Re: Early bird special for COMMON - COMMON Housing

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Affordability is the 1st rule.  If my firm/employer cannot afford it,
whatever your claimed Value is, it is nothing to those in that position.

The number of conference days went down from 5 to 4, later the costs went up,
and now common is going to what again in this balancing act?

An effectiveness yardstick to the common changes is attendance tracking to
the changes you have made.

In a message dated 11/16/2001 12:23:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jkrueger@andrewscg.com writes:


> Subj: RE: Early bird special for COMMON - COMMON Housing
> Date: 11/16/2001 12:23:35 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:    jkrueger@andrewscg.com
> Sender:    midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
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> To:    midrange-l@midrange.com
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>
>
>
> >> I haven't studied the details of the conference, yet, but saw mention of
> Opryland Hotel someplace.  If that's where it's located, you guys are IN
> LUCK...!  The place is a HUGE complex of hotels, with the acres of atriums
> between them under glass.  (IOW, it's a site to behold.)
>
> >> If that's where it is, I've stayed in the AmeriHost just across the way.
> It's
> within walking distance, and is a fraction of the cost of Opryland Hotel.
>
> >> I've also had pleasant stays at Holiday Inn Express, on Elm Pike Rd.  If
> you
> have car transportation available, it's about 5 or 10 minutes from Opryland.
> Used to be around $70 - $90, awhile back.
>
> Just a quick reminder...  Part of the reason we had to raise COMMON's rates
> is
> because we've had to pay some VERY high attrition charges to the hotels
> when our
> room blocks weren't filled.  Staying at a close by 'cheap' hotel may seem
> attractive in the short run, but in the long run, if too many of you do it,
> we'll have to make up for it with higher and higher conference fees.  THERE
> IS
> NO FREE LUNCH!
>
> We do understand the need for including lower priced hotels as
> alternatives, so
> that you can use the COMMON housing bureau without paying extravagent
> rates, and
> we've instructed our staff to do their absolute best to meet that need.
>
> Our challenge comes from that fact that in most cites, the convention
> centers
> and the high-priced hotels work together as a team -- it is simply not
> possible
> for us to rent the amount of convention space we need without writing
> contracts
> with both the convention centers and the hotels -- they are only being sold
> as
> complete packages.
>
> Please consider working through the COMMON housing bureau if at all
> possible; it
> makes COMMON sense!
>
> Janet Krueger
> COMMON Treasurer
>
>
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