Sorry that I missed hearing Lisa on with Bud today! Looking forward to hearing about the protest and especially our Florida FR Convention in Orlando!
Sorry I forgot to ping you, too. I don’t know if Bud has an audio archive of his shows or not, but I know he does have a daily blog that he updates after each show.
I am hoping that we might be able to coordinate our FReeper Convention in such a way that those coming in from out of town may also have a chance to participate in the “Tea Party” protest along with the rest of us who live here.
Lisa said on the radio yesterday that the earliest dates open for a permit to hold a demonstration in the band shell in downtown Orlando at Lake Eola, is either on Saturday, March 21st, or Sunday, March 22nd. She will pick one of those two days, and I’m betting it will be the Saturday date.
Bud is going to stay very much involved in working with Lisa in the “Tea Party” protest at Lake Eola, so you may keep checking back on his web site to stay abreast of the developments and listen to the live streaming audio of his show if you like at this link: http://www.540wfla.com/pages/bud_hedinger.html
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Hey y’all,
I think it would be fantastic to have our convention the same weekend as the planned protest in Orlando being headed by Lisa Feroli. I am a little concerned about the timing. The protest is being planned for the weekend of March 21/22. I had been looking at a date of April 25 for the convention. Any reason why March 21 would be too soon for y’all to get to Orlando? It might be too short of notice for invitees to get it in their schedule.
Also, I want to give you some info that I’ve gotten on pricing for a conference room and hotel rooms. Of course the ultimate price is going to depend on how many people actually come, but right now a guest room will be approx. $90/night and the conference room will be approx. $400 for the day to be set up in a classroom style to accommodate 75 people.
A FReeper has already committed a donation of $50 for the conference room. I will match his donation. We’ll need to “pass the hat” to come up with the remainder. We also have a FReeper who has offered to provide the PA equipment.
The hotels that I’m looking at to host the conference and reserve rooms also have an on-site restaurant and lounge. I think I’ve narrowed it down to a hotel that’s in downtown Orlando that would make it easy to get to/from Lake Eola where the protest is to be held and a hotel on International Drive, but if we’re changing dates will have to reverify.
Please provide input on dates and whether you can make it. If we’re moving it up to March I’ll need some hard RSVP’s to get rooms lined up if we want a discount on them and the conference room.