I would love to see NALTA come to Fl, I am an independant who has considered joining but have been waiting to see how the biz goes, right now it is picking up for me and I am very close to making it economically feasible to join. I live in Ft Walton Beach and we have a brand new conference center here with the best sugar white beaches and emerald green waters. September is the best time to be here, the water is still very nice, temp wise, air temp high 70's to low 80's for that time and the rates are very reasonable for on the beach condos and off. The link to the conference center is http://www.destin-fwb.com/Conference/?c=35  and http://media.destin-fwb.com/view_release.cfm?id=32  you can follow other links on the web page for various things to do and see. Ft Walton is located in the Panhandle of Florida about an hour east of Pensacola and an hour and half west from Panama City. There is access to two airports one at Okaloosa regional which is 30 minutes from the conference center and one in Pensacola which is an hour drive to the conference center. I would be more than happy to help in any way as a person of contact for making arrangements for the conference if so chosen. Thanks and have a great  weekend. Sam