ok so it's the location thing i "dislike", so maybe we can agree to use (say) the Hilton chain in NA, Europe and Asia... On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:50:48AM -0800, Michael Speer wrote: > Tim, > > Ah, I think you missed my point about this. If you can gaurantee a > hotel or a set of hotels > in a given location somekind of volume the pricing for the event goes > down. It allows > for pricing based on average attendance of all three meetings. > > Michael > > > > > Tim Chown wrote: > > >On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 11:06:55PM -0800, Michael Speer wrote: > > > > > >>1. Pick a place and have the meetings there 3 times a year banking that > >>one could get > >> volume discounts and pricing for usage of the hotel. Other > >>standards bodies have done > >> this and seems to have helped them to survive. > >> > >> > > > >i think on the contrary have 3 meetings but in north america, europe > >and asia each year to maximise audience. there are cheap places in > >europe, like madrid... > > > >tim > > > > >