Originally Posted by
clarman
not that I need to defend myself but ...I put time and effort into this...I went to chicago specifically to look for a hotel...many of the large hotels were either full in october, not interested in a shaving convention or want a guarantee of 40-50 rooms for the weekend...in addition they wanted between 2-3000 dollars for a a large meeting room...they wanted my persona quarantee along with my credit card ...if you do the addition thats quarantee of $20,000.00 for a convention that we had no idea how many vendors or peope would attend......then I found the hampton inn...I neg a five room guarantee and eyeballed the meeting room avail approx 1400 sq ft...room for10-15 vendors table and room for for approx 50-100 people to walk arround...I asked ynn if he wanted to sign the guarantee and use his credit card and he declined o I went ahead and garanteed the rooms and meeting room..again we had no idea how many would attend...rooms in chicago are plentiful I was concerned about the rooms and meeting room I was on the guarantee for...last week I called the hotel to see how many rooms were booked...I was told by the new sales manager no one had booked and the deadline had passed...I got them to extend the deadline to august 20 and made several posts....asking who had reserved rooms and telling the forum of the new deadline...with regard to the woman previously calling me and offering to cancel ou meeting she was the new boss and I think because I only committed for5,rooms didnt want us...several days ago Ireceived an email from a member of this forum saying he called the hotel and the convention was cancelled...I called the hotel and was told lynn canceled the convention...the banners would take 3 days to make...lynn had spoken with the vendors but no money or comm to me was sent...when I heard he canceled on his own...I told him I was relieved of my guarantee by the hotel ...I told him the space worked....and I was done with the convention...guys I tried ...I went searching for space, I stepped up personally and guaranteed the rooms...I really tried ! if you want to see me as the scapegoat as lynn would like you to see so be it! Iam resigning not only as a mod but from the forum...you are all a bunch of great guys and I wish you the best...it will be interesting to see if lynn lets this post stay up...this is my last post on this forum...charlie larman