[NFBMT] 2017 Treasure State Convention

[Bruce&Joy Breslauer]

Hi there, Missoula friends.

 

Our convention is in Bozeman September 22-23, 2017.  We have Thursday
evening, September 21, in our block of rooms for $93.00 plus tax, for those
who will need to stay overnight Thursday evening, which in my mind will be
many of us, since we are almost all coming in to Bozeman from other places.


 

I am waiting to hear from three technology vendors as to whether they are
coming.  If they are, I think it would be nice to have some time for them to
demonstrate their wares, either before the convention in the lobby of the
hotel for our benefit as well as the benefit of the public, or perhaps to
take some time during the actual convention to demonstrate a few things for
us.  Right now, the convention board meeting will be at 2:00 P.M. on Friday
afternoon, but that may change.  Nothing is written in stone yet.  If the
vendors don't show up, then we could fill the time with something else, and
start the convention at nine on Friday morning.  I'm sorry this may sound
vague to some of you would-be travelers to Bozeman, but I'm sure things will
firm up the closer we get to convention.

 

With transportation to convention becoming more and more of an obstacle to
participation, I am wondering if anyone who really does want to come from
Missoula could let it be known on this list, and perhaps some of you could
organize a car pool or a van or some conveyance or other to get you to
convention, including those who do not drive.  There is a couple who live in
Corvallis and wouldn't mind connecting with someone in Missoula for
transportation to and from the convention, but there is no way they can get
there otherwise.  The bus from Missoula has a twenty hour layover in Butte on
the way to Bozeman.  It does not stop in Bozeman at night, or should I say 2
or 3 in the morning, whenever it goes through there.  It only stops there
during the day for just a drop off, or as the bus driver called it last time
I took the bus, a tuck and run.  If anyone knows of anyone who might be
interested in going to the convention in Bozeman, please spread the word.  If
you can all share the transportation arrangements and the cost, getting to
Bozeman may actually be doable for some of you, financially and otherwise.
Also, keep in mind that I would like to eventually start a Missoula chapter
of the NFB of Montana, if there is enough interest.  The state convention
usually travels around the state, so if there is a chapter in Missoula, we
may at some point have a convention there.  

 

Friends helping friends.  Friends making new friends.  

 

Joy Breslauer, President

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/> 

 

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