[Eg-oversight-board] EG2013 Conference Report 12.02.13

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Conference site and sessions look great, Ben!

Lori


On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Ben Hyman <ben.hyman at bc.libraries.coop>wrote:

> 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
>
> Join us in Vancouver April 10-13, 2013 for the Evergreen International
> Conference
> eg2013.evergreen-ils.org/ | Follow us on twitter @egcon2013
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