From the Hosts' Point of View

摘要

Our May International Conference in Virginia Beach is now behind us....the books are closed out, the conference material has been mailed off to the next venue, and the Host Staff has caught up on all that work they neglected in favor of their conference duties. It is now time to reflect on how it all went. As Chairmen for the Conference, we set out with two main goals. The first was to provide a suitable venue for a productive conference for the Society and the second was to provide attendees an enjoyable and well deserved break from their normal routine. The final judges of both these objectives are the 150 members and guests who attended the conference. However, we can give you our take on how things went. be a great venue in a great location. Since we were both first time Chairmen, Bo and Mary's help in planning and executing the conference was invaluable. Even when rain threatened our outdoor Sunday Welcome Reception and caused the event to move inside to a ballroom on two hours notice, the hotel staff was highly flexible and we never missed a beat. In fact, it was probably a good move since the crowd of more than 100 attendees probably appreciated the extra elbow room.