<div dir="ltr">Wes,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for sharing these with us, as well as the alternate idea for Phoenix. </div><div><br></div><div>With Kevin's poll ( <a href="http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote">http://polljunkie.com/poll/zamzoj/poll-2-please-do-not-open-the-page-and-then-not-vote</a> ) active and now equipped with this information, we should be able to come to a motion by the end of the day, one would hope. Some of us have to arrange travel from places other than our home cities for this particular meeting, coordinating with people who are chomping at the bit to finalize travel for their events in New England.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Brett C. Bittner<div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:brett@brettbittner.com" target="_blank">brett@brettbittner.com</a></div><div>404.492.6524</div><div><div><br></div><div>"I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it." -- Thomas Jefferson</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:28 AM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  

    
  
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    See attached spreadsheet from Helms Briscoe (and email below), plus
    a spreadsheet on Oklahoma from Robert Kraus.<br>
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    In summary:<br>
    1. Phoenix convention hotel will be $189 per night for the sleeping
    rooms. Free meeting space. $1,000 food and beverage minimum (so
    we'll probably do something like pay for your lunch and coffee to
    reach that $1,000 minimum).<br>
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    2. OKC hotel will be $82 per night for sleeping rooms. Free meeting
    space. Free breakfast. No Food and beverage minimum.<br>
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    HOWEVER, Robert Kraus noted to me from his vacation today in Miami
    that: "Also we do not have to hold the meeting at the Phoenix
    locations to see them. We can have the CVB send us a van to take us
    to the 2 locations under consideration and stay at the Holiday Inn
    & Suites Phoenix Airport North again for about $119-129 a night.
    . "<br>
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    Thanks,<br>
    <div>--Wes<br>
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            <td>Quarterly Board Meeting Hotel Proposals</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 5 Jan 2016 22:12:58 +0000</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
            <td>Sandy Graves <a href="mailto:sgraves@helmsbriscoe.com" target="_blank"><sgraves@helmsbriscoe.com></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
            <td>Robert Kraus <a href="mailto:robert.kraus@lp.org" target="_blank"><robert.kraus@lp.org></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap valign="BASELINE">CC: </th>
            <td>'BetteRose' <a href="mailto:betterose@aol.com" target="_blank"><betterose@aol.com></a>, 'Alicia Mattson'
              <a href="mailto:agmattson@gmail.com" target="_blank"><agmattson@gmail.com></a>, 'Nicholas Sarwark'
              <a href="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank"><chair@lp.org></a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
              <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank"><wes.benedict@lp.org></a></td>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Robert,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Attached
            please find the completed Hotel Availability Report showing
            those hotels that have the Feb 20-21 Board Meeting dates
            available.  Of the five properties selected to receive the
            RFP, four of them have availability and have offered a
            proposal.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
            attached report has three tabs.  Tab 1 is an overview of
            each hotel’s offer showing room rates, meeting room rental
            and F & B minimum. Tab 2 is an in-depth, detailed
            breakdown of each property’s proposal and Tab 3 shows the
            lone property that turned down the RFP due to no guestroom
            availability. By the way, initially the Hyatt Regency
            Bellevue also turned down the RFP but has since come back
            with availability due to being able to offer alternate
            meeting space.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Once
            you’ve had an opportunity to review each property’s
            proposal, please contact me with any questions that you may
            have. Each of them sharpened their pencil the best that they
            could and each of them in anxious to earn your business. I
            look forward to your feedback. <u></u>
            <u></u></span></p>
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                Graves, CMP, CASE</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                Director, Global Accounts</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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