Re: COMMON conf room rates....

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Make it once a year and put it in Chicago where COMMON is located. Anyone
can reach Chicago from anywhere. It's CST, so it's easier to get to each
coast in a timely fashion. Chicago is a cool city with lots to do.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> COMMON should stop moving it from place to place every year so they
> could negotiate much better terms and user's managers would not think of
> it as a resort conference to be given as a perk.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> Nah...this stuff should have been negotiated a year ago...I'm just not
> impressed that COMMON still hasn't gotten the message about attendees
> needing properly priced rooms...even after the big BOM session at
> Reno...someone just doesn't get it.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:58 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> You could call the hotel and ask them
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:10 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> Anyone know why the room rate for the IBM tech conf was $142/night but
> for
> COMMON it's going to be $211/n.before taxes. ???
>
>
>
> Same hotel.  Same city..  why the $70 diff???
>
>
>
> Just curious..
>
>
>
> DR2
>
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