[Nfbf-l] News about the NFBF Convention

[Sherri]

I am very glad this issue got worked out in such a fair fashion. A good 
compromise, I believe.
Sherri
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Hicks" <danjhicks at yahoo.com>
To: <NFBF-Leaders at yahoogroups.com>; "'NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:04 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] News about the NFBF Convention


> Fellow NFBF Members,
>
>
>
> Today Gloria, Dwight, and I met via conference call with the management of
> the International Palms Resort, the hotel where we will be holding our 
> 2010
> state convention, to work out differences regarding the rates as the 
> hotel.
>
>
>
> As many of you know and have posted about, some people have called the 
> hotel
> to make reservations and have been offered rates at $75.00 plus tax per
> night and below. The members of the NFBF Board have not been pleased about
> that, since, when we signed our contract in early 2009, we were told that
> the rate we were offered - $82.00 plus tax per night - was the best
> available. And, to be fair, at that time, it probably was. Much has 
> happened
> with the economy and the hospitality industry since that time.
>
>
>
> It took a coupe of additional phone calls, but what has been worked out is 
> a
> flat convention rate of $69.00 plus tax per night for convention rooms.
> Rooms which have already been booked at a rate lower than $69.00 plus tax
> will still count in our room block requirement, but we know there won't be
> many of these. The board has approved this plan, so we will sign the
> addendum to the contract, as soon as it arrives, making it so.
>
>
>
> Given the fact that we use a lot of space at the hotel and a lot of its
> resources, I think this is a very fair compromise for all concerned.
>
>
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> "Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is"
>                                    -Isaac Asimov
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