Re: COMMON - new "non-conference hotel registration rate"

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Then you pay the non-conference hotel rate.

COMMON gets charged for not filling up the rooms that they said they would 
at the hotel.  COMMON uses this commitment to get discounts on meeting 
rooms and equipment.  This is the "reward" to those who have been loyal 
and stayed at the conference hotel to help defray the cost.

And I am sure that COMMON doesn't want the expense of hiring detectives to 
see if you are really staying at your daughters or at a non conference 
hotel.  And they shouldn't care.  They get dinged for the expense either 
way.  You either help to defray this expense by staying at a conference 
hotel, or you pony up the extra $100.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 





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From: <rob@xxxxxxxxx>

> Just in case you are thinking of attending COMMON and staying in other 
> hotels COMMON is now charging $100 extra to register if you stay at a 
non 
> conference hotel.  (I assume that also applies if you live across the 
> street from the venue.)  So on a 5 night stay your room should save you 
> $20/night just to break even.
> 

what if I live in town and need a hotel? (or I say so, or claim I stay at
my daughter's?).