[Nfbmt] Convention update from the September 5th planning committe e

[lindazh2 at juno.com]

Hey Jim! saw the update--you keep good notes! Haven't seen the note you said you were sending to me about my blurb. Send everything now to my work e-mail lindah at iwatermt.com because I check that e-mail more faithfully than the other. I will not be participating in the call on Thursday, Sept. 19, other obligations. Talk to you on the 26th if not before. Keep up the good work! Linda

---------- Original Message ----------
From: James Aldrich <jkaldrich at samobile.net>
To: nfbmt at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfbmt] Convention update from the September 5th planning committee
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 04:07:59 -0400

Hello Fellow Federationist throughout Montana and beyond,

This is a reminder that our Convention planning call will take place on 
September 12, 6 PM, MDT, or 8 PM EDT.  I normally send this to 
committee members only but much has happened since this last meeting. 
As many of you know, I am now President of this affiliate due to Travis 
Moses's resignation.  He will be greatly missed by all of us! He will 
certainly be in our thoughts and prayers! We wish him a speedy 
recovery! I think Dan Burke said it well in an earlier post on this list!

This Saturday, September 14th at 10 AM, we will have our Treasure State 
At large meeting!  I understand Sheila Leigland will preside at this 
meeting due to other commitments with Bruce Breslauer. I always look 
forward to these at large phone conference meetings. You can 
participate in this meeting as well as the convention planning meeting 
by calling our conference number:
(605) 475-4000.  The pass code is 948731 number sign or pound.

Ted Robbins informed me that we need to have our hotel reservations in 
by October first.  This is to reserve one of the rooms which are set 
aside in our block of rooms at this hotel.  If you do not reserve a 
room by the first of October, you will stay in a room anywhere in the 
hotel if space is available.  You will need to phone the hotel desk and 
leave them a credit card number.  I understand one can cancel this 
three days before the event begins!  Here is the convention hotel information!

Holiday Inn Grand Montana Hotel
5500 Midland Road
Billings  MT 59101
phone: (406) 248-7701
http://www.higrandmt.com

A number of you have asked that there be a convention planning update 
report for the general membership! This last meeting will be for 
everyone as well as all committee members.

Then First Vice-President James Aldrich called the planning committee 
meeting to order soon after 6 PM. Rik and Karen James, Linda Hurlock, 
Bruce Breslauer and myself were present at this meeting.

I reported I had heard from Beverly Berg of Blind And Low Vision 
Services who would be happy to speak to us at  our convention! Christy 
Briggs of the Montana State Library will also speak to us at this   convention!

Ted Robbins is working through the Holiday Inn Credit Application.  We 
hope to know more during next week's convention planning meeting.

Our convention theme for this year is, "We are changing what it means 
to be blind".  This convention theme was agreed on unanimously by the 
convention committee!

So far, the tentative agenda is starting to come together.  Convention 
activities begin on Friday Evening at 7 PM with a social event where we 
meet and greet one another.  This could be a working activity where we 
may look into where we are now, how will we find  new members, what 
will some of our goals and objectives be for the coming year!

After 9 PM, the resolutions committee will meet.

Saturday morning, we will have a Board Meeting.  The starting time 
hasn't been determined yet!  After the Board meeting, Beverly Berg and 
Christy Briggs will make their presentations.  This could start 
midmorning or in the afternoon depending on how long the board meeting 
lasts. Our National Representative, Mark Rickabono will bring us up to 
date with our national movement.  A technology session may follow where 
one can discuss any new technology which was recently purchased as the 
newer Victor Stream, the ID Mate Quest or any other technology which 
was recently purchased.

Saturday Evening will be our annual banquet.  This schedule hasn't been 
discussed at this time.

Sunday morning will be set aside for unfinished business.

The committee strongly feels there needs to be a registration table 
available for those who are late for a variety of reasons!  We 
certainly don't wish to turn people wishing to attend away from this event!

Other matters came up during our discussion!  I was asked to describe 
my new ID Mate Quest I recently purchased while at the NFB Convention.

Bruce Breslauer informed us that  The August September Braille Monitor 
is now available!  This is the convention issue! We discussed how we 
were reading it!

A fifty fifty ticket raffle is considered to be the best idea for a raffle.

Linda Hurlock is in charge of door prizes. She will write an insert to 
go into the registration packet.

The registration fee is $50.  Room rates are $85 a night plus tax.  I 
understand our registration and rooms won't be much different from what 
is being charged at the MAB Convention. This was pointed out during 
another one of our meetings. All registration packets must be sent in 
by October 20th.

   The meeting adjourned after 50 minutes.

Dennis Boehler pronounced Bailer will handle the incoming registration 
packets.  We hope to get these out shortly! I will have more 
information in another post.

James Aldrich President,
National Federation Of The Blind Of Montana
(406) 698-3729
jkaldrich at samobile.net

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