Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:56:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Nelson <nelson_mr at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Trees... forest....
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

--- Michael Walsh <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> >SECOND FLOOR (Ballroom level)
> >
> > - Put the dealers' room in Potomac (was con suite)
> > - Close off Chesapeake III and use it for con ops or
> >    program items (dealers' room was in I, II, & III)
> > - Use Chesapeake I for main program (250 seats)
>
> Playing Devil's Advocate here:  pillars, see:
> http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/floorplans.jhtml?ctyhocn=DCASSHF
> Perhaps too much obstructed view?

Yeah... the hotel says you can fit 250 chairs in Chesapeake I
in a "theater style" seating arrangement.  Realistically we
might get, say, 180 seats, which would still be twice the
number they say will fit in Counsel.

> > - Use Chesapeake II for freebie tables, etc. and
> >    as the entrance to Chesapeake I
> > - Use Severn and Annapolis for program rooms
>
> I should note that Annapolis and Severn were last minute freebies
> from
> the hotel.

Hopefully we can get them again.

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