For me the cost is not a problem in the sense that, because I am an
officer now, I can get my school to pay. However, it would be a major
problem if I was not in this position, particularly for Canadians with the
exchange rate issue. The Atlanta hotel was very expensive. One related
issue is the length of the conference. Every additional night adds real
cost. For many of us we do have to stay over a Sat night and that extends
the stay. I would be very interested in hearing from those who are not
attending as to whether cost is a relevant factor. When I do my invoices,
hotels, at least for the annual conferences, are the major item.
 
Sally
 
On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, Daniel Herron wrote:
 
> ALSB Members,
>
> I would like to intiate some discusison about our annual conference
> (and to some degree our regional conferences as well) in the area of
> the hotels.  Hotels are getting more and more expensive and I  fear
> that many of our members cannot attend both regional and national
> conferences due, in part, to this.  I know that for the August time
> period, we are looking at hotel rates in the low $100's ($105-125).
>
> One of the really big problems is that only larger (and more
> expensive) hotels have the breakout room space.  For our size of a
> conference (small-to-medium;  around 800 total room nights), we use a
> lot of space; hotels are reticent to give us that much space for our
> size (though they have done so without cost....so far).
>
> What are you thoughts? Is this an issue?
>
> Dan
>