[Ohio-talk] Fw: FW: Buckeye Update for September 8th, 2011

[Jerry Purcell]

Greetings,
      The below phone number for the convention hotel has the wrong area 
code.  It should be 937.   Also the hotel worker told me the greyhound 
station has moved.  He told me it is about 25 miles from the hotel. 
Unfortunately the station is outside the hotel's pick up radius.

            Thank you Jerry >
> Convention is Coming
>
> Our state convention will be held at the Wyndham Garden South Hotel
> (formerly the Holiday Inn), in Dayton, Ohio, or specifically Miamisburg,
> Ohio, from November 4th to November 6th.  The agenda is shaping up nicely,
> but if you plan on attending you should make sure to get your hotel
> reservations in as soon as possible, but no later than October 13th to get
> our excellent rate of $75.00 per night. The hotel is located at 31 
> Prestige
> Plaza Drive, Miamisburg, Ohio, and the phone number is 934-434-8030.
> Additionally, you should be getting your convention assistance requests in
> to me as soon as possible as well.  Once again, our funds will be very
> limited, but I'm sure all of you will agree that we will do everything in
> our power to get as many people to attend  the convention as is possible.
> The newsletter should be in your hands in one format or the other, very
> shortly, and thus you will have all the information you will need for
> preregistration, but I encourage you to save money and to make it even 
> more
> convenient for all concerned, so try and preregister for meals, and of
> course the convention itself.  This year, we will be having a very 
> important
> Leadership Breakfast on Sunday morning, November 6th, complete with a 
> guest
> speaker and I'd like to have as many Chapter and Division presidents and
> vice-presidents or their designees attend as possible.  I think this is a
> very critical time for us in terms of identifying and encouraging 
> affiliate
> leaders, and giving them opportunities for additional education in all
> aspects of who we are and what we do.  Finally, I'm very excited that my
> good friend Ever Lee Hairston will be our national representative this 
> year,
> because I have no doubt that she will be an extraordinary source of
> inspiration for all of us.  You will not want to miss her banquet address.
> I'd also like to encourage you to please stay and participate in our after
> banquet activities.  IN recent years, I've noticed a considerable drop off
> in this area, in terms of attendance and enthusiasm.  I know that not
> everybody is a party animal, but I think it's a great thing to fellowship
> with each other after the banquet, and I know that our Miami Valley 
> Chapter
> is planning some great fun and entertainment for us, so please don't just 
> go
> to your rooms, or have your own separate parties when we could all have so
> much more fun together.
>
>
>
> Meet the Blind Month
>
> October has been designated as "Meet the Blind Month" so I hope that
> Chapters and Divisions are thinking about appropriate activities.
> Obviously, the activities that combine education and even a fundraising
> component are probably the best ones, but let's all do what we can to 
> spread
> the word about what it is really like to be blind and visually impaired in
> an effort to change some of the negative attitudes that currently exist in
> the general population.
>
>
>
> Gavel Award and Other Reports
>
> Don't forget to get your Gavel Award Reports into the Awards Committee as
> soon as possible.  Remember, however, even if you do not submit a Gavel
> Award Report, you need to send me some kind of Chapter or Division report,
> understanding that failure to do so will result in a financial penalty.  I
> would really like to give the awards committee a lot of work this year, 
> and
> make it very difficult for them to pick the Gavel Award Winner.  If you 
> need
> the information once again, just let me know.
>
>
>
> Dr. J. Webster Smith
>
> President, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>
> PO Box 458 Athens, OH 45701
>
> 740-592-6326
>
>
>
> "Changing what it means to be blind"
>
> For more information go to nfbohio.org
>
>
>
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