From blackbyrdfly at gmail.com Wed Nov 2 13:35:50 2022 From: blackbyrdfly at gmail.com (blackbyrdfly at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:35:50 -0700 Subject: [Plan22] NO VIRTUAL AUCTION THIS YEAR In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Are you sure? I know San Jose submitted one as I received a confirmation email. Is it that we were the only one, or was there possibly something wrong with the submission form? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2022, at 11:31 PM, cheryl thurston wrote: > > ?Ok > Cheryl Thurston > >> On 10/31/22, Brian Buhrow wrote: >> Hello fellow convention logistics planners! As of this writing, October >> 31, 2022, almost >> November 1, 2022, there have been no virtual baskets donated. Thus, in the >> absence of any >> basket donations for the virtual auction, there wil be no virtual auctions >> this year. >> >> Perhaps we can try for this again next year. >> >> -thanks >> -Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Plan22 mailing list >> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 >> > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From buhrow at nfbcal.org Wed Nov 2 15:25:02 2022 From: buhrow at nfbcal.org (Brian Buhrow) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 15:25:02 -0700 Subject: [Plan22] NO VIRTUAL AUCTION THIS YEAR In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1261D03A-12FB-4435-BE13-FEE6C270484B@nfbcal.org> forward me the email. I have not seen an email from the system saying that it auction was submitted. So perhaps there is a problem. Thank you. sent on the hoof > On Nov 2, 2022, at 1:37 PM, blackbyrdfly at gmail.com wrote: > > ?Are you sure? I know San Jose submitted one as I received a confirmation email. Is it that we were the only one, or was there possibly something wrong with the submission form? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 31, 2022, at 11:31 PM, cheryl thurston wrote: >> >> ?Ok >> Cheryl Thurston >> >>>> On 10/31/22, Brian Buhrow wrote: >>> Hello fellow convention logistics planners! As of this writing, October >>> 31, 2022, almost >>> November 1, 2022, there have been no virtual baskets donated. Thus, in the >>> absence of any >>> basket donations for the virtual auction, there wil be no virtual auctions >>> this year. >>> >>> Perhaps we can try for this again next year. >>> >>> -thanks >>> -Brian >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Plan22 mailing list >>> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >>> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Plan22 mailing list >> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > From rachel.grider at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 12:29:08 2022 From: rachel.grider at gmail.com (Rachel Grider) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:29:08 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Message-ID: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Hello, everyone! Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. Here are three meeting times that I can do. Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM Monday, November 14, at 8 PM Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? Talk soon! Rachel From veronica38martinez at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 12:33:07 2022 From: veronica38martinez at gmail.com (Veronica Martinez) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:33:07 +0000 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Message-ID: hi Rachael, tomorrow night works for me. Veronica Martinez NFBCA Bakersfield chapter president National Federation of the blind of California board member ________________________________ From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org on behalf of Rachel Grider Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29:08 PM To: plan22 at nfbcal.org Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Hello, everyone! Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. Here are three meeting times that I can do. Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM Monday, November 14, at 8 PM Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? Talk soon! Rachel _______________________________________________ Plan22 mailing list Plan22 at nfbcal.org https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://web.nfbcal.org/pipermail/plan22/attachments/20221109/9d314026/attachment.html From blackbyrdfly at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 12:40:30 2022 From: blackbyrdfly at gmail.com (blackbyrdfly at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:40:30 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I will have a very hard time making it tomorrow but Monday or Tuesday both work great for me. Jamie Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2022, at 12:34 PM, Veronica Martinez wrote: > > ? > hi Rachael, tomorrow night works for me. > > Veronica Martinez > NFBCA Bakersfield chapter president > National Federation of the blind of California board member > From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org on behalf of Rachel Grider > Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29:08 PM > To: plan22 at nfbcal.org > Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief > > Hello, everyone! > > Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! > > I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. > > Here are three meeting times that I can do. > > Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM > Monday, November 14, at 8 PM > Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM > > Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? > > Talk soon! > > Rachel > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://web.nfbcal.org/pipermail/plan22/attachments/20221109/305710db/attachment.html From maurice at maurice-amines.com Wed Nov 9 12:57:37 2022 From: maurice at maurice-amines.com (Maurice A. mines) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:57:37 +0000 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi I am flexible I can due all of the dates listed in your email. Maurice Mines. > On Nov 9, 2022, at 20:29, Rachel Grider wrote: > > Hello, everyone! > > Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! > > I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. > > Here are three meeting times that I can do. > > Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM > Monday, November 14, at 8 PM > Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM > > Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? > > Talk soon! > > Rachel > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From rstigile at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 12:58:26 2022 From: rstigile at gmail.com (robert stigile) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:58:26 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5CE178AC-0BC1-47BC-A653-1AFB2AE58A46@gmail.com> Rachel, Anny of the three are fine! Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President National Federation of the Blind of California President San Fernando Valley Chapter 818-381-9568 Kn6uvd > On Nov 9, 2022, at 12:41 PM, blackbyrdfly at gmail.com wrote: > > ?I will have a very hard time making it tomorrow but Monday or Tuesday both work great for me. > > Jamie > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Nov 9, 2022, at 12:34 PM, Veronica Martinez wrote: >>> >> ? >> hi Rachael, tomorrow night works for me. >> >> Veronica Martinez >> NFBCA Bakersfield chapter president >> National Federation of the blind of California board member >> From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org on behalf of Rachel Grider >> Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29:08 PM >> To: plan22 at nfbcal.org >> Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief >> >> Hello, everyone! >> >> Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! >> >> I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. >> >> Here are three meeting times that I can do. >> >> Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM >> Monday, November 14, at 8 PM >> Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM >> >> Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? >> >> Talk soon! >> >> Rachel >> _______________________________________________ >> Plan22 mailing list >> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 >> _______________________________________________ >> Plan22 mailing list >> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://web.nfbcal.org/pipermail/plan22/attachments/20221109/97f42cb7/attachment.html From adepner1425 at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 13:08:00 2022 From: adepner1425 at gmail.com (adepner1425 at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:08:00 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Message-ID: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> Hi Rachel, Monday or Tuesday at 8:00 works for me. Alley Respectfully, Allison Depner, National Federation of the Blind of California, San Diego Chapter President (619) 952-2352 Adepner1425 at gmail.com You Can Live the Life You Want. Blindness is Not What Holds You Back! -----Original Message----- From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org On Behalf Of Rachel Grider Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29 PM To: plan22 at nfbcal.org Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Hello, everyone! Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. Here are three meeting times that I can do. Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM Monday, November 14, at 8 PM Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? Talk soon! Rachel _______________________________________________ Plan22 mailing list Plan22 at nfbcal.org https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From cricketbidleman at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 13:15:33 2022 From: cricketbidleman at gmail.com (Cricket Bidleman) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 14:15:33 -0700 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> References: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <75373772-A0AF-4B53-AEAF-1B668D5BEA6C@gmail.com> Monday or Tuesday are great. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2022, at 14:09, adepner1425 at gmail.com wrote: > > ?Hi Rachel, > > Monday or Tuesday at 8:00 works for me. > Alley > > Respectfully, > Allison Depner, > National Federation of the Blind of California, San Diego Chapter President > (619) 952-2352 > Adepner1425 at gmail.com > You Can Live the Life You Want. > Blindness is Not What Holds You Back! > > -----Original Message----- > From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org On Behalf Of Rachel Grider > Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29 PM > To: plan22 at nfbcal.org > Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief > > Hello, everyone! > > Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! > > I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. > > Here are three meeting times that I can do. > > Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM > Monday, November 14, at 8 PM > Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM > > Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? > > Talk soon! > > Rachel > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > > > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From blindwise.jj at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 13:23:23 2022 From: blindwise.jj at gmail.com (Jeanette Jones) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:23:23 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Message-ID: <04eb01d8f481$7fbeaa30$7f3bfe90$@gmail.com> Monday and Tuesday work best for me Jeanette Jones President for National Federation of the Blind - Parents of Blind Children CA Division (209) 589-6058 Live life without limits? reach for the stars? fulfill all your dreams? be excellent at who you are. ? JK Rivers -----Original Message----- From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org On Behalf Of Rachel Grider Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29 PM To: plan22 at nfbcal.org Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Hello, everyone! Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. Here are three meeting times that I can do. Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM Monday, November 14, at 8 PM Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? Talk soon! Rachel _______________________________________________ Plan22 mailing list Plan22 at nfbcal.org https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From tmanosh at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 13:31:47 2022 From: tmanosh at gmail.com (tmanosh at gmail.com) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:31:47 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> Message-ID: <04fd01d8f482$acc05000$0640f000$@gmail.com> Hey Rachel, I'm flexible and any of the three days/times work for me. Just let me know what the majority wants and I'll be there. Great job everyone! Tiffany Manosh -----Original Message----- From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org On Behalf Of Rachel Grider Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29 PM To: plan22 at nfbcal.org Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Hello, everyone! Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your hard work! I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. Here are three meeting times that I can do. Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM Monday, November 14, at 8 PM Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on Wednesdays? Talk soon! Rachel _______________________________________________ Plan22 mailing list Plan22 at nfbcal.org https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From buhrow at nfbcal.org Wed Nov 9 17:09:53 2022 From: buhrow at nfbcal.org (Brian Buhrow) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 17:09:53 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <202211100109.2AA19rm1018659@nfbcal.org> hello. Tuesday at 8PM works for me. The other dates do not work for me. -thanks -Brian From sfelts at hotmail.com Wed Nov 9 17:31:53 2022 From: sfelts at hotmail.com (shelbi felter) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:31:53 +0000 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <202211100109.2AA19rm1018659@nfbcal.org> References: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> <202211100109.2AA19rm1018659@nfbcal.org> Message-ID: Hi there, Any of these should be good for me Shelbi Felter B.A. College of education CSULB Don?t let anyone dull your sparkle sparkle?s > On Nov 9, 2022, at 5:10 PM, Brian Buhrow wrote: > > ? hello. Tuesday at 8PM works for me. The other dates do not work for me. > -thanks > -Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 From cthurston74 at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 18:19:20 2022 From: cthurston74 at gmail.com (cheryl thurston) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 18:19:20 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: References: <006101d8f47f$5a1cf220$0e56d660$@gmail.com> <202211100109.2AA19rm1018659@nfbcal.org> Message-ID: I am open for either days. Cheryl thurston On 11/9/22, shelbi felter wrote: > Hi there, > Any of these should be good for me > > Shelbi Felter B.A. > College of education CSULB > Don?t let anyone dull your sparkle sparkle?s > > >> On Nov 9, 2022, at 5:10 PM, Brian Buhrow wrote: >> >> ? hello. Tuesday at 8PM works for me. The other dates do not work for >> me. >> -thanks >> -Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Plan22 mailing list >> Plan22 at nfbcal.org >> https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > From michaelrich1966 at gmail.com Wed Nov 9 19:23:22 2022 From: michaelrich1966 at gmail.com (Michael Richardson) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 19:23:22 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: <04eb01d8f481$7fbeaa30$7f3bfe90$@gmail.com> References: <0CBDC33F-80FA-4959-B3A6-6B7B0BCF7A11@gmail.com> <04eb01d8f481$7fbeaa30$7f3bfe90$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Either day is good for me. On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 1:24 PM Jeanette Jones wrote: > Monday and Tuesday work best for me > > Jeanette Jones > President for National Federation of the Blind - Parents of Blind Children > CA Division > (209) 589-6058 > > Live life without limits? reach for the stars? fulfill all your dreams? be > excellent at who you are. ? JK Rivers > > -----Original Message----- > From: plan22-bounces at nfbcal.org On Behalf Of > Rachel Grider > Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:29 PM > To: plan22 at nfbcal.org > Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief > > Hello, everyone! > > Congratulations on helping to put together a successful convention! Though > we definitely had some hiccups, I believe it was overall a great > convention, and we have learned a lot for next year. Thank you all for your > hard work! > > I would like to schedule a meeting soon to talk about what went well and > what we need to do differently for next year. I already have a great deal > of ideas, but I would like to hear from all of you. > > Here are three meeting times that I can do. > > Tomorrow, November 10, at 8 PM > Monday, November 14, at 8 PM > Tuesday, November 15, at 8 PM > > Please get back to me with the day and time that works for you, and we > will schedule a meeting. Unfortunately, I cannot do our usual time because > my work schedule for the next couple weeks has me teaching later on > Wednesdays? > > Talk soon! > > Rachel > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > > > _______________________________________________ > Plan22 mailing list > Plan22 at nfbcal.org > https://web.nfbcal.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/plan22 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://web.nfbcal.org/pipermail/plan22/attachments/20221109/bcefc410/attachment.html From rachel.grider at gmail.com Thu Nov 10 09:35:46 2022 From: rachel.grider at gmail.com (Rachel Grider) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:35:46 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://web.nfbcal.org/pipermail/plan22/attachments/20221110/4361902c/attachment.html From buhrow at nfbcal.org Sun Nov 13 23:51:58 2022 From: buhrow at nfbcal.org (Brian Buhrow) Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 23:51:58 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <202211140751.2AE7pwt1029547@nfbcal.org> hello fellow convention planners. Here are a few notes from my experience as the AV person for the convention as well as the primary one responsible for the bridge between the main ballroom and the Zoom room. Also, some notes on the virtual voting system since my presentation on Saturday afternoon. These notes are in no particular order, just the order I happen to think of things. Also, I threw in a few extra items as I happened to think of them. 1. For hybrid conventions, it would be very helpful for the person doing the hybrid bridge to coordinate with the official Zoom host ahead of time so as to make sure they're in place when the meetings begin and to verify the audio quality in both directions, both for the ballroom and for the Zoom Room. 2. It was very helpful to have a phone conference with the hotel AV people before we met with them in person on the day of the board meeting. While it didn't resolve all of the issues we ran into before the in-person meeting, it did mean I was able to prepare more thoroughly for the meeting and anticipate many of the issues we did encounter. 3. We really need to get the agenda finalized in a timely manner before the convention begins; at least a week (7 days), and, preferably two weeks. 4. In preparing for the convention, we really need a better handle on the capacity and configuration of the hotel further in advance of our arrival. While we did fit in this hotel, we certainly taxed their available resources; that's something we need to be more aware of as we go forward in the future. 5. We should braille the hotel menus in advance of the convention. this is something we used to do as a mattrer of course. We should do it again, adding the posting of said menus to our convention web site for each year. This would have helped relieve some of the hotel staff and would have allowed them to serve us faster. 6. Let us devise a system of in-person voting that does not require the use of color coded arm bands. Color coded arm bands are inherently inaccessible and we are smart enough to come up with a system of voting that does not require sighted assistance to manage. 7. Some years ago, we had all of the general sessions on Saturday and Sunday with no general sessions on Friday. this allowed members who work or who could not afford to attend the entire convention to attend the convention without missing any general sessions by attending only on Saturday and Sunday. I spoke with several attendees over the weekend who observed that they really wished we would consider moving back to that schedule. I think it's worth discussing, since, I too, as a college student and when I first began working full time, would often come to the convention late on Friday so I didn't have to miss as much work or to pay for so many nights at the hotel. 8. After examining the virtual voting system after Saturdaay's presentation and test votes, I've determined the cause of all of the issues folks encountered during the test votes; the technical shortcomings we ran into have been fixed and I have some ideas on how to correct the issues caused by us not really understanding the dynamics of running a vote. The question is, how do we want to proceed with testing throughout the coming year? I'll write more as I think of it. -thanks -Brian From rachel.grider at gmail.com Tue Nov 15 13:07:59 2022 From: rachel.grider at gmail.com (Rachel Grider) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:07:59 -0800 Subject: [Plan22] Convention Debrief Tonight Message-ID: <9F8C97A2-FB02-4C7E-B8F8-8311B7ED8062@gmail.com> Hello: everyone: We will meet tonight at 8 PM to discuss convention. I have started a document with notes on the various aspects of convention, using my own observations and those of others, and I will send it to all of you after we talk tonight. I look forward to discussing our experiences and how we can improve convention moving forward. See you tonight! Rachel The National Federation of the Blind of California is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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