[NFBMT] 2017 Treasure State Convention

Fri Aug 4 01:10:54 UTC 2017

I'm trying to get someone there who can let us try them out, or at least
explain how they work.  Wasn't that what we saw at the chapter meeting in
Mesa?

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Do you know a vender who has the glasses, where we can walk with them and see
what it is all about?
That is my big dream.
The glasses are free, the cost for a month is $89.
You are working with a person giving all directions, you can not only use
them for walking, but in the grocery store and mall plus much more.
This is so exciting for me.
This does not take place of the dog or cane, it helps you with traveling.
Just hope this dream comes true.
If I had a pair I would want to share how they work, but we don't.

Original message:
> 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.

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