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

Wed Jan 7 21:40:47 UTC 2015

Hi Cathy,

When does the scholarship application come out to help pay for a member to
go to convention?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Cathy Jackson via Nfbk <nfbk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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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
> <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,
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> 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.
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> 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 <
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> 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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