RE: COMMON conf room rates....

["Paul E. Fenstermacher" <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As long as we're talking about how expensive the conference has become how about we discuss the feasibility of moving COMMON, the corporation, out of Chicago.  Why is it there?  Why can't the offices be moved to a less expensive area of the country?  How about Rochester, MN.?  Kansas City?  There must be hundreds of locations where this struggling organization could be relocated.

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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:22 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: COMMON conf room rates....

Make it once a year and put it in Chicago where COMMON is located. Anyone
can reach Chicago from anywhere. It's CST, so it's easier to get to each
coast in a timely fashion. Chicago is a cool city with lots to do.

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> COMMON should stop moving it from place to place every year so they
> could negotiate much better terms and user's managers would not think of
> it as a resort conference to be given as a perk.
>
> Bryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> Nah...this stuff should have been negotiated a year ago...I'm just not
> impressed that COMMON still hasn't gotten the message about attendees
> needing properly priced rooms...even after the big BOM session at
> Reno...someone just doesn't get it.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:58 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> You could call the hotel and ask them
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:10 PM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: COMMON conf room rates....
>
> Anyone know why the room rate for the IBM tech conf was $142/night but
> for
> COMMON it's going to be $211/n.before taxes. ???
>
>
>
> Same hotel.  Same city..  why the $70 diff???
>
>
>
> Just curious..
>
>
>
> DR2
>
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