I think my trash cans were emptied, then again, I didn't put a whole lot in them. My room definitely had the necessities covered though, the bathroom was a bit on the small side, but not too bad there. The shower was nice, had a built in massage feature. On Oct 14, 2013, at 8:15 PM, Steve Schnelle <[email protected]> wrote:
> I thought the staff were awesome but the room service was lacking. I had to > go to the front desk at 7 P/M on Saturday night and let them know that our > room had not been cleaned and trashcans not emptied. I think the clincher was > that I told them I had no where to throw my cans but on the floor. That did > it, the room was spotless in the next 30 minutes. Actually they were really > over the top on accomodating us! > Steve > > -----Original Message----- From: Mike Arrigo > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 4:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [ATI] the hotel was Re: elections > > I would say over all the hotel was good, though a bit expensive. I > think internet access should have been free with the prices they were > charging for the rooms, fortunately I was able to get around that using > my phone as a hot spot. Also, it was much cheaper to get food at places > outside the hotel. > Original message: >> Dear Mike, >> Great!!!!!! There have been some negative experiences around this >> hotel--my suitcase is missing in action--but they are trying to make that >> right, but the guy from Maine whose luggage ended up going to KC, is not to >> happy, to say the least. >> Glad you got home safely; that is along way and no busses there, as >> I understand it; now hopefully, I can remember the voice with your name. >> Darla > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Arrigo [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 2:18 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [ATI] elections > >> Hi there, that was me, thanks for asking, glad you got home safe. Yes, I did >> make it home ok. There was some confusion on when the shuttle back to the >> MCB building was supposed to head out. At one point it was 2:30, then it was >> changed to 1:30. I was actually thinking of just taking the shuttle to the >> train station and catching the Chippewa bus home, I could have gotten off >> the bus about 2 blocks from my place. >> Because of the confusion, the hotel offered to pay for a cab which I gladly >> accepted. >> Original message: >>> Dear Bob and John, >>> That was a long, long morning, and I, too, hope a more >>> efficient way can be found for all the reasons John states so well. >>> BTW, I ran into a young man who missed the bus back to the MCB >>> office; I hope he made it home safely. >>> Darla & hardworking Huck > > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: ATI [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob jaco >>> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 10:52 AM >>> To: Adaptive technology information and support. >>> Subject: Re: [ATI] elections > >>> I am actually in favor of having one election Saturday. However, if >>> we were to do that, any additional meetings or speakers might need to >>> be canceled the rest of the afternoon, but we are there to conduct >> business. > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: John and Donna Weidlich <mailto:[email protected]> >>> To: Missouri Chat <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Cc: Adaptive technology information and support. >>> <mailto:[email protected]> ; Missouri List <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 5:15 PM >>> Subject: [ATI] elections > >>> After sitting through that interminable process of electing >>> three directors to the MCB Board, which may still be going on for all >>> I know, I think we really need to brainstorm some ways for speeding up >>> that process and making it more efficient. Here is one thought. At one >>> time, we elected one Director on Saturday afternoon and two on sunday >>> morning. In fact it was written that way in the Bylaws and therefore >>> had to be done that way. When the Bylaws were revised, we took that >>> out, not because we thought it was a bad idea but because we wanted to >>> leave that up to the discretion of the Presidents and let each >>> President continue to do it that way if he/she wanted to or do them >>> all on Sunday. Perhaps we could try that process again to see if it >>> helps. the Bylaws would not have to be changed to allow that since the >>> Bylaws don't specify when directors have to be elected. Now all three >>> directors are elected in odd-numbered years. Should we consider >>> electing two in odd years and one in even years? Some believe we >>> should eliminate the directors altogether. I don't particularly favor that >> approach but it could be debated again. the process needs to be changed in >> some way. >>> Each position requires multiple elections because of runoffs and with >>> each election, the number of voters drops dramatically so by the end >>> of the process, only a few voters are making the important decision of >>> who will compose the Board, which is not a good thing. I wonder if >>> there was even a quorum present for the final election. You can argue >>> that people should stay but transportation often dictates when people >>> leave as well as check-out times at hotels. And taking almost four >>> hours for five elections seems ludicrous to me and I certainly can't >>> blame people for not sitting through such a lengthy process. In fact, >>> I admit that I bailed before the final director's contest and that a >> candidate that I would have voted for lost. >>> The Board is looking at a new voting machine but I don't believe that >>> it will actually speed up the process and I feel that the machine >>> being considered could at least slightly compromise the secret ballot. >>> Whatever we do, the process needs to be overhauled because at least in >>> my opinion it is not working well. I don't want to open an argument >>> here but just to get some thoughts and get people to think about what >>> could be done to have a more fair and efficient election for our >> organization. John >>> GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > >>> ________________________________ > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) >>> A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind >>> http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) >>> A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind >>> http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > > _______________________________________________ > ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) > A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind > http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology > > _______________________________________________ > ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) > A special interest affiliate of the Missouri Council of the Blind > http://moblind.org/membership/affiliates/adaptive_technology _______________________________________________ ATI (Adaptive Technology Inc.) 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