[Reading-hall-of-fame] RE: Reading-hall-of-fame Digest, Vol 13, Issue 1

Mon May 8 15:01:16 BST 2006

To make such "outside" arrangements will be a lot of extra work and there will be transportation issues.  The breakfast this year was very, very nice and we obviously paid for that.  One other option would be to make the breakfast much more spartan but I'm not sure many would appreciate that.  From my point of view members of the Hall of Fame can well afford a nice event if they want to pay what it takes.  I think that a quality event is appropriate it recognizes the many contributions that members and inductees have and are making to advance the profession.

Alan

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Alan E. Farstrup
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International Reading Association
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I agree with Jim Hoffman that the costs are out of hand at the hotels. I
have a suggestion about how to overcome the unusually high costs of
breakfast. Why not have our breakfast at a restaurant that is not connected
to the hotel?  These restaurants that can host such a meeting are usually
much cheaper than hotels and they often have meetings at the restaurant.
What one looks for is a restaurant that is large, may have separate rooms
for meetings, or may reserve a place at the back in a quiet, secluded
location where a meeting could take place. Jay Samuels  

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Today's Topics:

   1. Breakfast (jim hoffman)
   2. proposal for next year in Toronto (jim hoffman)

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Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 20:54:41 -0500
From: jim hoffman <jhoffman at mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Breakfast
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I apologize in advance for a series of messages I will be sending over the
next couple of days.  I know everyone is busy and his or her email boxes are
stuffed.

I want to raise a concern over the cost of breakfast at the Hilton in
Chicago.  It's no one's fault. The hotel rates are just out of control.
Forty dollars for a breakfast is far more than I can afford.  I know of
vegetarian members who ate the eggs, the hash browns, and a roll.  On top of
this, I think we left more food behind than we ate. It all seems a waste in
these times.

Would it be possible to offer members the option of a full breakfast or just
a continental breakfast?  I would rather see the difference go to member
dues that we can use on projects than on overpriced hotel food.

jim
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Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 21:01:28 -0500
From: jim hoffman <jhoffman at mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] proposal for next year in Toronto
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I came away from the conference with a longer "to do" list than I can
possibly live up to.  I intend to work with Ken (and Diane Lapp) on the
history/web project and I am also working on the book.  Is there someone
else who would be be willing to take the lead on planning an Hall of Fame
symposium for next year?  There seem to be some agreement on (1) the notion
that we deal with a set of short papers on "re-profressionalizing" reading
education (2) that we follow something along the lines of the session that
Yetta organized this year in Chicago (very well received!).

Is there a volunteer who would organize?  I am happy to participate.

thanks, jim

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