[Nfbmo] some ideas for attracting convention participation

[carol j coulter]

How correct you are Julie. I am glad you learned that and are able to pass 
that on to our younger and newer members. That is why we should never 
consider doing away with our national rep giving our banquet address.


-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie McGinnity via Nfbmo
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:00 PM
To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
Cc: Julie McGinnity
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] some ideas for attracting convention participation

So what happened at the Tiger and Governor hotel?  Lower rates?

I recently attended a seminar in Baltimore all about convention
planning.  If you guys are interested, I can write about what we
learned there.

I will say now that one of the central features of our convention is
the banquet speech.  The national rep comes to a state convention
representing the national president.  That person also represents the
link we have to the national office and the larger organization.  So,
when he or she gives a banquet speech, they do so to remind us that we
are not alone.  We are not simply the NFB of Missouri but one peace of
this giant puzzle of affiliates, divisions, and committees we call the
NFB.  Cool, right?



On 3/16/16, Eugene S Coulter via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Unfortunately the cheaper hotels usually do not have the meeting 
> facilities
>
> we need. And yes, I do remember the Governor and Tiger and, at the time,
> they were certainly marginal hotels but if I could find hotels like that
> with rates that matched that  level  I would certainly consider them. A 
> side
>
> note, we could not even come close to affording the Tiger now  as they 
> have
>
> remodeled and become a luxury hotel.
> As for banquet is concerned an article I recently brags that Missouri has
> among the lowest average banquet rates in the country  at between $45 and
> $50.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Wunder via Nfbmo
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 12:59 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Cc: Gary Wunder
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] some ideas for attracting convention participation
>
> Your first suggestion is an interesting one, because I often find people
> saying that they find the banquet to be one of the most entertaining and
> informative pieces of the convention, particularly because of the banquet
> speech. I don't think anyone could argue against lower costs allowing
> people
> to attend, but I do know that we have standard below which we will not go.
> People complain when we have them stay in hotels whose popularity was
> measured by 1960s standards and construction. What do others think? Do any
> of you remember the tiger hotel or the governor hotel?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nancy Lynn via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 9:49 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Nancy Lynn
> Subject: [Nfbmo] some ideas for attracting convention participation
>
> I have some ideas that might work. How about having a banquet speaker from
> somewhere other than the national office. ACB conventions often have
> entertainment at their banquets, not just someone from their national
> office. I don't know if room rates can be made any cheaper than they are,
> but I bet that would make a difference too.
>
>
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-- 
Julie A. McGinnity
President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division,
Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
"For we walk by faith, not by sight"
2 Cor. 7

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