[nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years

Loren Wakefield isaiah5719 at mchsi.com
Wed Jul 13 19:05:50 UTC 2011


Sorry Mike, I must disagree with you to a certain extent.  Yes, one is there 
to attend meetings and learn etc.  But there is the after the meeting stuff. 
There is daily life to be lived.  There are socializing, personal, and 
business to be conducted.  Most de decent hotels do not charge for wifi. 
And if I have a choice, I am staying at the place that does not charge.  To 
me, if you are aguest at a hotel, and you do not have access to wifi in your 
room and public places, then that lessens my opinion of that particular 
hotel.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years


> Of course, the question is *why?* After all, one presumably goes to
> conventions to attend meetings, not dabble on the Internet. <<putting on
> fire-resistant suit>>
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:35 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>
> More frustrating was that there was no wifi at any price anywhere in
> the area of the meeting rooms.  Were I to make one request of the
> national office when we return, it would be to obtain internet access
> for the meeting rooms and set up a few wifi routers at selected
> locations for basic access.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:01:59PM -0400, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>Just my two cents on this convention. The hotel was nice, very clean, nice
>>rooms, and the staff was great. It was huge, people thought we walked a 
>>lot
>>in Dallas, folks that is NOTHING! The food in the hotel was very very
>>expensive, way way more than any of the restaurants in Dallas. It did help
>>greatly to have the Publics across the street. If and when I go back, I
> must
>>remember to take good walking shoes. In regards to the WiFi, yes it 
>>totally
>>sucked there was no free access any where in the hotel. And yet again I am
>>too cheap to buy it. As far as the cell coverage, I have Verizon and had
>>converage every where in the hotel and rooms. So I think that really
> depends
>>on your carrier.
>>
>>Marsha
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:43 AM
>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>Yes, Mr. Rosen was REALLY impressed with the NFB, and Dr. Maurer was
>>really impressed with the facility.  Hopefully the two of them can
>>work something out to reduce the nickel-and-dime effects somewhat.  I
>>certainly have no objection to the hotel making money-but the
>>incidental fees are both too high and too frequent to be comfortable.
>>There isn't even lobby wifi access without a fee, and the hotel is
>>full of cellular dead zones.
>>
>>Joseph
>>
>>
>>On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:43:17PM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>>Did they say if it was to be at the same hotel all those years?
>>>
>>>Brian M
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Sherri
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>
>>>It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013 through 
>>>2017
>>>will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the length of the
>>convention
>>>back to how it was and NFB would organize tours for Wednesday afternoon.
>>>That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go
>>places.
>>>I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep people here
>>>for five years in a row, we need to give them ample opportunity to take
>>>advantage of all there is to do in Orlando. Besides, I like the banquet
> the
>>>night before the last day of convention.
>>>
>>>
>>>Sherri Brun
>>>"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John
>>>Lennon
>>>
>>>Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
>>>
>>>E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>> NFBF NewslineR chair
>>>www.nfbnewsline.org
>>>Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter http://nfbfgoc.org Secretary
>>FDCP
>>>INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
>>>
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