Unavoidable, as I had not one, but two doctor's appointments and a lab to get done on the other side of the valley. One was short-notice.

Now that we have a hard date and hotel established, I'll make engage with the vendors.

Kevin

Venue and Registration

The decision to sign a contract with Mandalay Bay was made. The dates for the conference will be 9/24-9/26 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday). The room rate will be $159 per night which is a 20% discount off the posted room rate. The committee took notice of the fact that Rosh Hashonah begins on 9/22, and Ramadan begins on 9/23.

The committee discussed the number of registrations/attendees for the last two meetings in Seattle and Estees Park.

The decision to have both full and partial (1 day only) registration was made.

Education committee

Tom Boone is a member of the Education committee. He reported that he and Galen Fletcher submitted several ideas for programs. The education committee members were asked to rank their top 7 programs.

Miscellaneous

The committee discussed the article about the Las Vegas meeting that will be included in the Westpac newsletter.

The committee discussed the following locations as possibilities for the meals/receptions on Sunday and Monday: Engineering Building (airplanes hanging from the ceiling), Barrick Museum, Thunderdome, Atomic Testing Museum, Border Grill.

The committee discussed hiring an Elvis impersonator to attend one or both receptions, and purchasing life-size Elvis cutouts.

Web Page

Tom Boone demonstrated the Westpac webpage and the LAC webpage. The LAC webpage includes a blog which will be used for communication between committee members.

Next Meeting

The next meeting of the LAC will be held on Wednesday, March 29th at 2:00, at the UNLV Law Library.

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