A few months ago I looked at hotel prices in Victoria with a view to a
potential conference. They were quite reasonable. I understand right
now that it is a difficult time because of the US dollar but we have
always dealt with these fluctuations and that should make the hotels
even hungry. Now, before anyone leaps in and says the Empress. No --
that will never work for us. But in the past Victoria (like Seattle)
was very underbuilt for hotels. It is not any more hence their
interest in hosting a conference such as ours.
I am traveling write now and have not checked to see whether this has
already been suggested. Only quick emails. I would encourage Victoria
over Vancouver for the same reasons as we chose Quebec over Montreal
many years ago. Members can easily combine the two cities but
Vancouver is the provincial capital and will be less well known to our
members and has a good deal of charm to it. It is easy for plane
connections and think of going to a conference by ferry (easy ferry
bus combo from the airport in Vancouver).
Just a suggestion.
Sally
Quoting Keith A Maxwell <[log in to unmask]>:
> Seattle was nixed about 10 years ago because of the very high hotel
> prices. Maybe there are more reasonable rates available now.
>
> K
> Keith A. Maxwell, J.D.
> Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Ethics in Business
> Nat S. and Marian W. Rogers Professor (Emeritus)
> University of Puget Sound
> Tacoma, WA
> http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/maxwell/home.htm (archived)
>
> Adjunct Professor of Business Law
> Dixie State College
> Saint George, UT
> https://www.dixie.edu/business/maxwell.php
>
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> From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
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> Subject: 2014 ALSB MEETING SITE ??? A NORTHWEST CITY
>
> SPEAKING OF WHERE TO HAVE THE ANNUAL MEETING IN 2014!
> 2012 KANSAS CITY, MO
> 2013 BOSTON, MA
>
>
> From a perhaps less than scientific study:
>
>
> The Worst 50 States in America
>
> <http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/7/2011/08/0818_50states_new.jpg>America! Who likes it? It's merely a schizophrenic jumble of 50 warring personalities all vying to be number one. But of course they can't all be. So which state is the best? And more importantly, which one isworst? Well, we've set out to determine just that. Welcome to the Worst States in
> America.
>
> Because we're nothing if not thorough, we'll actually be ranking all
> 50 states, starting today and continuing on through midweek next
> week. And lest you think that this is some totally arbitrary
> decision-making process, we've very scientifically polled the Gawker
> staff and had each person rank the states from 1.0-10.0 We averaged
> those votes and came up with an overall score for each state. Pretty
> professional stuff here. So, let's get started.
>
> ________________________________
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> 50. New York
>
> Oops! So much for being unbiased. Most of us at Gawker do, yes, live
> in this state. But that doesn't mean that it should be immediately
> excluded from being named America's least-worst state. It's pretty
> great!
>
> The Good: New York recently decided to jump on the glittery gay
> bandwagon andpass same sex
> marriage<http://gawker.com/5815458/new-yorkers-take-to-the-streets-to-celebrate-gay-marriage-vote/gallery/1> laws, putting it into a (dismayingly) small club of American states. Other than that, New York has the global cultural center that is Rochester New York City, there are lovely places like the Adirondacks and the Catskills that make for good vacationing and settings for movies about sexy dancing, and if you drive from one end of the state to another you can go from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. New York has it
> all!
> The Bad: Remember when a bunch of greedy New Yorkers ruined the
> economy of the Western world? Oops. And New York City and its
> immediate environs are quickly being overtaken by a bunch of
> so-called hipsters who are really just bourgeoisie yuppies in
> training<http://gawker.com/5828428/brooklynites-blessing-the-hudson-valley-with-hipness?tag=brooklyn>. There's an Ivy League death trap<http://gawker.com/5818206/two-more-cornell-gorge-deaths-bring-summer-total-to-4?tag=cornell> up in the Finger Lakes. And the less said about Buffalo and the North Country the
> better.
> Final Score: 8.39
>
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> 49. Massachusetts
>
> Small and stony land of liberalism, Massachusetts has a reputation
> for free-thinking intellectual types who vote left and think even
> lefter. Wicked pissah!
>
> The Good: As evidence of said liberalism, the Bay State was the
> first to legalize same-sex marriage, all the way back in 2004. And
> sports: the Red Sox are second in their division right now, the
> Bruins won the Stanley Cup (and caused destruction to our most hated
> enemy, Canada), the Celtics made the playoffs, and the Patriots only
> lost two games last season. Capital city Boston is full of smart
> people and colleges and universities, Cape Cod and the islands and
> the Berkshires are iconic vacation havens, and the furniture stores
> are also amusement
> parks<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%27s_Furniture>.
> The Bad: Boston, while certainly a Volvo-driving leftie mecca, is
> also notoriously racially segregated and class divided. And then
> have you ever driven 45 minutes outside of the city? Or been to Fall
> River or New Bedford or any of the mill towns out west that time has
> forgotten? Yikes. And back to those sports, Massachusetts fans are
> notoriously The Worst and you could probably have a nice baseball
> team too if you pumped millions and millions of dollars into it. Oh
> and bars close at 2am.
> Final Score: 8.04
>
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> 48. Hawaii
> 47. Vermont
> 46. California
> 45. Minnesota
> 44. Washington
>
> Home of coffee and rain, Washington State is one of America's best
> places to brood.
>
> The Good: There are pretty things to look at! There's the Puget
> Sound, Olympic and Cascades National Parks, the weird deserts of the
> eastern part of the state, the San Juan islands, and snow-capped Mt.
> Rainier. Seattle is also a fairly cosmopolitan city, home to Frasier
> and a(n admittedly dwindling) music scene. Washington is home to
> Microsoft and Amazon, useful if not entirely unevil corporations.
> Most importantly, of course, Washington is home to Bella Swann and
> the Twilightvampadventures, the most romantic story ever created by
> humans.
> The Bad: Starbucks launched its great global coffee takeover from
> Washington. Seattle has been scientifically proven to be one of
> America's most annoying cities. It rains all the time. Spokane is a
> weird
> place<http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Gay-sex-scandal-rocks-Spokane-1172730.php>. Did we mention it rains all the time? It rains all the time. And, again, it should be reiterated that Seattle is a very annoying
> place<http://gawker.com/5645263/tao-lin-foolishly-celebrated-as-a-genius-by-rain+soaked-latte-zombies>.
> Final Score: 7.05
>
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> 43. Oregon
>
> Washington's neighbor to the south, Oregon is a place you'll want
> to, uh, make a trail to.
>
> The Good: Portland is a great city. Full of artists and thinkers and
> other weirdos — it's the verdant farmers market of your dreams, an
> easy-to-live-in medium-sized city wherethe dream of the '90s is
> still alive<http://www.ifc.com/portlandia/>. There are also other
> great towns in Oregon like Ashland (home to the word-renowned Oregon
> Shakespeare Festival), hippie-filled Eugene, and the hilariously
> named Coos Bay. Ramona Quimby is from Oregon, which is also pretty
> significant. Plus there's lots of pretty Pacific Northwest
> nature-type places, from Mt. Hood to sprawling national forests.
> The Bad: Like Washington, it rains a lot. Hippies can get kind of
> annoying, as can farmers markets. And those pretty Pacific Northwest
> nature-type places? They can get kind of creepy if you get turned
> around on their dark and winding back roads. There's a huge
> earthquake coming any day
> now<http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_7b0e9762-3ff6-11e0-a952-001cc4c03286.html>. Also, once you leave Oregon you have to drive a whole hell of a long way until you get anywhere else, unless of course you drive north to Seattle, but who would want to do
> that?
> Final Score: 6.95
>
>
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