NORML's 38th National Conference: Yes We Cannabis!
| By NORML | Published June 24, 2009 |
There has never been a greater cultural, media or
political zeitgeist to re-legalize cannabis than
right now. Indeed, even more so than the 1970s
era of decriminalization.
Indicative of such momentum, last Thursday U.S.
Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul
(R-TX) have re-introduced the cannabis
decriminalization bill that NORML help to write
and champion for introduction in the 111th
Congress.
Take Advantage Of Great Early Bird Registration
and Reduced Room Rates At a Four-Star Tower Hotel
in San Francisco
For this and other numerous reasons, if possible,
please take advantage of NORML's early bird
discounts resulting in 35% off the conference
registration and socials by registering ASAP.
>> REGISTER NOW <<
Also, don't delay in reserving your room for the
national conference as NORML always sells out the
eserved room block of discounted rooms. Don't
miss out on a room at a great 4-star tower hotel
in San Francisco.
Discounted Rooms at Luxury Hotel in SF...Reserve Now! I strongly encourage you to take advantage of the
greatly discounted hotel rooms available at the beautiful, and centrally located Grand Hyatt Hotel San Francisco on Union Square.
Single (or double) occupancy is only $165/night (rack rate for rooms at the Grand Hyatt are
usually $275-$400/night) by calling 415-398-1234
(must refer to 'NORML – National Sales Meeting').
Add $75/night for an executive upgrade; triples
and quads also available at $190 and $215
respectively.
Negotiating $55/night for a 4-star tower hotel in
the commercial district of San Francisco is one
way to make the conference as affordable, and
popular, as possible.
Limited Number of Reserved Smoking and Wheelchair Accessible Rooms. There are only 30 reserved 'smoking', and 10
handicap-accessible rooms available for cannabis
and/or tobacco consumers. Act fast.
Affordable Airfare Available Right Now.
A number of staff have already reserved flights
at very low costs, i.e, $215 non-stop, roundtrip
on Virgin Airlines from Washington DC to San
Francisco. Other similar deals currently exist on
most airlines.
Medical Cannabis-Only Day. Lastly, the very first day of the conference is
devoted entirely to the topic of medical
cannabis, the emerging 'cannabusinesses' in a
number of medical cannabis states (such as
California) and 'best practices' for patients and
providers. At the last two NORML conferences (in
Los Angeles and Berkeley) the medical
cannabis-only days were very successful and held
on day #3 of the conferences; this year it is
frontloaded into the day #1 slot.
Once again, guided tours of medical cannabis
wellness centers in 'Oaksterdam' and other parts
of the SF Bay area available.
About 70% of conference attendees come for the
'regular' sessions and the rest come for the
medical cannabis-only day, so if you or your legal partners have strong interests in medical cannabis (as you should), please plan on attending all three days of this year's 38th annual national NORML conference.
Can Last Year's Conference Party Be Topped? For those who attended last year's conference in
Berkeley, the best efforts are being made to make
sure that, if at all possible, this year's
Saturday Night Fundraising Party during the
conference tops last year's. If you can conceive
of that!
Again, with the incredible social, media and
political momentum swinging cannabis law
reformers' way since the beginning of 2009 (building on decades of hard work), this really
is not the year to miss NORML's national
conference.
Please email conference@norml.org with any questions or concerns about this year's
conference, and I sincerely hope to see you at NORML’s 'Yes We Cannabis!' national conference in
September.
>> REGISTER NOW <<
Thanks for all your hard work and support for cannabis law reform!
Kind regards,
Allen St. Pierre
Executive Director
Board Member
NORML/NORML Foundation
director@norml.org
p.s. The conference planning committee has left
open a few slots for either your speaker or panel
suggestions, please forward your suggestions or
proposals to: conference@norml.org
| Date: |
September 24-26, 2009 |
| Time: | TBA |
| Address: | Grand Hyatt Hotel get directions 345 Stockton Street San Francisco, California 94108 |
