Re: Hotel situation

"Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> Wed, 16 December 2015 17:25 UTC

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From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>
To: Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Hotel situation
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On 2015-12-16, at 18:11, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't know what Usenix is doing these days but back
> when I was heavily involved we always seemed to find
> hotels that could accommodate most attendees.

All of the USENIX meetings I'm familiar with are exclusively in the US.

>   But, they
> had a very, very skilled professional meeting organizer
> on staff rather than relying on a committee of volunteers.

We have very professional meeting organizers on staff. Our requirements are the issue.

Lars