At 12:00 PM 5/26/98 -500, you wrote:
>REMINDER:
>
>There has been some confusion regarding our hotel rate.  We are
>paying $105 (U.S.) pernight single or double to the Westin Hotel.
>
>When making your reservation, either use the form in the newsletter
>or make sure that you tell them you are with the Academy.  There
>should be no question about the $105 rate.
>
>**Note..this is well below the standard rack rate of $200+ per night
>and well less than the $150+ per night other Academic groups are paying in
San
>Diego this summer.


How do you do it?  This reminded me that I was looking into Austin as a
possible site
for 2001.  I have a friend who works at the Four Seasons.  We can't afford
them, but she
believes that we could get a good hotel for less than $120, given our
convention.  How
should I proceed?



Frank Cross
Herbert D. Kelleher Professor of Business Law
CBA 5.202
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712-1175