[Nfbf-l] Thanks for volunteering @ national 2013

[Dan Hicks]

Fellow Florida Federationists,

I want to thank everyone who helped make this convention a great success and
helped make Florida Number One!  

...if you don't count Maryland, and they have a huge advantage over any
other state that hosts a convention. 

Everyone who volunteers, supports, or attends one our conventions makes some
sort of sacrifice, whether it is in money spent to attend, income lost
because of the time off, or loss of sleep - or some combination of these
sacrifices!

It is a very dangerous exercise to start singling out people for thank yous,
because some folks always get left out. However, I will take that risk and
thank everyone who worked at the Florida Information table, in the Florida
Suite, and at the Florida Table in the Exhibit Hall, selling raffle tickets
and T-Shirts. We have finally made money on our T-Shirt investment and it
only took just over two years to do it! 

I also want to thank everyone who took part in "Harry Potter and the Opening
Ceremonies." The rehearsals and the final performance were the most fun part
of the convention for me. 

The convention was a lot of hard work for many of us, but we pulled it off.
Folks from all over the country have told me it was their favorite
convention ever! 

We have our state convention in Daytona Beach to look forward to next year,
and then another Orlando NFB Convention. Maybe in 2014 we can be number two
again. Maybe even number one! Maybe we can get a lot of Floridians to come
to the convention and we can beat Maryland!

Well, a guy can dream, can't he?

Thank you all. 

Dan Hicks, President
NFB of Florida

"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." 
		―Oscar Wilde