[Deptheads] Sheraton info

[Evil5757 at aol.com]

Honestly, in all of the conventions I have done I have NEVER run into a  
parking situation as bad as we are going to have and I have no suggestions as to  
how to handle it.  Any new attendee who has picked up a flyer and decides  to 
try us will DEFINITELY remember how bad parking was and it will affect their  
decision to come back.  When you go to a larger convention, it is  actually 
normal to have to walk/travel a fair distance from your hotel or  parking area 
to the convention hall (2 or 3 blocks on average).  When we  had Origins in 
Philadelphia, it was literally 1 mile of walking from the closest  hotel to the 
convention site and everyone walked it every day, so IF we had the  parking 
area, it could be done.  With this situation, we don't even have  that.  I 
haven't heard this mentioned, but where are the dealer's going to  be able to park 
their vans and trucks to offload everything?
 
The Sheraton is not the long term answer for our growth potential, but if  we 
stay at the Rad our growth will be non-existent.  The chart they gave  for 
the room sizes is a bit deceiving, as some of the room we appear to be able  to 
use is lost in pillars and so forth.
 
My suggestion is to sign with the Sheraton for Sept 2008 through all of  
2009, work towards the Hilton in 2010.  This convention, all department  heads 
take time to go to the Sheraton and look at each of the rooms so you can  see 
which have airwalls, which have dead space, etc.  We need one person to  take 
pictures of each room and post them for reference later on.
 
John
 



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