Re: 100th Anniversary Plans

[Gordon Carver <bb8712291@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

The last day of having a car, we went to a lovely bakery... Bought enough for two days ... 
>From home, Happy's backpack was full of 'food ': protein bars, candies, nuts, chips, crackers with peanut butter, drink mixes, - we never travel without some sort of nourishment. We also found a grocery store for our Dr Peppers, water and apples... Motto, "be prepared" . Missed not having a small frig...

The trip to Philly was disappointing, to say the least. Surely those school buses didn't send 8 people to the get tickets for their group...  When told there were no tickets available until 10:45, couldn't some arrangements have been made to have lunch a little later at Morris Arboretum?  What could have been better would have been to have a Philly Cheesesteak together someplace.  We got ours at the street food truck across from Independence Hall... 

Gordon

> On May 31, 2016, at 10:18 AM, andi rivarola <0b5865f51@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> 
> *Addendum to my list of items to be ready for a Convention.*
> 
> You may never have to step into a restaurant during a Convention if you do
> the following:
> 
> If you drive to it, bring a large cooler, like those for the beach or your
> son's/daughter's soccer game. Roll it into your room. There's plenty of
> FREE ice in each floor's ice machine. Buy groceries, including fruits,
> vegetables, bread, cheese, cold cuts, drinks, milk, yoghurt, etc. Place in
> cooler once the ice is in. That's it.
> 
> If you don't drive, bring one of those portable, foldable coolers made of
> flexible materials. Same as above, except place this on the room's shower
> to make sure no leakage on the room's carpet to avoid damage. (To buy
> groceries ask someone with a car, or car share on Uber).
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Andi Rivarola
> 
> 
>> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 7:00 AM, andi rivarola <andinsky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> A few thoughts:
>> 
>> 1- The way WiFi was set up with the Marriott during the Convention is this:
>> You accept the charges online when you sign up, but when you check out the
>> Internet charges are taken off your bill. So, Internet service is FREE to
>> all AIS Members.
>> 
>> 2- Food maybe a little on the high side, but it was good, and for most
>> people it's only an expense they need to incur for a few days.
>> 
>> 3- The Marriott offered FREE shuttle service to and from the airport.
>> Other hotels, while closer to town and/or shopping centers and restaurants,
>> may not offer FREE shuttle service.
>> 
>> 4- $114 daily hotel rate for our Convention rooms are super cheap,
>> considering we're a close to distance to NYC.
>> 
>> 5- Not sure how many people parked at the hotel, but when you have your
>> car and you're not using it you may want to find out about cheaper airport
>> parking lots at very close distance.
>> 
>> 6- There are many pros and cons considered when researching for a hotel in
>> the area that Paul worked on. A contract has been signed for 2020 with this
>> same hotel. I personally think that some issues, such as the slow service
>> during the Reception could be worked out with the Marriott. Besides that we
>> have a potential for doubling the attendance for 2020 and the availability
>> of meeting rooms is crucial. The Marriott has many meeting rooms, which is
>> a huge PLUS for our group.
>> 
>> 7- Took six Uber rides during the Convention. The cars were all excellent,
>> the drivers courteous and for most part very friendly. For instance, five
>> of us went to a restaurant 11.3 miles away from the hotel and paid one way
>> $15 for all five of us (potential for savings if you share a ride).
>> 
>> 8- Most hotels offer a refrigerator in the room for a charge. I didn't
>> really care for one, but if you do you may want to inquire about for 2020
>> and bring some groceries in. That saves a lot of $$$.
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> 
>> Andi Rivarola
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Anita Moran <
>> 00ed64da1@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I agree Dwayne,
>>> I spend the night at Wyndham half a mile away.  Parking was free, rooms
>>> much cheaper nice room, breakfast .
>>> 
>>> Lunch one the cheap at the current hotel was $15.00 +/-, parking
>>> $15-20.00 a day difficult to go out and back with out addition charges.
>>> Internet $15.00 a day?  Really internet is now free in most places because
>>> it is so cheap.  The people for the most part have been wonderful but there
>>> are too many charges beside room rate.On May 25, 2016 9:00 PM, Dwayne Booth
>>> <299597991@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> While this evening is still fresh in everyone's minds,B  I would like
>>> to open a
>>>> discussion about the convention hotel arrangements for 2020.B  We want
>>> that
>>>> year's convention to be a celebration of the Society's accomplishments
>>> and a
>>>> promising look forward into the next century.B  A way to make that more
>>> likely
>>>> to occur is to have a hotel that is an area of several hotels and eating
>>>> establishments so that members may attend and have choices that better
>>> fit
>>>> their needs and budgets than I have observed here at the Newark
>>> Marriott.B  I
>>>> do not feel our members were well served this evening for the costs
>>> that both
>>>> the Society and attendees paid.
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Dwayne BoothAIS Treasurer
>>>> 
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>> *Andi Rivarola*
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