jerry@ora.ora.com (Jerry Peek) (06/24/91)
In the Friday morning sessions, there were announcements that Opryland was trying to charge the Association an extra $50,000 (?) for not renting enough rooms or something. What came of that? Did our budget deficit just get bigger? :-( --Jerry Peek, jerry@ora.com or uunet!ora!jerry
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (06/24/91)
In article <1991Jun24.141110.1531@ora.com> jerry@ora.ora.com (Jerry Peek) writes: >In the Friday morning sessions, there were announcements that Opryland >was trying to charge the Association an extra $50,000 (?) for not renting >enough rooms or something. What came of that? ... Conferences usually get function rooms free on condition that their attendees fill a specific quota of sleeping rooms, but whether Usenix people did or not apparently depends on just when you counted. The hotel was trying to claim that the terms of the deal hadn't been met and Usenix therefore owed rent for the function rooms. Last I heard, there were enough counterarguments (e.g. Usenix people being turned away or charged more than the official rate) that the amount was expected to drop sharply in further negotiations, although possibly not to zero. -- "We're thinking about upgrading from | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology SunOS 4.1.1 to SunOS 3.5." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry