[Conventioncommittee1] Monday Night reception - More?

[George Peters]

We've settled on pretty much everything, but one element comes to mind that
we haven't addressed.

 

Last year Idaho added an event the first night beyond just the casual dinner
after a reception. They arranged a boat cruise before the BBQ dinner. (They
did it previous time as well.) So, while they did save money on some aspects
of the convention - no keynote speaker, for example - this was not an
insignificant expense. (I have a call into him to ask about that.)

 

Similarly, when OLTA hosted last it was also at Skamania Lodge where we are
this year, and they did the full casual meal on the first night at the
Columbia Gorge Museum/Interpretive Center. This is just down the hill from
Skamania Lodge.

 

I just talked to them about that and they do offer their facility. It's not
cheap - $2,500 for up to 100 attendees (plus $9 per person over the 100
count). You have to arrange for catering. They have an arrangement with
Skamania Lodge for the catering, and there is no extra charge by the venue
for tables, chairs (which the venue has, but they don't set them up), set up
etc. That is, you pay Skamania for the catering (I haven't asked them about
it, but suppose their X $ per person is higher that just the food if it was
at the Lodge) but it includes the Skamania catering staff setting up the
tables, chairs, serving tables, etc. If you use another caterer, you not
only pay for the food, but pay extra to the venue to rent their tables &
chairs.

 

Anyway, I thought I'd throw this out there just so we can discuss it. We are
planning a more bare bones approach than what Idaho has offered - including
cutting out paying anything to Skamania for a Monday dinner.

 

Thoughts?

 

George

 

George Peters, WTP

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