Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-05 Thread alba toscano
I'm taking everybody's comments and making a shaken-not-stirred cocktail: Collegedale, 7th-day Adventist College, Tennessee, Vegetarian. How's that sound? Besos Alba T. Sinagoga "La Javura" Valencia (E-spain) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and ar

Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-05 Thread Sonia Kozlovsky
Baltimore would be a great venue. although at the moment I can't speak about the expense. The Pearlstone may not be big enough. Many suggestions have been made about using a college campus. Univeristy of Maryland, College Park has a Kosher dining facility that may be worth looking into. Sonia

Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-05 Thread Steven Bernstein
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.

Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-04 Thread fredisaac
Tracy -- I'm now in Israel, so have not been keeping close tabs on the discussion. You do make a wonderful point. We have been trying to keep the costs down in a variety of ways, as I can tell you from several perspectives. \we are now looking for a place to hold the 2007 Convention, and h

[ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-03 Thread Daniel Stuhlman
Just a thought-- Has AJL ever considered holding the convention at a resort? The JCC of Chicago has a resort, Perlstein Resort and Conference Center, in the Wisconsin Dells that is strictly kosher year-round. The cost of the room (about $100/night) includes three kosher meals. I don't know

Re: [ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-01 Thread Susan Dubin
One of the issues in deciding where to hold a Convention is finding a city with enough AJL members who are willing to volunteer to put it together. So far, we seem to find these volunteers around the larger cities which tend to have more expensive accommodations. Another consideration is Kashrut. S

[ha-Safran]: RE: Cost of Conventions

2005-07-01 Thread Tracy Z. Maleeff
I am grateful that these sentiments are being expressed. I'm just starting out my career in librarianship and have to pay for activities such as conventions on my own. There are a variety of reasons why someone may not have the funds to attend an AJL conference, and the proverbial ball field