[Arizona-students] Washington Seminar 2006

Tue Nov 29 21:55:17 CST 2005

Dear Students,

    Each winter, the National Federation of the Blind gathers in Washington, D.C. to talk to Congress about specific issues affecting the blind. This is a valuable chance for us to make our voices heard and to affect future laws concerning services, rights, and opportunities for blind Americans. We will be going to Washington again this year, and you are all invited to join us! We will be visiting legislators on Capitol Hill from January 31 (Tuesday) through February 2 (Thursday). Before this, on Sunday, January 29, is the annual winter meeting of the National Association of Blind Students, which will include many informative speakers, breakout sessions, and updates on what other student divisions are doing across the country.

    Below is information about the 2006 Washington Seminar, including the phone number to call if you want to make a hotel reservation. If you plan to come with us to the Washington Seminar, please let me know and also inform Bob Kresmer, the president of the NFB of Arizona, at
krezguy at cox.net
Limited financial assistance is available. Also, I am flying on Southwest Airlines (write me privately if you want to see my itinerary) and my ticket cost about $235. The hotel rooms are expensive, but you should be able to find roommates either in our group or by contacting Diane McGeorge (see below).

    Feel free to email me if you have any questions or if you are interested in coming to the Washington Seminar. Good luck with finals!

Arielle Silverman

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

            I want to send you information on the Washington Seminar for 2006.  There are a few changes next year so please read this carefully.

            The principal change is the time I must have your reservations.  I must have all reservations no later than December 27, 2005.  After December
27, all rooms will be based on availability of space.  So please do get your reservations in no later than December 27.  After that date we will do our
best to accommodate you, however, as I said, the rooms will be available only if there are unsold rooms.  The rates are $125 per night for single, double,
triple and quad, and there is a 14.5% tax on the room.  Remember to have either cash or a credit card available when you check in to the hotel to cover
at least one night's stay.

            Please make your reservations by calling me at (303) 778-1130, extension 219.  I will need to have the first and last name with the correct
spelling for each person who will be sharing the room.  I will need the arrival and the departure dates for each person.  If you have any special requests,
be sure to leave that information.  If you request a refrigerator in the room, there will be a $5 charge per day.  If you request a rollaway bed, there
will be a $10 charge per day.  Be sure to let me know your telephone number or your email address so that we may confirm the receipt of your reservations.
 You may also email your reservations, if you wish to do so, to
lbonderson at cocenter.org.

            There will be a number of special interest group meetings as there are each year, and if you wish to have meeting room space, I must have that
information by December 27 as well.  After that date, I will do my best to find you a spot, but again, I really need to have the information by December
27.

            The Gathering-In meeting will be held on Monday, January 30, at 5 p.m. in the Columbia room, and you won't want to miss it.  The Mercury room
will be open at 1 p.m. on January 30 to take your congressional appointments.

            We will be posting all the meetings on our NFB Web site once they are confirmed, so watch the Web site for lots more information.  Since the
due date for reservations and for requesting meeting room space must be confirmed a little earlier than it has been in the past, I wanted to get this off
to you as quickly as possible.

            I feel certain we will still have our usual student seminar run by the NFB's National Association of Blind Students on Sunday, January 29, and
all of our usual seminars that you have come to plan on attending, and those meetings will be well publicized once the times and rooms are confirmed.

            Looking forward to seeing you all in Washington in January of 2006.

Best wishes,

Diane McGeorge

Coordinator of the NFB Washington Seminar

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Dear Students,

    Each winter, the National Federation of the Blind gathers in Washington, D.C. to talk to Congress about specific issues affecting the blind. This is a valuable chance for us to make our voices heard and to affect future laws concerning services, rights, and opportunities for blind Americans. We will be going to Washington again this year, and you are all invited to join us! We will be visiting legislators on Capitol Hill from January 31 (Tuesday) through February 2 (Thursday). Before this, on Sunday, January 29, is the annual winter meeting of the National Association of Blind Students, which will include many informative speakers, breakout sessions, and updates on what other student divisions are doing across the country.

    Below is information about the 2006 Washington Seminar, including the phone number to call if you want to make a hotel reservation. If you plan to come with us to the Washington Seminar, please let me know and also inform Bob Kresmer, the president of the NFB of Arizona, at
mailto:krezguy at cox.net krezguy at cox.net
Limited financial assistance is available. Also, I am flying on Southwest Airlines (write me privately if you want to see my itinerary) and my ticket cost about $235. The hotel rooms are expensive, but you should be able to find roommates either in our group or by contacting Diane McGeorge (see below).

    Feel free to email me if you have any questions or if you are interested in coming to the Washington Seminar. Good luck with finals!

Arielle Silverman

Dear Colleagues and Friends:

            I want to send you information on the Washington Seminar for 2006.  There are a few changes next year so please read this carefully.

            The principal change is the time I must have your reservations.  I must have all reservations no later than December 27, 2005.  After December
27, all rooms will be based on availability of space.  So please do get your reservations in no later than December 27.  After that date we will do our
best to accommodate you, however, as I said, the rooms will be available only if there are unsold rooms.  The rates are $125 per night for single, double,
triple and quad, and there is a 14.5% tax on the room.  Remember to have either cash or a credit card available when you check in to the hotel to cover
at least one night's stay.

            Please make your reservations by calling me at (303) 778-1130, extension 219.  I will need to have the first and last name with the correct
spelling for each person who will be sharing the room.  I will need the arrival and the departure dates for each person.  If you have any special requests,
be sure to leave that information.  If you request a refrigerator in the room, there will be a $5 charge per day.  If you request a rollaway bed, there
will be a $10 charge per day.  Be sure to let me know your telephone number or your email address so that we may confirm the receipt of your reservations.
 You may also email your reservations, if you wish to do so, to
mailto:lbonderson at cocenter.org lbonderson at cocenter.org
.

            There will be a number of special interest group meetings as there are each year, and if you wish to have meeting room space, I must have that
information by December 27 as well.  After that date, I will do my best to find you a spot, but again, I really need to have the information by December
27.

            The Gathering-In meeting will be held on Monday, January 30, at 5 p.m. in the Columbia room, and you won't want to miss it.  The Mercury room
will be open at 1 p.m. on January 30 to take your congressional appointments.

            We will be posting all the meetings on our NFB Web site once they are confirmed, so watch the Web site for lots more information.  Since the
due date for reservations and for requesting meeting room space must be confirmed a little earlier than it has been in the past, I wanted to get this off
to you as quickly as possible.

            I feel certain we will still have our usual student seminar run by the NFB's National Association of Blind Students on Sunday, January 29, and
all of our usual seminars that you have come to plan on attending, and those meetings will be well publicized once the times and rooms are confirmed.

            Looking forward to seeing you all in Washington in January of 2006.

Best wishes,

Diane McGeorge

Coordinator of the NFB Washington Seminar

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