Just chiming in from New England, where many people do get the holiday.
It's a major tourist event here (peak foliage). I will regretfully not
be attending the conference this year because of that conflict.

Suzanne Mrozak
Cambridge, MA

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Subject: Re: ARMA International Conference


On 5/7/07, John Annunziello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I was just looking at the dates for the international conference and 
> realized that they fall during the Canadian Thanksgiving and in the 
> US, Columbus Day.  Was this taken into account and how do we stop this

> from happening again?



Tough to say John.  ARMA plans the dates and selects the venues at
minimum 5 years in advance, so it's hard to believe this was accidental,
but I'm also sure it wasn't done in an insensitive or uncaring manner.

I would think Canadian Thanksgiving would have been noticed, but
Columbus Day may not have weighed in as heavily in the consideration
unless the venue was a city that seriously celebrates it as a "Holiday",
like San Francisco. True, it is listed as a Federally observed holiday,
but I've never worked for an employer that counted it in the list of
paid holidays.

Larry

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