Re: MCM - Digest V1 #423

["Mary McCaw" <marymccaw@mediaone.net>]

 > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:05:04 -0500
> > From: Charlene Nash <ecn@tennis.org>
> > Subject: Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:05:04 -0500
> >
> > Hi guys-I have been making some arrangements for next AGA conference. I
am looking at the Marriott this year. Some advantages are: nicer meeting
room,
with auction room next door and plenty of nice vendor area outside meeting
rooms. We will have continental b'fast Sat and Sun and a deli lunch on site
so people can network and visit vendors without having to go out to lunch
and take that time.  Banquet Fri nite at aquarium again and dinner Sat night
on your own. Sun lunch hasn't been determined yet. Better all around I think
for meeting at the Marriott. Disadvantages: no air port shuttle-I will look
into the contract players here that do that and see if it is reasonable.
Hotel is 8 blocks or so from aquarium but we have free downtown shuttle that
people can ride in groups of 25 or so that runs every 5-10 minutes at picks
up at the Marriott door. fri nite shuttle quits at 9:30 so banquet needs to
take that into consideration. Hotel is $79 per nite. Give me some feedback
as I need to confirm or not.
>
> Many thanks for taking on the convention another year.
>
> I enjoyed the first convention and thought things went smoothly.  The
logistics seem much more manageable at the Clarion.  For this reason,
despite the advantages of the Marriott, I would prefer to keep the
convention at the Clarion.
>
> They are not charging us for all the ballroom
> space which we paid for last year.
>
> I would rather pay the money for the ballroom at the Clarion knowing that
there wouldn't be transportation issues.
>
> It would be nice to have a box lunch instead of having to go out.  Could
we do this at the Clarion?
>
> Mary>