[19977] in APO-L
Re: What about this?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ellen Kranzer)
Mon Jan 25 14:10:22 1999
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 14:10:05 -0500
Reply-To: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
From: Ellen Kranzer <ellen_kranzer@HARVARD.EDU>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
At 11:07 AM 1/25/99 -0500, Jodie Kahn wrote:
>Having seen this debate come up a few years agon, the reason for holding
>the convention between Christmas and News Years is for many reasons.
>
>
>1. The week between Christmas and New Years is the only week that all
>schools have vacation. Since some schools are semesters while
>others are on Tri-mesters, when school is in session usually varies
>by they school. During the summer, different schools have different
>summer sessions thus, a few schools would always be in session.
>
>2. Students get summer jobs. When could you have the convention that
>wouldn't interfer with summer internships/jobs and when no school was in
>session.
And one more issue if we moved to summer -- cost. We get a very good deal
because most convention hotels and facilities go unused between Christmas
and New Years. Summer is peak rates in most of the country. The cost per
hotel room night would at least triple, possibly more depending on the part
of the countyr (for example, summer convention rates in
Boston/NY/Philly/Baltimore/DC run in the $200/room night range). In
addition, our costs for function space are likely to be higher and we'd have
to raise registration rates.
Y.I.S
Ellen c.c. Kranzer
Who has done way to much hotel shopping for conventions for other groups.
