[23154] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Hotel Registration?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Kreifus)
Tue Nov 12 10:14:53 2002
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:13:34 -0500
Reply-To: Dan Kreifus <lordkreif@YAHOO.COM>
From: Dan Kreifus <lordkreif@YAHOO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
So with that being the case, we have to suck up the extra cost ourselves?
-Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Allen Stratton" <mark_stratton@yahoo.com>
To: "Dan Kreifus" <lordkreif@YAHOO.COM>; <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [APO-L] Hotel Registration?
> Brothers,
>
> The hotel contracted with us to give us "X" numbers of rooms at our $75
rate
> for December 27-30. They gave us that rate on "Y" number of rooms for 3
> days before and 3 days after.
>
> What has happened is some members have reserved SO many rooms (I have
heard
> at least one Section Chair say he has attempted to reserve TWENTY rooms)
> that we have exceed our block.
>
> The reason this happened is that the rooms in the block we had contracted
> were taken by people holding rooms. If those people were to release those
> rooms, we might be in better shape.
>
> I understand why Chairs and others are reserving so many rooms - the
problem
> is that now that people are trying to get their own rooms, they can't get
> them at the rate. That isn't the hotel's fault - it's the result of
actions
> that some of our members who are doing what they think is a good thing
(and
> it's not just Section Chairs - chapters are doing the same as well).
>
> So, I'd suggest that chapters talk with their Section Chairs to see if
those
> SCs have reserved rooms for the chapters and, if so, start working on
> getting those rooms reserved in the names of chapter members (or alumni or
> whatever the case is) and out of the SCs name.
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Kreifus" <lordkreif@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [APO-L] Hotel Registration?
>
>
> > I wouldnt really care if the pope was coming. It's not fair to give a
> group
> > rate for a certain time, then not for a different part of the time.
> > Especially if others got it the full time. I would completely
understand
> if
> > it was a day later, or the convention was over, but we are there til at
> > least the 30th.
> >
> > In LFS,
>
>
>
