Re: COMMON conf room rates....

[Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don...you would be staying 10 miles away from the conference anyway...

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> With all due respect to you and Chicago, NO WAY to Chicago, Boston or
> NYC...the cities are just TOOO expensive to warrant going there.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:22 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> 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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