Venue and date

[Francine]

Well, Steve and I went to see the Desert Willow Conference Center this
noon and we liked it a lot, especially since its prices are all
inclusive of two complete meals and AV, not nearly as high as the
hotel, which will allow us to extend more discounts to the conference
this year. That's important. We can also have vendors who can pay a
small fee $500-1000 for booths, which will get us some money for OTEF.
The parking is good and the food's good, and there's wi-fi in ALL the
open spaces that we don't have to pay for. They shut it off in the
rooms on purpose so people will listen, but it's all over the halls.

Needless to say, it's a popular spot, so we're going to lock it down
for November 19. That means you all will be recovered from PodcampAZ
if it's the weekend before, and ready to rock and roll again.

The facility is only a year and a half old, so the AV is excellent.