Desert Willow Conference Center

[Francine]

I've found a spot I want to look at for the Conference. It's called
the Desert WIllow Conference Center, and it is run by Marriott Sedexo.
It has good AV and is cheap. Come look at it with me.

[alandd]

Desert Willow is located near the new Collins College building.
http://www.collinscollege.edu The used to be located on Priest Dr.
but in the last month or so relocated to the building around the
corner from Desert Willow. Using the two of them might have some good
synergy.

This map marks the location of the Desert Willow Conference Center.
The new Collins College building is the one with the black roof just
east and slightly north of Desert Willow:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4340+East+Cotton+Center+Blvd.+Phoenix,+AZ+85040&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=d7ioSea5DsiRngf69NT0Dw&ll=33.404092,-111.986797&spn=0.008813,0.026801&t=h&z=16

The building is now complete and Collins moved in just last month, I
think. I used to be in contact with a teacher there but will have to
dig for his name. Might be better to make direct contact with them
somehow.

Alan

[Brian Shaler]

Collins would probably be great for the events that need many small
rooms, and their A/V should be great, since it's a brand new facility.

I'd like to see what Desert Willow has to offer. I checked out the
floor plan they have on their web site. Their biggest room fits about
500 people, sitting theater-style. This could present a challenge if
we have popular keynote speakers at any of the events. We can always
send a video feed to a projector in another room (the next biggest
room is 200). It should be acceptable, but I would like to see what
the other event organizers think. I am in favor of bursting at the
seams a little bit.

We should see if Collins is interested in playing ball. I'm curious
how "cheap" Desert Willow will be for us. Francine, do you have a
contact there that would be cutting us a deal? Or is it just cheaper
than comparable venues?

I'm not sure if I'll be able to do a walk-through any time soon. I'm
going to CA for a week, then I should be back in town for a couple of
days before leaving again for SXSW.

On Feb 27, 9:14 pm, alandd <aday...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 10:01 am, Francine <francine.harda...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've found a spot I want to look at for the Conference. It's called
> > the Desert WIllow Conference Center, and it is run by Marriott Sedexo.
> > It has good AV and is cheap. Come look at it with me.
>

> Desert Willow is located near the new Collins College building.http://www.collinscollege.edu The used to be located on Priest Dr.

> but in the last month or so relocated to the building around the
> corner from Desert Willow.  Using the two of them might have some good
> synergy.
>
> This map marks the location of the Desert Willow Conference Center.
> The new Collins College building is the one with the black roof just
> east and slightly north of Desert Willow:
>

> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4340+East+Cotton+Center+Blvd.+Phoenix,+...