[NFBMT] 2017 Treasure State Convention

[d m gina]

I haven't seen them at all, and I don't remember mesa.
I bet someone at national would know how we could borrow them for the 
convention?

Original message:
> 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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