[Nolose 2007 Venue] possible venue!

[Deva Berman]

I agree that I don't think this place is going to work.

I talked to the Corte Madeira Inn today. It's a bit schmancy and may be 
too pricey, but not positive. It's a smaller hotel, so if we took 50 
rooms, we would take half of it.  Do we know what the budget is. It 
would really help me to know what I am looking at there. For instance, 
this place had the following approx. costs:

Rooms - 145. per night - so half of that for double occupancy, maybe 
less if some rooms take cots
Food - needs more discussion, but let's say around $50.00 per day for 
all three meals (but only need one Friday, and two Sunday.
Huge room - complimentary if we rented 50 rooms.
Break Outs - may be a problem because the smaller ones are upstairs. 
Would have to figure out something. The large room divides.

Very approximately, 200.00 cost per person with double occupancy 
straight up based on 100 people without figuring scholorship, and Nolose 
additional costs. These were also quoted costs without going into a 
bigger negotiation, which I am sure I can shave a bit off of once we 
were seriously getting down into the details. Is this in the ballpark? I 
think there are other small hotelly type things like this in Marin and 
Sonoma that we would not rent out totally, but with taking up half of 
the rooms, we would be a dominant force, and we would be the main group, 
so there would not be another wedding or whatever to contend with.

http://www.cortemaderainn.com/

Awaiting guidance,
Deva


cherry midnight wrote:

> Hi Max,
>
> I looked at this place before and disregarded it, I think because of 
> the sleeping and the general spread-outness of it.
>
> I think that, depending on price, it might be possible to purchase 
> some alternative sleeping accommodations and/or to rent some golf 
> carts to help transport folks, but I have a memory or this place being 
> pricey. Do you know the cost?
>
> I think that without the guarantee of the swimming pool being open and 
> available around the clock, it does not seem compelling enough to me 
> in any way that would make it worth the effort of working on 
> alternative sleeping arrangements. Pretty, but not enough to make up 
> for the lack of comfortable sleeping options.
>
> I think we need to start looking harder at small hotels with pool that 
> we can rent out and that are in restful locations. I am wondering 
> about Tahoe- does anyone know that area well enough to know if there 
> are any that would work well?
>
> -Sondra
>
> */Max Airborne <maxairborne at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Hey kids,
>
>     this is from Ross Relles, the accessible place in the Sierras.
>     They finally got back to me!!!
>
>     http://www.camprossrelles.com/
>
>     I called the guy to ask about a site visit. They are currently all
>     closed up, so we can't actually go see the place until March. I
>     will write him back with questions about pricing and such.
>
>     Yippee!!!
>
>     --Max
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: *Nick Nichol* <lionnick at sbcglobal.net
>     <mailto:lionnick at sbcglobal.net>>
>     Date: Jan 24, 2007 10:12 AM
>     Subject: Camp availablity
>     To: maxairborne at gmail.com <mailto:maxairborne at gmail.com>
>
>     RE Your request for info on Camp Availability.
>     We do not have anyone scheduled in camp for the Oct 5-8 as you
>     requested and have you tentatively reserved for that time period. Our
>     camp is fully wheelchair accessible so that should be no problem. The
>     pool may not be usable being so late in the season, but the rest of
>     the camp should be great. Be advised that only 8 of the 12 cabins are
>     winterized with furnaces and insulation and that the beds in all
>     cabins are all bunk beds, 5 sets in each cabin. Will you want us to
>     do the cooking or will you be providing your own? You have the
>     option.
>     If you need to phone, use 916-965-3898 as our phone at camp has been
>     experiencing some problems and we are having the phone company
>     checking it out.
>     Nick Nichol, Site Manager
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