[Nfbofsc] NFB of SC August 10-12, 2018 Convention information & pre-registration
David Houck
nfbsc at sc.rr.com
Tue Apr 24 16:01:20 UTC 2018
April 24, 2018
Memo To: All NFB of SC Members and Others
From: Frank Coppel, President
The 62nd Annual State Convention of the National Federation of
the Blind of South Carolina is drawing near. The 2018 NFB of SC state
Convention will be held the weekend of August 10, 11, and 12 at the Marriott
Hotel in Columbia SC. We have not held a state convention in Columbia since
2015 and I hope you will be making plans to attend! This will be our best
Convention to date.
General Convention registration and pre-registration pick-up
will begin at 1:00 pm Friday, August 10, in the hotel lobby. The total
registration package is $100 (if you do not pre-register by August 3). This
includes the Luncheon and the Banquet as part of the total registration
package. If you pre-register, the cost will be $80 for the entire
Convention. The NFB of SC board of directors again voted to offer a
discount for families with children regarding the pre-registration fee.
Parents will pay the $80 pre-registration fee and each child eighteen years
of age and younger will pay $20. The board also voted to offer a discount
to college students in the amount of $50 during the preregistration period.
Information about the pre-registration process is enclosed in this
letter. There is also a pre-registration form provided for your
convenience. Simply complete the form and mail it to the State Office with
your check or money order for $80 per person, and pick up your packet at the
Convention.
It will be necessary to register for the convention to be eligible
for the special room rate of $109 per night. In addition to the room rates
there will be a tax, which at present is 14 percent.
Exhibit tables will be set up by 10:00 am on Friday. Should you
want exhibit space, there will be a $125 charge ($50 for NFB of SC chapters
and divisions) and an application to complete. David Houck is in charge of
all exhibits. Any questions pertaining to exhibits should be directed to
him. The Reception and party will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 10.
Division and Committee meetings will be held on Friday as well as
the third quarter meetings of the Rocky Bottom Board of Directors and the
NFB of SC Board of Directors. We will have a free continental breakfast on
Saturday and Sunday mornings which this year will be in the convention
session meeting room.
The Convention will be called to order at 9:00 a.m., Saturday,
August 11. As usual, there will be a Saturday noontime Luncheon. The
Banquet will be held Saturday evening at 7:00 pm. We will begin precisely
at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 12, and adjourn around 12:00 noon.
Please make your reservations by calling the Marriott Hotel
reservations at (800) 593-6465 or (803) 771-7000 and inform the
reservationist you are reserving a room for the National Federation of the
Blind of South Carolina state convention. The Marriott hotel has also made
available a reservation link to book your room online. The link is: Book
your group rate for National Federation of the Blind of SC 2018 . Book your
group rate for National Federation of the Blind of SC 2018
Be sure to make your reservations as soon as possible, but no
later than July 15. While this is the cut-off date for the NFB of SC room
block, rooms will not last that long. For those who are arriving Thursday,
August 9, the same room rates will apply. It is strongly recommended that
you immediately make your reservations to be assured of room accommodations.
The Hotel is obligated to retain the block of rooms reserved by
the NFB of SC until July 15. After that time, reservations will be honored
if there are still available accommodations.
Please be sure to be clear on the type of reservation you
want--one, two, three or four person rooms, etc.--and be sure to specify
that this is for the NFB of SC Convention to get these special rates.
If you pay in advance, your reservation will be guaranteed;
however, you will not have to pay as long as you arrive by 6:00 p.m. Any
amount you pay, of course, will be applied toward your bill.
We will have door prize drawings as usual. Lenora Robertson of
Rock Hill is the Chairperson of the Door Prize Committee. All door prizes
should be given to Lenora at the State Convention. See you in Columbia on
August 10!
CONVENTION PRE-REGISTRATION & REGISTRATION
At the April 21, 2018 NFB of SC board meeting, we discussed
streamlining convention registration by continuing the pre-registration
service for this year's state convention in Columbia, August 10-12. Here
is how the procedure will work.
Pre-registration for the state convention will be $80 per person.
Pre-registration for families with children will be $80 for each parent and
$20 for each child eighteen years of age or younger. There will also be a
preregistration fee of $50 for college students. Registration at the
convention will be $100 per person. Those wishing to save $20 in
registration fees by pre-registering will need to send to the state office
the following:
* Name(s) of those pre-registering,
* Whether they are a blind Voting member or a sighted Associate
member,
* The chapter or division they are a dues paid member of,
* Whether they want a large print or Braille agenda, and
* A check or money order payable to the NFB of SC for $80 for each
pre- registering member.
Pre-registrations are to be mailed in by no later than Friday,
August 3, so that all information concerning registration will be available
prior to the beginning of the convention. Pre-registration funds received
are non-refundable and non-transferable. When you arrive at the convention,
your name tag and Braille or print agendas will all be ready for you at the
registration table. A Pre-registration Form is attached for your
convenience. This will be especially helpful if a chapter is
pre-registering its chapter members.
In this way, we hope to reduce the long registration line and make
your arrival more pleasant and relaxed. Those arriving at the convention
can register for a flat fee of $100 per person, but we are certain that you
will find our pre-registration flat fee of $80 worth the savings and the
advanced effort.
August 10-12 NFB of SC Convention Pre-registration form $80
Deadline for pre-registration is August 3, 2018
After August 3, registration is $100 per person
Member
Chapter/Division Agenda
Name Voting(V)/
or Organization Print (P)
Associate(A) Braille (B)
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Total X $80 = $__________
Mail to Convention Pre-registration
NFB of SC
119 S. Kilbourne Rd.,
Columbia, SC 29205
(4-24-18)
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