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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Sally Gunz
Sent: Sun 8/9/2009 2:29 PM
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Subject: Re: Suggesstion



I suspect poor Lucien and the rest of the Exec. must be feeling a little
under siege by now. The meeting was fine and clearly the result of a ton
of work over several years. I have no doubt this is much appreciated by
all of us and certainly me.

Cost is a concern and while we can discuss hotel charges, in truth the
most significant variable is the number of days we have to be in a
hotel. I just checked the American Accounting Association web site and
if we ignore their CLE days (2 days of seminars ahead), the entire
conference -- which is, by the way, huge -- is completed in 3 days. I
believe the other major conferences are the same. I think we should be
trying to make this our target too since not only does our way become
very costly but it also means many people are not attending the entire
conference at present. Now, I am as guilty as any other program chair
for not addressing this issue. But I think it is bite the bullet time --
and if it means we have to do things a little differently, then we
should.  One major difference would be increasing the number of papers
in each session. In both 3 paper sessions I was in or moderated, we had
lots of spare time. Minimum of 4 works just fine.

So thanks Lucien. You did a great job. To future program chairs, see if
you can do some pruning -- even if a whole bunch of us weren't able to
do it in the past!

Sally


Elliot Axelrod wrote:
> Congratulations Carol on you election as new national officer.
> 
> After seeing Bill's note, a suggestion comes to mind, not about hotel
> rates, but about the physical facility. For 2012, please consider a
> hotel that is 'brighter and cheerier" than the Denver Marriott. My
> issue with the Denver Marriott was that everything - registration,
> breakfast, publishers' displays, cocktail party, luncheon, banquet,
> breakout rooms, etc. was underground. This, as opposed to the hotels
> in Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco and others, where the
> activities were based on the main or second floor balconies, which
> were bright with windows and in some cases, like Long Beach, with
> outdoor patios for breakfast and the cocktail party. Another
> suggestion, but to me not as important as the first, is that an
> outdoor pool would be nice.
> 
> Best wishes to all,
> Elliot
> 
> Professor Elliot Axelrod
> Chairman, Department of Law
> Zicklin School of Business
> Baruch College/City University of New York
> One Bernard Baruch Way
> New York, NY 10010
> Box 9-225
> (646) 312-3570 fax (646) 312-3571