Since we're piling on, I'll +1 this. I don't recall getting a hotel room the day of registration opening ever being such a huge issue as it has been. As a female, I prefer to be in the venue; it allows to meet as early or late as I want to, without having to worry about the walk "home", and the logistics that come with that. /S > On Dec 16, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 12/16/15 7:52 AM, Ted Lemon wrote: >>> Why are we continuing to have hotel issues meeting after meeting >>> after meeting after meeting? >> >> Because we can't force hotels to give us large allocations. > > We already have a list of hotels which will. > > Either meetings are important or they're not. If we're > going to continue to treat meeting participation as necessary, > we need to make it easier logistically. Instead we keep throwing > up barriers to participation. The closest overflow hotel > is nearly a mile from the Hilton - how's that going to work > out for people with limited mobility? I'm very happy having a > walk each morning and evening but I'll tell you that it can be > a huge PITA for breakfast meetings for people not staying > at the headquarter hotel. Getting work done should be one > of the primary considerations, here. > > Melinda