Site Selection Annual Report
Committee Members: Rick Anderson
Katy Ginanni
Joyce Tenney
Committee Activities
The dates of the 2011 conference are June 2-6, 2011. The room cost will be $117.00 per night, plus tax. This will include wireless internet access in the sleeping rooms and all of the meeting rooms. NASIG Newsletter
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The Board instructed the committee to conduct site
visits with Buffalo, NY, Niagara Falls, Canada, Nashville,
TN, and St. Louis, MO for the 2011 annual conference
site. All three sites visits were completed by the end of
August and revised bids were received from all sites.
After evaluation and review, the information was
distributed to the Board for review and decision. All
three cities were excellent locations for the annual
conference. The Board determined that the passport
requirement to visit Canada might present financial and
logistical problems for too many members. The Board
initially selected St. Louis, MO for the site of the 2011
conference and Buffalo, NY for the 2012 conference.
Negotiations were conducted for the 2011 conference,
and the St Louis Hilton Ballpark, St. Louis, MO was
selected for the site of the 2011 conference.
After this contract was completed, negotiations were
opened with the Buffalo, NY properties. It was
determined that the dates available in those properties
were not a good match with our schedule. The board
was consulted and it was determined that the economic
conditions of a “buyers market” were offering NASIG
favorable contract conditions, so we proceeded to
contract with Nashville, TN for the 2012 conference.
Negotiations were reopened with the Nashville
properties, and the Sheraton Music City in Nashville, TN
was selected as the site for the 2012 conference.
The dates of the 2012 conference will be June 7-10,
2012. The room cost will be $129 per night plus tax.
This will include wireless internet access in the sleeping
rooms and all of the meeting rooms.
Questions for the Board
Do we want to look in summer 2010 for a location for
the 2013 in the northeast? Buffalo, NY is still interested
and other northeast locations have approached me,
each with some logistical issues. Is it, perhaps, worth
looking at?
Or should we wait a year before looking for the next
site, as we are booked for 2011 and 2012? (...truncated)