[Eg-oversight-board] EG2013 Conference Report 12.02.13

[Ben Hyman]

Hi all,

Evergreen 2013 Conference Committee Report:

-The full conference schedule is now posted: http://eg2013.evergreen-ils.org/schedule/

-120 conference registrants (58% of original target)

-99% of the room block is now booked (wahoo!). Priceline, Hotwire, Expedia and others are showing reasonable availability for nearby hotels, so at this point we do not plan to negotiate a secondary room block with another property

-$32,300 in sponsorship commitments/slightly less collected. (24% ahead of target)

-A/V addendum being hammered out this month; Catering addendum will come together once registrant figures firm up. Tony @ SFC is standing by for penultimate addendums in March.

-Budget; still planning within approved overall budget envelope, though registration numbers, catering and A/V are now expected to exert influence on revenues and expenditures. 
The local planning team meets Feb 20. I will bring revised budget targets to the Oversight Board by the end of February.   

-The local 100% voluntary planning team continues to do an amazing job - I'm really impressed!

Look forward to our call tomorrow.

Ben Hyman 
Managing Director | BC Libraries Cooperative
ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop | bc.libraries.coop
(tf) 1.855.383.5761 ext 1001

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