Hi All,
    I thought the meeting was fantastic.  Lucien, Dan, and others
deserve vast praise!  Sure, we all want the overall costs for each
participant to be the lowest that are practical, given a number of
factors.  But I know that the program planners did their very best.     
    The only thing I found annoying, and I am certainly NOT blaming
anyone except Marriott for this, was the lack of free Internet access
anywhere in the hotel (even for people staying at the hotel, and even
for so-called Marriott Rewards Club members).  I found some nearby
free-access spots, but it would have been nice to have had that access
in the hotel itself.
	In the grand scheme of things, though, 'tis a minor complaint.
	Again, it was a great time in Denver.  Thanks, Lucien and Dan!

		Robert       

Robert W. Emerson
Huber Hurst Professor of Business Law 
Chair, Department of Management & Legal Studies
Warrington College of Business Admin.
University of Florida


Dear Fellow ALSBers,
The rate for the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans for 2011 is $149 plus
taxes. The hotel provides all the meeting space at no extra charge.
Also, as Dan Herron noted during the annual meeting in Denver, the
conference registration fee covers only about 50% of the actual cost of
the meeting and included events, such as the plenary lunch, continental
breakfasts, and banquet. 
Best,
Connie

Constance E. Bagley
Professor in the Practice of Law and Management
YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Shaw
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 12:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Congratulations Carol

Congratulations Carol on your election to your new ALSB office.  There
is one
observation I want to register early in your tenure.  That's the 
matter of hotel
rates at the conference you will host a few years out.  We can no 
longer afford
the new officer a "vanity" selection in his/her regional.  There a 
lot of hotels
hurting to fill their rooms, and there is no reason to be paying the 
rates of this
year's conference.  I hope Janine and Connie get the message as well, or
we
will see our members opting for Hotels.com, Expedia, and other web sites
that
will find comparable rooms at lower rates.  This flight to more 
affordable rooms
will undermine the Academy's commitment to the designated hotel.

This would be a good time to reveal to our members the rate for the
Richmond
hotel, and to review plans for the 2011 meeting.

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>Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:45:07 -0500
>To: ALSB,
>From: Bill Shaw <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Conference hotel rates
>
>I written to the Executive Committee regarding the hotel rates in 
>Denver . . .
>rates that I regard as exorbitant.   Perhaps I'll get an explanation
soon.
>If you agree that $169/night is overmuch, you might address the
Committee
>as well, and try to make sure it doesn't happen again.  Maybe the new
>officer, Carol or Dan, will take this issue seriously, and I expect
Janine
>will find affordable rates in Richmond (2010).