Re: [Harp-L] Re: SPAH convention locations

[Kevin Hamilton <kham27@xxxxxxxxx>]

North to Toronto sounds good to me! Get yer passports ready and BYOB. Beer
is expensive up here. Would love to see a change of location every year
with a few steady hotels involved.

Kevin


On 31 August 2013 11:23, Michelle LeFree <mlefree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The Iceman wrote:
>
>  If you want to "model" what became the world's largest jazz convention -
>> IAJE -, they started by having the convention in a different city every
>> year. New York worked the best, so the next step was to alternate New York
>> with a different location every other year. They found that Toronto was the
>> best alternate city, so finally the convention moved between these two
>> cities every other year.
>>
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> I understand the motivation for having SPAH in the same city as last year.
> Why argue with success?
>
> But... Amongst the ideas I've seen, rotating locations is the best so far.
> It makes a great deal of sense. I think that three locations would be
> ideal; one on each coast and one central location. That would give everyone
> a fair shot at attending at least once every third year.
>
> As to actual locations, centrally, St. Louis has a proven track record
> though the Texas folks might have something to say too. West coast-wise, I
> remember folks liking Sacramento a lot. East coast I'd have to think about.
> I personally would like the Virginia Beach location but I also recall
> reading that the Garden State meeting may be in decline so that area might
> be ideal from a strategic viewpoint.
>
> At least that's the way I see it.
>
> Michelle
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