meaning in order to keep the registration rates as cheap / low as possible, I
need people to stay at the host hotel / venue
so, the Marriot as a facility is 10x better and much more professional than the
Holiday Inn (which isn't a bad place, but the Marriot is REALLY nice). It's a
4-star facility with all sorts of wonderful amenities...However, WISPs are
cheap, so the fundamental question is whether people are willing to pay $139 /
night for a hotel room, or if presented with that option, will stay across the
street at the Holiday Inn for $99 / month -- if I don't fill the room block,
I'm on the hook potentially for another $5,000 - $10,000 for venue rental /
extra fees -- so I need to make up the deficit somehow by getting people to
stay at the hotel, or by going to a cheaper hotel.
That said, the other option would be to run things like a normal conference
and make up the difference by charging $395 - $595 for admission...but I'd
like to keep admission as low as possible
-Charles
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pleasevote
Meaning we have to register for the hotel too or meaning you're working with
a hotel for lower rates?
--
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: Charles Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:59 PM
Subject: [WISPA] WiNOG September 29-30 Conference - Venue Question -
pleasevote
WiNOG Chicago – September 29-30, 2008
Scheduled the same week of WiMAXWorld 2008, WiNOG will augment the WiMAX
World program by providing focused sessions detailing fixed 802.16d WiMAX
deployment experiences in the 3.65 GHz band. In order to keep the cost of
the event as low as possible (we are targeting a $95 network operator
registration rate), we are going to tie in conference registration with a
hotel reservation.
Currently, we have the following options available for a venue
Holiday Inn Willowbrook: $99 / night
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/chiwb;jsessionid=LTGKSSXV5H4EYCTGWAJSJ0QKM0YBIIY4?_requestid=381084
Marriot: $139 / night
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chisw-chicago-marriott-southwest-at-burr-ridge
Basically, the question boils down to whether the Marriot is worth spending
an extra $40 / night for a nicer venue. Please click the link and put out
your vote in below.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wAgmX046SaRWhUl_2bT6_2f3Lw_3d_3d
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