Re: GWA Meeting Critique

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

Sheri -- Several people made separate reservations at alternative 
hotels, including one who opted to stay at a bed and breakfast in 
Valley Forge.

Some of us actually brought the hotel issue up at the board meeting, 
including a discussion about offering an alternative. It was decided 
that the attendees should seek out alternatives on their own. Part of 
that reasoning is that GWA needs to ensure a certain number of people 
will take the rooms at the conference hotel or GWA eats the cost.

If GWA offered an alternative, it would be cannabalizing its 
commitment in the primary hotel. At Plant Quest in Michigan, I opted 
not to stay at the hotel where there were rooms reserved for the 
event, but rather stayed at a less expensive place. So it's up to us 
to do that.

jems

>I know setting these things up takes a lot of work and everyone involved
>deserves a big thank you. I just wish there was a way those of us with
>smaller incomes could go. I think that was my main point.
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>Maybe GWA could offer two hotels (one cheap and one at the event) with
>transportation between the two. I don't know how much more work that would
>entail. It is just a suggestion.
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>I had a really bad experience in Chicago with the hotel. The bell boy
>trashed my camera and my laptop. The hotel refused to pay for it. I got sick
>during that week on top of it all which was really no one's fault.
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>I loved Don Fry but really wish we could have a "writing session" with him.
>I went really hoping I could learn a lot, which I did, but not near what I
>wanted.
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>It is hard to please everyone I know. I just wanted to see if there was a
>way for those of us who cannot afford to attend to still be "in the know" by
>receiving the info and/or samples even if we had to pay postage.
>
>As for the list - I know Lon set it up because GWA would not. I don't know
>about anyone else but the last few times I have posted (this time being an
>exception) I have not received any response except from Doreen who said she
>saw my post because I wondered if maybe no one was seeing them but me. :)
>
>Sheri
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Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
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