Re: [802SEC] 802 Plenary registration fees
Buzz,
The question was asked at our meeting in New Orleans,
where the hotel room charge was $149/night, before
tax. I also note that the recently concluded wireless
interim meeting in Monterey carried a room charge
of $154/night before tax (as I recall). Thus, I think
that $150 is about the rate that people expect to pay.
It surely sits at a nice big spike in the data.
As I implied in my earlier messages, I'd love to
collect this data from a larger population. I am
grinding away on the tabulation, and rather than
send out more intermediate reports, I will wait
until I have it all tabulated, and then share the
report with the SEC. It's definitely more interesting
than the California gubernatorial race, which seems
to be a choice between hopeless and clueless.
Howard
Rigsbee, Everett O wrote:
>Howard, Be careful; the way you asked that questions folks were probably
>thinking of something like a Maui meeting. While folks might be willing to
>go $150-175 for someplace really special, I doubt they would be willing to
>do that for every meeting. If you had asked what would be the average
>amount you would choose to spend for a meeting hotel night you'd probably
>get something closer to $100-125.
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>No question, times are tougher now than they were just a couple of years ago
>and they may get worse before they get better. We need to tread lightly.
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>Thanx, Buzz
>Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
>Boeing - SSG
>PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
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>everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Frazier [mailto:millardo@dominetsystems.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 10:18 PM
>To: IEEE 802 SEC
>Cc: scarlson@hspdesign.com; 802info
>Subject: Re: [802SEC] 802 Plenary registration fees
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>Buzz,
>
>Of course, every one wants a FEEEEE Lunch. Too bad
>TANSTAAFL. Now that I see that lunch is important,
>I want to dive in to the question in greater depth. The choices
>you pose are all relevant.
>
>I am hooked on this survey now. I just tabulated the responses
>to the question:
>
> The most I can justify for one night's hotel
> accomodations at a meeting is (US $, before taxes, choose one):
>
>and, the survey says.......
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>$50 0 responses
>$75 0
>$100 10
>$125 28
>$150 61
>$175 17
>$200 25
>$225 1
>$250 3
>n/a 2
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>Seems like anything around $150 is acceptable, (the average is
>$156) which is interesting because I have recently gotten a bunch of emails
>telling me that "corporate policy is no more than $100/night"
>
>More results to come as the late precincts and absentee ballots are
>counted....
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>I expect everyone to take these results with a huge grain of salt. I ain't
>gonna jump to no firmly held conclusions based on this survey. I
>just thought I would share.
>
>Howard
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>Rigsbee, Everett O wrote:
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>>Howard, Interesting numbers. It will be fun to try and figure out exactly
>>what they mean. Here are some questions to ponder:
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>>1. Lunches run $15-20/person/day so you can swap the social for 1 day of
>>lunch. Do folks want to do that or are they pretty happy with the
>>do-your-own cash lunch deals which we do now and you have the option to do
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>a
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>>restaurant instead ?
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>>2. Are folks willing to ante up another $50 plus lose the social to get
>>lunches all week (M-Th) ? or $75 and keep the social ?
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>>3. Or do we do frugal lunches (e.g. box, salad bar, soup, etc.) for less ?
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>>Maybe there's a way to collect and tabulate further survey data as part of
>>our web reg process so we can resolve some of these points to more clarity.
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>>Thanx, Buzz
>>Dr. Everett O. (Buzz) Rigsbee
>>Boeing - SSG
>>PO Box 3707, M/S: 7M-FM
>>Seattle, WA 98324-2207
>>(425) 865-2443 Fx: (425) 865-6721
>>everett.o.rigsbee@boeing.com
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Howard Frazier [mailto:millardo@dominetsystems.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 9:13 PM
>>To: IEEE 802 SEC
>>Cc: scarlson@hspdesign.com; 802info
>>Subject: Re: [802SEC] 802 Plenary registration fees
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>>Steve Carlson, Mike Takefman, Tony Jeffree, and I conducted a
>>survey at our interim meetings in New Orleans. A copy
>>of the survey is attached. I haven't had time to tabulate
>>all of the responses yet, but this thread stimulated me to
>>tabulate the responses to the question we asked about
>>F&B. The results for this question are also attached.
>>Please keep in mind that we explicitly stated that this survey
>>applied only to our interim meetings, and that it was non-binding,
>>but that we would use it to help us plan future interims.
>>
>>From the chart in meeting_survey.pdf, I conclude that:
>>
>>A) Continental breakfast, morning coffee service, lunch,
>>and afternoon coffee service have overwhelming support. Our
>>members really want these services to be provided.
>>
>>B) Afternoon snacks have slightly positive but equivocal support.
>>
>>C) Hot breakfasts, dinner, and a mid-week social reception have
>>much more opposition than support. The first two seem obvious,
>>but the third surprised me. I won't, not even for a femtosecond,
>>suggest that this result reflects what all of 802 would say about
>>the Wednesday social during a plenary week, but I would suggest
>>that maybe it's time we asked the question. Socials are certainly a
>>large expense, and maybe we'd be better off redirecting the money
>>towards lunch. I find that it makes us more productive if every one
>>can stay near the meeting rooms for lunch, and get back to
>>the meetings quickly. The members we surveyed seem to agree.
>>
>>Overall, I think the survey went over well. From scanning
>>the responses, it seems like people took it seriously, and
>>gave it some careful thought. I know that it will help us plan our
>>next interim.
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>>Howard
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