At 9:46 PM -0700 3/16/05, Vasna Zago wrote:
Thirdly, I work at a university, and they don't do conferences anymore.
School runs year round. Students are in the dorms all year. There
are no extra
spaces, we barely have enough space for our own classes and staff, much less
renting precious
Some colleges do conferences, and some don't. The Pacific Northwest (USA)
regional conferences have been held at colleges.
Many mid-western colleges / universities would not hold summer conferences
because they are not air-conditioned (and I can tell you that most of us
wouldn't enjoy that
In a message dated 3/16/2005 11:33:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's but a *single* obstacle (as far as I've heard) to organising
IOLI Conferences on U campuses: the elder membership (the majority of
attendees) is disinclined to *walk* from one building to
Hi everyone
Yes, this is a most interesting thread - one should certainly never take
for granted the volunteer effort behind the lace
conventions/conferences/seminars/gathering-things.
The first task for any organizer is to identify the choices of 'where'
then eliminate by 'too' - such as too far
On Mar 16, 2005, at 19:50, Janice Blair wrote:
I have been to all conventions, except Puerto Rico, since the one held
in Ann Arbor. I have no recollection of staying at a 5 star hotel and
some of them would be lucky to receive 3 stars!
$100 per night is sky-high for some of us, no matter how
On Mar 16, 2005, at 19:50, Janice Blair wrote:
I have been to all conventions, except Puerto Rico, since the one held
in Ann Arbor. I have no recollection of staying at a 5 star hotel and
some of them would be lucky to receive 3 stars!
Tamara wrote:
$100 per night is sky-high for some
Thirdly, I work at a university, and they don't do conferences anymore.
School runs year round. Students are in the dorms all year. There are no
extra
spaces, we barely have enough space for our own classes and staff, much
less
renting precious classrooms out to conferences. Universities
On Mar 16, 2005, at 23:46, Vasna Zago wrote:
Geesh, Tamara, sometimes there's no making you happy, eh? ;-
On the contrary... I'm easy to please, as long as my pocket-snake
(which bites whenever I dip im my pocket for cash) remains sleepy... :)
Mild as milk and twice as bland - that's me :)
