled
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> with meetings of divisions and committees, including the Tuesday morning
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> annual meeting, open to all, of the board of directors of the National
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> Federation of the Blind.
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>       General convention sessions will begin on Wednesday, July 8, and
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> continue through the banquet on Friday, July 10. Saturday, July 11, will be
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> available for tours for those who enjoy getting to know something about our
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> convention city. To assure yourself a room in the headquarters hotel at
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> convention rates, you must make reservations early. The hotel will be ready
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> to take your call or deal with your written request by January 1.
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>       Remember that as usual we need door prizes from state affiliates,
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> local chapters, and individuals. Once again prizes should be small in size
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> but large in value. Cash, of course, is always appropriate and welcome. As
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> a general rule we ask that prizes of all kinds have a value of at least $25
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> and not include alcohol. Drawings will occur steadily throughout the
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> convention sessions, and you can anticipate a grand prize of truly
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> impressive proportions to be drawn at the banquet. Prizes should be sent to
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> Peter Cerullo, First Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of
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> Florida, 19 Tropical Drive, Ormond Beach, FL 32176. Peter can be reached on
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> his home phone by dialing (386) 265-2527, and can be contacted using email
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> at <
> petercerullo at aol.com>.
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>       The best collection of exhibits featuring new technology; meetings of
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> our special interest groups, committees, and divisions; memorable tours
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> suggested by the host affiliate; the most stimulating and provocative
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> program items of any meeting of the blind in the world; the chance to renew
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> friendships in our Federation family; and the unparalleled opportunity to
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> be where the real action is and where decisions are being made-all of these
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> mean you will not want to miss being a part of the 2015 national
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> convention. We'll see you in Orlando in July.
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