[idaho-connection] Results of 2/24 meeting with Kristy Pew

[Christopher Gray]

Yes, this is extremely positive news.

Chris

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Lori Motis wrote:

> Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
> This is all great news!
> I will be letting as many people know as I can. Also, what time was the
> Friday evening before get-together? All sounds great.
> Lori
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> Lori AKA Food Lady
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> From: idaho-connection-bounces at acb.org
> [mailto:idaho-connection-bounces at acb.org] On Behalf Of Carol Baron
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:43 PM
> To: idaho-connection at acb.org
> Subject: [idaho-connection] Results of 2/24 meeting with Kristy Pew
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I met with Kristy Pew, Director of Catering, Boise Hotel and Conference
> Center, this morning and here's what we have finalized at this point:
> 1.  Hotel will provide an alternate room on the ground floor of the hotel
> for the Friday night reception from 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. (same room used for
> last year's event in Boise).  They will put round tables with tablecloths,
> chairs and serving table in the room.  Room capacity is 30+ people.  We can
> either have the hotel provide food and beverages on an "as consumed" basis
> (so much per can of soda, etc. consumed) or we can bring in our own food and
> beverages for a nominal room clean-up fee (<$25.00).  Kristy will reduce the
> rate for this room from what we were paying for the Coeur d'Alene
> hospitality suite and work with us based on our budget.  Kristy will send
> the details to Berl in an e-mail this evening.
> 2.  We have the Cascade meeting room in the conference center set up
> classroom style from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 3/26, for $100.00.
> Room capacity is75-100 people.
> 3.  Lunch will be served and will be a box lunch or sandwich smorgasboard
> ($8.25/person, if I recall correctly).  Continental breakfast of danish,
> muffins, bagels will be available at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday in the Cascade
> meeting room with water and coffee available all day long.  Kristy suggested
> that going ala carte with the breakfast would be the least expensive way to
> do it (danish, muffins, bagels by the dozen rather than per individual as
> described in the "Breakfast" section of the menu).  These items would remain
> in the meeting room until the end of the morning break so no additional
> charge for morning break food/beverage service.  I told Kristy that we have
> a $100.00 sponsor for something and she said that we could use that $100 for
> either the afternoon break or for the continental breakfast.  She asked that
> Berl and I look over the menu she sent and decide what we want to do for the
> afternoon break - she has recommendations for a variety of food items
> suitable for that break and will work with us to get the best deal for our
> budget.
> 4.  .Complimentary WI-FI is available for internet connectvity for anyone
> with a WI-FI card in their computer.  There are a limited number of
> electrical outlets in the exhibit area, but extension cords and power strips
> will be provided at no charge as long as we give advance notice of how many
> we need.
> 5.  Complimentary podium is provided, but all A/V equipment is rented
> through a local company.  Kristy thought microphoes were $30.00 for corded
> and $50.00 for cordless.  She said that if we need a mixer board, etc. that
> we would need to work that out with the A/V company.  I stayed away from
> that discussion due to my ignorance on that subject.
> 6.  The exhibit area lobby is right outside of the Cascade meeting room, but
> we can configure it any way we would like.  We would need to work with their
> set-up crew the day before to be sure it is arranged the way we want it to
> be.  I can do this because of being local and in relatively close proximity
> to the hotel.  I believe we can configure this area in  such a way as to
> minimize extraneous noise in the meeting room.
>
> Other questions:
> 1. Darrin and i are in the process of confirming the four presenters (ICAT,
> Apple-Mac store, Talking Book Library, ICBVI).  Darrin has confirmation from
> the Mac store (Erik), I have a meeting tomorrow with Sue Walker at the TB
> library, Darrin has sent e-mail to ICAT for confirmation of their
> presentation and Darrin and I will make a brief presentation to the ICBVI
> Board meeting next week (2/24) and ask them to present at the March event at
> that time.
> 2.  We thought that Chris Grey would do a presnetation on diabetic self-care
> adaptations that could be done during the 45-minute exhibit session for
> anyone interested.  This way it would not be a concurrent session at any
> time while other presenters were presenting.  Unfortunately, Chris is not
> available on 3/25-26 so this is no longer an issue.
>
> With these things now in place I beleive we can get the word out and Lori
> would be safe in announcing this at the Eagle peer support group meeting on
> 2/20.  We can repost the agenda that was developed during the planning
> committee meeting two weeks ago and anyome wanting to share the information
> could.  I also believe the Outreach Comittee is safe in developing a plan
> and gettinng the word out ASAP.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions - I'm going to go eat some
> dinner now!
>
> Carol
>
>

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