I have chaired an IOLI convention in Rockford where we managed to keep the cost of the Arachne lunch down to $20. I did mention in my last email that the I am aware that the cost covers the room as well as food and service. I am not attacking Portland as I appreciate how much hard work it is to put on a convention of this size and length.
I wrote to the next hosts asking them to try to keep the costs down, that is if they are planning on providing Arachne with a meeting place. The Maryland guild did not have it on their agenda and are looking into it. This is the second year we are charged $35 for lunch and I did not want it to be taken as a price that becomes the norm. I also explained that all we required was a room, preferably with a podium for announcements. We do not need a speaker like last year, because we just want to get together in an informal situation and get to know each other better. Just the opportunity to put faces to names. LA would have been impossible to find a restaurant in close proximity of the hotel but we could find a lot less expensive food in their restaurants. How do other Arachnes feel about costs for our get together? Maybe this should go to Chat rather than take up more space on Lace. Janice Janice Blair Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest of Chicago, Illinois, USA www.jblace.com http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Unless you have chaired a large convention, and dealt with a large hotel, you probably don't realize what a meal costs in that environment. Also realize that part of the price is the room cost, as well as the food and the service. Unless the group wishes to change the format of future Arachne meetings to a non-food event, or schedule it outside the hotel, expect the price to be similar in the future. You will not find a fast food price in a commercial hotel setting. Alice in Oregon Host guild member and Display chairman Apr 9, 2010 06:36:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>I also wrote to the 2011 and 2012 convention hosts asking them to try to keep >>the cost of the luncheon down, as I know some people did not attend last year >>because >>of the expense. I think our numbers were down in 2009 because the California >>meals >>were so expensive. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
