On 8/29/2011 8:01 AM, Henk Uijterwaal wrote:
If we want more flexibility in order to find better hotel deals, then we have
to do something like: dates are fixed approximately 1.5 years out, and we do
not mind having meetings back-to-back with other organizations on the clash
list.
As we have been told for many years and experienced directly, hotel schedules
become crowded 2-3 years ahead of time. That means we must fix our dates
farther ahead than we have been doing. 1.5 years essentially guarantees our
having very limited choice.
This is one of the reasons for the recent move to target having a contract 3
years ahead of time. However this year is transitional, so we are still
suffering from having contract negotiations too close to the event.
As I understand it, the class list also is very much a factor in planning far
ahead.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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