[nfb-talk] future NFB conferences

Mon Nov 30 21:12:21 UTC 2009

Hi, this is Kenneth Chrane.
Boulder, Colorado would be an Ideal place to host the 2014, 2016, and 2018 
NFB Conventions.
I have Emailed President Marc Maurer about this matter.
So far, I haven't heard from him.
Kenneth Chrane
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amelia Dickerson" <ameliadickerson at gmail.com>
To: <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] future NFB conferences


> Just to put in my own 2 cents, because this discussion keeps going on
> and on, Boulder, CO would be an amazing place to hold it. We have
> fantastic public transportation, it's beautiful any time of year,
> we've got both city and nature in easy walking distance, and the city
> is significantly emptier during the summer. We've got the Colorado
> Shakespeare Festival during the summer, a great fireworks show rightt
> in the center of town at Folsem Stadium, and a thousand other things
> you'll never have enough time to get to. Downtown is busy, but also
> small enough to march. And BTW, a handicap is something you get in
> golf or the result of external barriers, we now call them
> dissabilities. Everyone keep on smiling.
> Amelia
>
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>>    1. Re: Future NFB Conventions (Bryan Schulz)
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>> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:43:16 -0600
>> From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
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>> relax bud,
>>
>> i wasn't actually wanting the convention to be scheduled between 
>> christmas
>> and new years day.
>> this further prooves you can't make the slightest comment that doesn't go
>> with the 'yes man' attitude.
>>
>> Bryan Schulz
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>
>>
>>> There are a lot more of us that would want to be with our family for
>>> Christmas rather than the Fourth.  Weather also counts a lot.  A lot 
>>> fewer
>>>
>>> would be able to come in bad weather, such as those with more than one
>>> handicap.
>>> Wheel chairs and walkers can not function on ice and how could we have 
>>> our
>>>
>>> March.
>>>
>>> Terry Powers
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bryan Schulz [mailto:b.schulz at sbcglobal.net]
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 10:33 AM
>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> nfb/blind people tend to isolate themselves from the sighted world and
>>> don't consider that some members prefer to spend their fourth of july
>>> events with sighted friends instead of sitting in a hotel.
>>>
>>> Bryan Schulz
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Wm. Ritchhart " <william.ritchhart at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 6:46 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>>
>>>
>>>>I would only add to this string with the comment that at the last 
>>>>national
>>>> convention I attended, this topic was brought up.  Both the issue of
>>>> paying
>>>> more and changing the time were presented.  Overwhelmingly both items
>>>> were
>>>> massively defeated.
>>>>
>>>> So long as the membership is determined to pay as little as possible 
>>>> and
>>>> keeping the convention in the first days of July, choices will be
>>>> extremely
>>>> limited.
>>>>
>>>> I personally would rather undergo massive tooth extraction than spend a
>>>> week
>>>> in Dallas in July.  Especially when the hotel is basically isolated. 
>>>> So
>>>> that one cannot just walk out and access the city.
>>>>
>>>> Orlando holds great promise.  Indeed I cannot believe that Marc allowed
>>>> the
>>>> convention to be booked in such a desirable tourist location.  Having
>>>> stayed
>>>> in Orlando when attending the Daytona 500, I am aware of all the
>>>> distractions beyond Disney.  There is enough in Orlando to make 
>>>> skipping
>>>> the
>>>> boring guy from agency X look very attractive.  And there are enough
>>>> tourist
>>>> attractions to make skipping him easy.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, William
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:43 PM
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>>>
>>>> True enough! This stems from at least two factors: First, the number of
>>>> convention attendees has increased greatly, making it harder to find a
>>>> single hotel that will hold a majority of them. In essence, we're too 
>>>> big
>>>> for the smaller hotels and not quite big enough for the megahotels.
>>>>
>>>> Second, despite the severe economic down-turn (or, perhaps, because of
>>>> it),
>>>> hotels have become far tougher to negotiate with than in days of yore,
>>>> necessitating making of contracts farther out in order to get anything
>>>> like
>>>> the rates NFB members are used to.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Gerardo Corripio" <gera1027 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Date: Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009 11:32:06
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've noticed that in the past more cities were sites of NFB 
>>>>> conventions
>>>>> whereas since about 2004 or so the only cities I've heard where
>>>> conventions
>>>>> are have been either Dallas, Atlanta whereas in years past I've heard
>>>>> that
>>>>
>>>>> cities as Kansas, Houston, Denver and San Francisco I think was once
>>>>> site
>>>> of
>>>>> a convention.
>>>>> Gerardo
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Darian Smith" <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:00 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Future NFB Conventions
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You know, it might take some bit of nagotiation, but I would love to
>>>>> see National convention in San Francisco. I mean, think of the
>>>>> possibilities... You  can have people touring the city, students could
>>>>> visit  both San Francisco state and UC Berkley,  Guide dogs for the
>>>>> blind is  basically right across the goldengate bridge, oh, and did  I
>>>>> mention the goldengate bridge? you can have  the march crossing the
>>>>> goldengate bridge.
>>>>>  and  for those people who like baseball and tend to visit the ball
>>>>> yard... AT&T Park is about  as pretty of a park as they come. you can
>>>>> take the bus and find some good food about anywhere in the city.
>>>>>  Not to mention that you could  get alot of attention by just being in
>>>>> san
>>>>
>>>>> fran.
>>>>>  Besides,  one of our historically great leaders came from northern
>>>>> california.
>>>>>  I think  that's  all amazing reasons  to  make  a national convention
>>>>> a golden gate event.
>>>>>   Darian
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/25/09, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>>>>> > thanks Mike I will do just that.
>>>>> > Sure would love to see NFB in Colorado again.
>>>>> >
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