RE: 100th Anniversary Plans

["Howie Dash" <fd6bd32d1@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

Yes, one night when I was running from meeting to meeting I didn't have time to sit down and eat.  I picked up a Caesar salad from the gift shop.  Was $14.95.  No doubt highway robbery.  I certainly thought the hotel was a good value at $114 per night, but it was the incidentals that was a problem.

I certainly hope to be back for 2020 but I hope we can smooth out some of the problems.

Howie Dadh

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On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Susan Boyce <100T@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:

Even though I was only there for 2 days and 3 nights, I had also had a
price shock story. I went to get a cold, already prepared sandwich from the
gift shop and to my shock it came to $18.19. I told them no thank you and put
the sandwich back. In my opinion $18.19 for a cold sandwich is highway
robbery. The morning that I left, 3 other convention attendees were on the
same shuttle (at 4am) going to the airport to get breakfast as they could not
afford the prices that the hotel wanted for breakfast. It is a shame that
some our iris visitors had to get up and go early to get an affordable
breakfast. I wonder if there are some who went without meals as they could
not afford the extremely high prices, that did not fit their budget for this
trip? Also another thing to ponder, how many convention attendees will not be
returning to attend the 2020 convention because of their bad experiences from
this convention?Susan Boyce > To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org> Subject:
[AISdiscuss] 100th Anniversary Plans> Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 18:00:07 -0700>
From: 299597991@rewrite.aisboard.org> > While this evening is still fresh in
everyone's minds, I would like to open a> discussion about the convention
hotel arrangements for 2020. We want that> year's convention to be a
celebration of the Society's accomplishments and a> promising look forward
into the next century. 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. 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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