On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 04:19:17AM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> 19:07 < darst> dc12_net = -21k$ + 3-5k$(more attendee fees?) +
> food_cost_savings + "other costs"_inaccuracies
So, this is embarrasing, but there was a long-standing error in the
budget spreadsheet (not summing everything; I never
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Richard Darst wrote:
> But, another, perhaps easier to do idea: if people don't show up, see
> if you can resell those rooms to other people that want a place to
> stay? I realize this will take a significant amount of work...
might or might not - it's good to po
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 02:33:09PM -0600, Henning Sprang wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Richard Darst wrote:
> > b) try to negotiate with hotels to be able to reduce
> > costs from things like people not showing up or leaving early (big
> > one! maybe booking extra seminole rooms will
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Richard Darst wrote:
> b) try to negotiate with hotels to be able to reduce
> costs from things like people not showing up or leaving early (big
> one! maybe booking extra seminole rooms will provide a chance to
> negotiate better terms).
Sadly, the hotel conditi
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 08:13:22PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> agreed. see last budget thing in irc... (search "surplus" our "net") but
> let's try to cut costs wherever we can. we are deep into the dc11
> surplus. maybe negotiate flexibility?
>
> 10k or 5k more would require thought...
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