[Nfbwv-talk] Please read carefully.

[Smyth, Charlene R]

Chapter presidents and board members, it is important that you make sure
that all of your members know about this as some of them do not have
E-mail.  It is also important that I be kept informed of any changes
regarding who is attending.  It is also important that payment for the
two catered meals get to Marcus no later than March 15.  

 

Greetings Fellow Federationists, 

 

Please be reminded that a Leadership Seminar will take place on March 30
and 31 at the Days Inn and Suites located on 112 Tolley Street in
Bridgeport, West Virginia.  If you need additional directions, please
call Days Inn at 304-842-7371.  This Leadership Seminar is being hosted
by our national office and the Affiliate Action Department.  Jason Ewell
of the Affiliate Action Department will be conducting this seminar.  

 

Please be aware that you will need to arrive during the afternoon of
March 30 as the seminar is scheduled to begin at 7:30 that evening.  The
seminar will begin again at 9:00 a.m. and continue throughout the entire
day of Saturday, March 31.  

 

I have already made all room reservations.  If any changes should occur
on your part, please telephone me as soon as possible at 304-672-3445.
Our national office will pay for one night's lodging and attendees will
be responsible for the second night's lodging of $65.  Please be
prepared to submit the amount of $65 to Treasurer Marcus Soulsby on your
arrival.  

 

All attendees are responsible for their own meals.  

 

The cost of sleeping rooms includes a continental breakfast that sounds
like it is going to be more than coffee and pastries.  

 

So that we can use our time affectively for the seminar, dinner on
Friday night and lunch on Saturday will be catered through the Best
Western.  The cost for each meal is $15 a person for a total cost of $36
a person which includes gratuity.  Dinner on Friday evening will begin
at 6:00 p.m. and will include chicken strips, twice baked potatoes,
tossed salad, green beans, rolls and butter, and coffee.  Lunch on
Saturday will be from noon until 1:15 and will include your choice of
rigatoni and meatballs, chicken alfredo, tossed salad, pasta salad,
garlic bread, and coffee.  You are requested to make your check for
these two meals payable to the National Federation of the Blind of West
Virginia in the amount of $36 and mail your check to Treasurer Marcus
Soulsby at 5309 Venable Avenue; Charleston, WV  25304.  Please mail your
check to Marcus no later than March 15, 2012. This money is not
refundable except in the event of an emergency as we will have an
obligation to the Best Western.  

 

Dinner on Saturday evening will be on your own.  After dinner on
Saturday evening, please return to the meeting room for Federation
fellowship.  If you wish, please bring a snack item such as cookies,
cake, chips, party mix, or something of that nature to share with
everyone so we can snack while we visit with one another.  I will be
providing the plates, napkins, and plastic ware.  Sheri is bringing
bottled water.  

 

This Leadership Seminar will be followed by a board meeting of the
National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia on Sunday, April
first.  

 

I am excited about this seminar and the opportunity to spend time with
my Federation family.  

 

Charlene Smyth

NFBWV President