[nfbwatlk] Question

Mike Freeman k7uij at panix.com
Wed Aug 30 17:53:41 CDT 2006


You're most welcome!

Mike

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Wanda Carruth Johnson wrote:

> Thanks so much Mike.
> Wanda
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:23 PM
> To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Question
>
> Hi, Wanda.
>
> Welcome to the list.
>
> The web site is between administrators at the moment; I haven't
> appointed a new one yet. In the interim, I plan to go over the
> site and
> update it. One of the items I'll be putting on will be the
> convention
> blurb. (I hadn't done this previously as my home computer was
> sick; it's
> back in business now so I'll fix things after the Labor Day
> holiday).
>
> The convention will take place NOvember 3-5, 2006 at the Red Lion
> Inn at
> the Quay in Vancouver, WA -- the same hotel where the NFBW held
> the
> spring convention. Plans are that most of November 3 (Friday)
> will be
> taken up with a tour of the Washington State School for the Blind
> (I've
> received several requests to arrange this). Friday afternoon late
> the
> Resolutions Committee will meet; there'll be a NFBW Board of
> Directors
> meeting/dinner on Friday evening; all are invited. After the
> dinner, the
> NFBW will hold its annual auction; this has become a Friday
> evening
> tradition over the last several years.
>
> Saturday's sessions will go from 9:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. with a
> lunch
> break either from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or until 2:00 p.m.,
> depending
> on how crowded the schedule gets. There'll be a no-host bar from
> 6:00
> p.m. to 7:00 p.m., after which we'll hold our NFBW banquet.
> There's some
> discussion of entertainment afterword but this isn't finalized
> yet.
>
> Sunday's sessions will run from 9:00 a.m. to noon, during which
> we'll
> pass resolutions (if anyone brings any), hold elections, hear
> chapter
> reports and conduct other affiliate business. We'll adjourn no
> later
> than noon.
>
> Hotel rates etc. will be posted shortly after Labor Day.
>
> HTH!
>
> Mike Freeman, president
> NFB of Washington
>
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Wanda Carruth Johnson wrote:
>
>> Hello, I am new to the list and I have a question.  I have
> looked
>> on the NFB of Washington website and didn't find information
>> regarding this year's convention.  Does anybody know when and
>> where it will occur?
>>
>> Thanks, Wanda
>>
>>
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