Re: AIS:convention (long)
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AIS:convention (long)
- From: w*
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:03:02 -0600
- Priority: normal
From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
>
> I would like to see it scheduled so that you can get a decent airfare rate
> (meaning staying a Saturday night).
Linda, this is a very good point I left off, but I do consider it in
making my plans, and I wonder how many people do not attend a
convention for this reason. I have noticed over the years that many
AIS conventions have been scheduled to end on Saturday, your
Saturday stay-over required by the airlines, but Dallas does not
seem to fall into that category.
Currently, it begins on a Saturday
> April 15th. However, I have absolutely no need or desire to attend AIS
> "bored" meetings and like MOST folks are only interested in the garden
> tours. Therefore, my plan was to arrive the day of the welcome banquet
> (Monday) and leave for home the day after the Awards banquet. Since the
> airfare to do this is exorbitant I guess I either have to show up two days
> early (and twiddle my thumbs while paying for two additional nights hotel
> stay) or not go at all.
The sectional meetings often held the day of the welcoming
banquet are very good. That would occupy some of your time.
Not to mention that I will have to schedule an
> entire week off of work. Do the folks who schedule these things feel
> everyone who attends is either rich, retired, or in the iris business and
> can use the trip as a write off on their taxes? This kind of scheduling
> (poor, in my opinion) can really be a disadvantage to the iris enthusiast
> such as myself.
>
> Maybe I'm the only one this affects but I doubt it. I just wanted to
> express my opinion, Thanks!
>
> Linda Doffek
>
> I doubt that you are the only one!
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
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