I announced on another thread that I did set the dates: Tuesday, August 29th, through Friday, September 1st.
I got a hold of the Family History Library (FHL) to inquire about their computer lab. Now that I have the times, I can work on the schedule. I will start a new post about registration being open some time this week. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Mary <[email protected]> wrote: > I am seriously thinking about going. Looked at airline schedules and its > doable. I would like a little more information about what to expect. > Mary > > On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 2:02:49 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello 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.
