I received a response back from another hotel today. This one is just across the highway from Venue Candidate #1 and was recommended by another member of the Facebook group. Sadly, this hotel has fewer dates available (or quoted fewer). Read more…
I received a response back from another hotel today. This one is right near the airport and has plenty of room to grow (as with Venue Candidate #1). Here are the best rate dates that I received from them: $100-110 Read more…
I received hotel room rate estimates from Venue Candidate #1. Rates are Single/Double occupancy, per night. Under $100 (Barely) April 19 – 21 (Also being considered by someone else- Easter) June 14 – 16 July 12 – 14 November 8 Read more…
Now that I’m talking to hotels and trying to pin down dates, that brings up the question of paying for this whole event. While I may need to resort to crowdfunding for a deposit, the overall costs will need to Read more…
At lunch today, I visited one of the hotels on my list. It rose to the top based on some feedback via the Facebook group. The hotel is certainly large enough to hold Hearthingstone for the foreseeable future, with nearly 200 Read more…
I was looking around for my copy of the 2014 PLC program book. While I could’ve sworn I’d kept it, I can’t find it anywhere. Thankfully, the chair of that conference found a copy and sent it to me, for Read more…
When I started discussing Hearthingstone, one of the first pieces of advice I received from the chair of the 2014 PLC was to charge admission. I’d been planning to, but it’s very sound advice. Conferences have costs, and I do Read more…
I’ve been whittling through a massive list of hotels and encountered a few interesting possibilities. First of all, after some careful review, the downtown hotels are just too damned expensive. For every hotel that I’ve considered, I tried to price Read more…
I talked a little about this in another post, but it deserves a lot more thought. When to have the event is going to be very important. It will affect turnout, what kinds of sessions we can do, pricing, and Read more…
One of the most important questions to answer for any conference is “where?”- not just the city, but more specifically the exact facility. As a metropolitan area with more than 2 million inhabitants, Austin has plenty of possible venues. The Read more…
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