RE: Congrads John Earl!

Don,

Thanks for your good wishes, as well as your (and others) thoughts about
what you want to see improved.  I know that room rates are a big issue for a
lot of folks (especially the independent members), but I don't yet see an
easy way out of that.  As I'm sure you already know, the hotels give COMMON
"free" use of the conference facilities in return for a guaranteed minimum
return based on rented rooms.  If the Hotel doesn't meet its revenue
minimums, then it charges COMMON a fee equal to the shortfall.  So it seems
that the "free" conference facilities have their own costs as well.  I'm
only a week into this, but I suspect that the die for Orlando may already be
cast.  If you have any ideas on how to lessen this burden, please let me
know.

Note to everyone:  Please keep asking, poking, prodding and demanding from
Me and from COMMON.  We need to know what is important, and what the value
of COOMON is perceived to be.

jte




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The PowerTech Group
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Seattle, WA 98032
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:08 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Congrads John Earl!
> 
> 
> Congrads to John Earl for his newly appointed position on the COMMON Board
> of Directors!
> 
> I'm not sure if COMMON's ready for you dude, but good luck!
> 
> Oh, btw, while you're there, you want to see what you can do about the
> room rates for the Orlando Conference and Expo in the fall?  According the
> the pages you're sent to from the COMMON main web page, the nightly rate
> in Orlando is $239/NIGHT....PLUS TAX...!
> 
> Good luck dude!
> 
> Don in DC
> 
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