Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 04:32:01 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave 2005: Date and Hotel information;
  website changes
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

At 04:42 PM 2/16/05, ccah at earthlink.net wrote:
>Elspeth and Mike,
>   Thank you all for your hard work: this was a long road, but I know all
> of WSFA appreciates the time and effort you put into making CapClave a reality.

Danke, and very much so.  I'd started to add 'it was nothing' but this one
took a bit out of me; it's not just something we can get by on for now but
something we can build on, establishing a baseline of the things that are
simply a given.  Such as a consuite where we can serve snacks and soda,
2,600 sq. ft., rated at 250 people for a reception.  By comparison, the
space we had for the consuite last time we were at the Hilton was 1,088 and
rated for 80 people.  It's not the old DisCave but . . . We have the
appropriate clauses such that they can't apply service charges there, and
with the agendums attached and initialed and the appropriate clauses they
can't increase other costs more than the base rate plus a stated percentage
for next year.  And there's more.

Not easy, but worth it.  We have a solid home to build on, now all that
needs to be done is for WSFA to do it -- and that we can.  Bob has the info
to give a financial statement soon, Sam's working on publicity, Mr.
Nelson's done a flyer that I keep open to admire, Mr. Walsh and Colleen are
bringing folks in, Walter is coming up with more ideas for programming and
what we can do with our 'Town Square' of a consuite, Scott has been
recruited to add his new ideas to Walter's, et cetera et cetera and things
are brewing.

And I just pulled up the website for Capclave 2005.  I didn't get the text
exactly right but . . . wow.  And 'wow' even without the new
background.  Although I finally have the signed contracts on my desk I
wasn't going to believe this phase was done until I saw it online.

Now that I have there's a chance that I may stop waking up at night in a
dead sweat.

Elspeth