I also like Aviva's idea of varying the convention every few years. I do not believe that the cost of CAJE is evidence that having our convention on a college campus is not less expensive. Comparing CAJE to AJL is like comparing apples to oranges. CAJE is a much larger organization than ours. Their convention is much larger than ours. They have a 16 member professional staff who work in an office in midtown Manhattan. Running their organization costs a minimum of a million dollars annually. A million dollars must come from somewhere, right? It comes from dues and convention fees. The reason CAJE has their conventions on college campus is because it allows the membership to spend less money on lodging so that they can spend more money on keeping CAJE in operation. I think that the best thing to do would be to ask the convention coordinator at CAJE for details about what is involved both financially and logistically with holding a convention on a college campus.
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