[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fwd: Re: Helms Briscoe????
- From: Pdragon4@xxxxxxx
- To: hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 22:51:32 EDT
In a message dated 5/19/2007 6:15:17 PM Central Daylight Time,
hckryhillgsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Could you then list the hotels that were deemed "not what we needed" and
those that have been selected as "what we need" Also, if the board approved
hiring Helms and Briscoe and it does prove to be true that some hotels were
"not what we needed"..then perhaps there needs to be a lesson learned here
about "rubber stamping" requests and authorizations at Board meetings. Also
again was this new "site visitation" approved by the board, did all the
Board know about it, if not who authorized it and who is paying for it.
Christine
hello christine,
i do not have the list in front of me for the hotels that didn't work. a
couple didn't have enough grass and they were in an area with warehouses and
had no restaurants nearby, one was old & run down, and another said they
didn't have a contract with helms briscoe & would not give us a special rate.
if
you really need the names of those hotels i can look them up for you. just
let me know. i don't know if the helms briscoe reprsentative & joan had seen
these hotels or not. all i know is that this plan didn't work out & i see no
need to make the same mistake again.
as to this new "site visitation" that is not what it was. each year the
national show chairman has to make a couple of site visits to work out the
details so the national can run smoothly. everything cannot be done by phone.
this was one of nanci's trips. i am nanci's assistant & go with her on at
least one trip (at my expense). i don't know who paid for lew's trip -- he
may
have done that out of his own pocket too. you'll have to ask him about that.
we met with the people at the site to work out where everything will go &
what our needs are, we met with sod people to get estimates, we met with
caterers, florists, the convention & visitors bureau to get them involved in
helping
us, we spoke with the shuttle service that will get people from the airport
to their hotels, i know i have left out some of our appointments -- i just
can't remember who else we saw. oh yes, we went to each hotel -- we always do
that so we can meet the managers & let them know who we are in case they have
questions about how to deal with our members & their dogs.
these trips are done at a minimal expense -- the hotel comps a room, and the
caterers & cvb usually pick up the tab for several meals. the cvb also
usually provides all our transportation too. in colordo the WONDERFUL ROCKY
MT.
CLUB provided out transportation (thanks patty & mike), paid for some of our
meals (thanks to the whole club) and had a special meeting so we could get
together with their members and they could find out how they could work for
OUR
club (we all owe them thanks in advance for the work they will do). ask the
st. louis club about how much work the local clubs do (thanks st. louis club)
for a national.
and as to the hilton (who gave us an awesome rate by the way) lew did
negotiate with them and they won't sue us. the contract said we needed to
rent at
least 50 rooms to fulfill our new contract -- not that they would only rent
50 rooms to us. the manager said he would love to rent the whole hotel to us.
so if you called & were told the rooms were all gone -- call back. that has
been worked out.
ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS & SPREAD RUMORS. GET THE
FACTS FIRST.
lea ruggieri
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