[NFBV-Announce] Convention Thank Yous

[Stewart Prost]

Greetings all,
Now that our convention is over, I want to thank all those who, despite
some challenges, helped to make our convention a success!
Let me start with a big shout out to Jacki Bruce who was in charge of
convention registration.  Jacki started setting up our registration system
with the support of Joe Orosco and Harry Staley.  She and her team
processed registrations of what is the largest number of registrants for an
NFB of Virginia convention, with about 275 people registered.  Her team
included Colin Bruce, Karen Brown, Nancy Issa (new attendee), Mike and Dana
Lengyel,Marcia Harvey, and Annie Ascher.  Jackie and her team made picking
up registration materials easy.  Without Jacki's hard work, people would
not have been registered and able to get what they needed to participate in
our convention.
Laquan Johnson was in charge of marshalls/talking signs.  Among those who
were marshals/talking signs were Christopher Walker, Julia Ford, Jamil
Garrett-Bey, Lilly Holmes, Lynne Wnuk, Chris Christie,  Carrington Coles,
Justin Chan, and Neel Sheth.  There may be others who stepped in when
needed.  You know who you are and you have my thanks!
Michael Kitchens was in charge of our Information Table.  Assisting him at
the table were Sue Povinelli, Annie Ascher, Nancy Yaeger, and Deborah
Prost.
There are people who worked mostly behind the scenes but without whom the
convention would not function well.  Jade Ham who was in charge of all
things audio made sure that we could hear what was going on and that our
virtual participants could feel a part of our convention.  Renee Valdez was
our floor manager for all three General Sessions.  She made sure everyone
was ready when their time came to participate in the sessions.  John Bailey
served as Sergeant at Arms.  Keith and Chris Windimeyer were there to help
as needed.
*A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BRITTNY SAVAGE!  *Brittany took on the
responsibility of managing our first ever buffet breakfast line which
operated before each of our general sessions.  Brittany told me that she
enjoyed doing it, viewing this as a teaching moment showing our members how
to access a buffet.  Assisting in our breakfast line was Missy Bellamy,
Julia Ford, Knadace Hamey and his sister Kelly, Annie and her daughter
Joanne Ascher, Ryan Clark, and Isilah Dean.  Bonnie O'day and Sarah
Blumberg served box lunches on Friday and Saturday.  Kris Foley, Samit
Sharma, Elmer and Rachelle Boniventura took tickets at our Thursday night
dinners.  Speaking of our Thursday night dinners, I want to thank Neel
Sheth and Rachael Schrieman for hosting great programs.  Jacki and Colin
Bruce took tickets and checked people in for our banquet on Saturday. Bommie
O'Day, Mike and Dana Lengyl, Patrick Johnson and Dianne Bibb, and Aaron and
Jennifer Schuh.
I want to thank Jeremy Grandstaff and his team for recruiting and
organizing our sponsors and exhibitors. Renee Valdez, Jackie Brown,
Dominique Lawless who organized and conducted our Action Auction.  Sharon
Sorforenko handled credit card transactions and checked people out.They
were assisted by Suzie Karansky, Amber Ford, David Kirby and Rachael
Schreiman.
A special thank you to the members of the Loundon County Chapter for
hosting us.  Friday night hospitality event was great!  The opening
ceremonies went off without a hitch, and everybody enjoyed the door
prizes.
I want to make my final shoutouts to our affiliate President, Tracy
Soforenko.  I worked on the logistics, he put the program together and
helped me deal with issues that came up.  I also want to thank my wife
Deborah for her support, patience, and understanding when I got all sorts
of phone calls and needed to devote time and energy to this convention.
Lastly, I want to thank all of you who attended our convention; for your
patience and understanding when some of you had to move to other hotels,
pizza was late, and other issues that came up.  I also thank all of you for
working together to make this a truly great convention! Since there are so
many people involved, I apologize if I have forgotten to mention anyone.
 As you can see, it takes a village to run and NFB convention.



Warm Regards
*Stewart Prost, Convention Operations Chair*
Phone: 757-572-6891 <(757)%20572-6891>
Fax: 757-210-7504 <(757)%20210-7504>
Email: sprost82 at gmail.com
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