The year 2010 is coming, and so is the 2010 FCOC convention!

May 21 – 23 are the dates for the MOAA Florida Council of Chapters annual convention. Join us in beautiful Southwest Florida at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Ft. Myers. See what other parts of your state have to offer! We have beaches famous for their shells at Sanibel, an archaeological dig at a Calusa Indian village site, wild nature viewing at Ding Darling nature preserve, and the Edison-Ford Estates, to name just a few of the things to see and do.

Give yourself a special present this year – register for the 2010 convention and make your holiday fun last all the way to May! You can make it a mini-vacation by adding on a few days on either end of the conference for the same price, and our chapter will set up tours to local places for groups of 20 or more. We can even arrange for a charter fishing tour at $75.00/person (normally $120.00) for Friday May 21 or Sunday May 23, 6 person limit, with a licensed charter fishing captain so contact us right away to reserve a spot if you’re interested in that one, and we’re working on a golf outing at The Dunes golf course on Sanibel Island.

John Snyder, our Florida Council of Chapters webmaster, is going to set up a computer to help anyone who can use hands-on assistance with the Florida Council of Chapters website, or how to build your own chapter web site and hook it into the FCOC one, and will try to answer any computer questions you have, so write them down and bring them with you. He’s volunteering his personal time to do this – thanks, John!

For details and registration form, go to the Florida Council of Chapters website www.moaafl.org, click on the “convention” tab, then choose “2010” convention or you can contact Jim Conner at 239-542-5627 or jmcfl@comcast.net. We can even mail a form to you complete with return addressed envelope if you prefer.