2014 AIS Convention

["pwgossett@juno.com" <pwgossett@juno.com>]

Dear Folks,

I have somewhat of a problem and I do not know what to do.  When the Iris Society of Dallas voted to change the dates of the 2014 AIS Convention from April 21 through April 26 to the new dates of April 5 through April 10, this created a conflict with the SLI Convention in New Orleans.

First off the 2014 AIS Convention in Dallas starts on Saturday, April 5 and the SLI Convention in New Orleans ends on Saturday, April 5.

I heard in Dallas this past Spring, several people were wanting to attend the SLI Convention in New Orleans.   But, I really don't know how many are planning on attending the SLI Convention in New Orleans.

Back at the Fall Board Meeting in Bedford, MA in 1998, the AIS Board of Directors held a discussion concerning an earlier convening date for the AIS Board meeting during the Spring National Conventions so as to enable those attending the meeting to participate in other scheduled activities.  After the discussion it is was decided to begin the new schedule at the 2000 AIS Convention in Dallas, TX.  So, since 2000, the AIS Board has been meeting on the first day of the convention and no other activities have been scheduled on that day.

I have been trying to figure a way to get around this but, since the AIS Board had agreed to make this change in 1998 and we have been doing so since 2000, I do not know what to do but ask for advice from the AIS Board.

My question to you.  Should I go ahead and schedule the the AIS Board Meeting to begin on Saturday, April 5, 2014 and meet on Saturday and Sunday or  move the AIS Board Meeting to start on Sunday, April 6, 2014 and meet on Sunday and Monday and run the AIS Board meeting at the same time as other meetings are going on?

By making a change, attendees may be arriving a day later thus the possibility of losing some of our guest room block on Friday night and maybe 1/2 of the guest room block on Saturday night.  I have already worked with the hotel to reduce the number of guest rooms for the 2014 Convention from what we had in 2013 and I am down to as low as the hotel will allow me to go.

Please help.


Thank you,

Paul 

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