IFMR 2011 New Orleans: IFMR Dinner Meeting in New Orleans, Monday May 23, 7-9 PM

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IFMR Dinner Meeting in New Orleans, Monday May 23, 7-9 PM

IFMR Dinner Meeting in New Orleans,

Monday May 23 7-9 PM

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW

IFMR Master Ride Guide Bill Fee has finalized arrangements for IFMR's annual dinner meeting during the New Orleans RI convention. The event will be held at

Deanie's Seafood Restaurant & Market

841 Iberville Street in New Orleans' French Quarter

Right off Bourbon Street on the corner of Dauphine and Iberville

7:00 - 9:00 PM, Monday, May 23, 2011

Deanie’s is recognized as one of New Orleans’ best seafood restaurants since 1961. In a town famous for great seafood, Deanie’s Seafood is in a class by itself. Their giant seafood platter is loaded with succulent fried oysters, shrimp, catfish, soft-shell crabs, and crawfish balls, and their boiled seafood is consistently rated by locals as one of New Orleans’ best.

Bill Fee has arranged for IFMR to have a 7-item buffet, with a cash bar, for a price in the range of $40-50 per person. It will be a wonderful opportunity for IFMR members and friends to have great food, great fellowship, and a brief business meeting. Whether you're riding, driving, or flying to New Orleans, if you're an IFMR member, past or present, you'll want to attend this event to meet and greet your fellow IFMR members from around the globe (several international members will be participating in the IFMR POLIO PLUS rides to New Orleans, while others will be arriving by air).

To help Bill and Deanie's prepare properly for the event, please make reservations for the event by sending an email to Bill Fee at wsfee@comcast.net with the subject line 'IFMR Dinner Reservations' not later than Monday, May 16. Give him your name, address, New Orleans hotel, number in your party for dinner, and your cell phone number. Attendees will be billed separately by the restaurant. If you want additional information about the event, Bill can also provide that if you ask him in your email.

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans on May 23!

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Please pass this message along to any other Rotary motorcyclists or friends who might be

interested in joining us on May 23.

POLIO PLUS Ride Captains, please make sure all your riders receive a copy of this email.

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Lodging Info - Albany-Baton Rouge Route

The following is a listing of the motels where IFMR has blocked rooms for IFMR riders and passengers traveling to New Orleans on the POLIO PLUS fund-raising ride. Contact each motel to make your personal reservations. Be sure to mention the Group Code indicated for each motel.

Saturday, May 14 – Albany, NY – Holiday Inn Express Skyline
8 Empire Drive, Rennsaelaer, NY 12144
Phone: 1-518-286-1011
Group rate: $109 Group code: IFMR

Sunday, May 15 – Hagerstown, MD – Hampton Inn
18300 Park Circle, Hagerstown, MD 21742
Phone: 1-240-420-1970
On-line booking: http://tinyurl.com/4ue52nm
Group rate: $89 Group code: MOT

Monday, May 16 – Roanoke, VA – Comfort Inn - Troutville (I-81 exit 150)
2545 Lee Highway (US 11 & US 220), Troutville, VA 24175
Phone: 1-540-992-5600 Toll Free: 1-800-628-1957
Group rate: $75 Group code: IFMR

Tuesday, May 17 -- Cherokee, NC – Fairfield Inn & Suites
568 Painttown Road, Cherokee, 28719
Phone: 1-828-497-0400
Group rate: $85 Group code: IFMR

Weds, May 18 -- Tuscaloosa, AL – Hampton Inn Tuscaloosa East
6400 Interstate Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35453
Phone: 1-205-562-9000
On-line booking: http://tinyurl.com/4f69meu
Group rate: $89 Group code: ROT

Thurs, May 19 -- Baton Rouge, LA – Hampton Inn (I-10 & College Dr)
4646 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone: 1-225-926-9990
Group rate: $99 Group code: ROT

Friday, May 20 -- NEW ORLEANS – Drury Inn (Already full)
820 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 1-504-529-7800
On-line booking: http://tinyurl.com/4smr5om
No group rate available during RI convention

All motels enroute offer rooms with either two double beds or one king-size bed at rate shown. Contact motels directly to make individual reservations. Rooms not reserved in advance will be released two weeks prior to arrival date, so book early; but later bookings at the group rate will be honored if rooms are still available. In the event that bookings exceed the group reservation, or rooms are not available for late booking, check for other nearby motels on hotels.com, expedia.com, or other travel booking websites.

Lodging in New Orleans

Most downtown hotels in New Orleans during the Rotary International convention have been exclusively reserved by a contractor named by the RI convention planning group and can only be booked thru the Rotary.org/convention website. Therefore, it has not been possible to designate an "IFMR Headquarters Hotel" for this convention. Many hotels are already fully booked. To find available hotel space in New Orleans, use the official convention website.

To locate other hotels downtown and surrounding New Orleans areas that may have rooms available, use Hotels.com, Expedia.com, or one of the other travel booking websites.

The RV Fellowship of Rotary has campground space arranged at the University of New Orleans and has extended an invitation to IFMR members interested in camping there during the convention. If you wish to explore that option, contact RVF president Reba Lovrien at 505-350-3386 (president@rvfweb.org) or president-elect Bob Craig at 315-668-1362 (preselect@rvfweb.org) for more information.