I am not sure about 2018, but know for sure I can't go in August of this year.
Susan Vargas Murphy Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 3, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > (Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, IslandRoutes lists) > > The last genealogy conference in Salt Lake City, Utah was September 5-9, 2016 > (last year - week of American Labor Day). > > We'd like to have them about every 18 months, but sometimes the planning gods > are not on our side. > > Salt Lake hosts many large conferences. They host the genealogy kind > (RootsTech, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy), they host non-genealogy kind > (LDS/Mormon Conference, Comic Con), and they host business conferences (stuff > like the Western Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, for example). When > there's a big conference in town the hotel raises its rates as a "conference" > rate. And they make more money off of those than us. OK, they are business > that needs to maximize their profits. > > Originally, we wanted to aim for the spring of next year. I cannot really > begin negotiations with the hotel until a year out, but they know of the big > conferences. And those big ones are raining on our parade. > > So then we started looking at THIS YEAR again. The hotel has the week of > August 29-September 1st available. This is the week before American Labor > Day. (They don't have the week of Labor Day available - some big conference > chose Salt Lake as its host city). > > This makes the conference only 1 year away from the previous one. Will there > be enough interest to have it only 1 year later? It would be hosted by just > me and Rosemarie. We are unable to coordinate with Joao in September. We'd > have to try again with Joao in the spring of 2019 (he's in America in the > spring). > > Is the end of August and the beginning of September interfering with vacation > plans? Back to school plans? Too close to the other conference? > > Giving feedback is not agreeing to come. It's just giving me information on > planning. > Thanks, Cheri > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
