Hi!
Although I agree with Suzy and Larry about the convenience of holding the small meetings adjacent to the exhibits (and I definitely enjoyed being able to spend at least a few minutes in the exhibits each time I passed through), I found the location problematic due to excessive noise. Unless you were sitting next to someone, it could be impossible to hear a speaker as his/her voice drifted up into the rafters.
Overall, Boston was another great conference for ARLIS/NA!
Thanks to everyone on the local committee who worked so hard to create a terrific program, tours, etc.
Amy
Amy Navratil Ciccone
Univ. of Southern California Libraries
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frechette, Mary E." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:41 pm
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Boston? Wonderful!
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> Hi all -- I agree with Larry about the overall excellence of the
> conference, and especially the use of the large ballroom for small
> meetings and exhibits, and even the membership luncheon.
>
> His e-mail prompts me to ask, however, was there a conference
> evaluation form that I missed, or will there be one online?
>
> Best to all,
>
> Suzy
>
>
>
>
> Mary Frechette
> Fine Arts Dept.
> St. Louis Public Library
> 1301 Olive St.
> St. Louis, MO 63103
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Laurence McGilvery
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [ARLIS-L] Boston? Wonderful!
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>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Thanks to all for an excellent experience in Boston. It was an
> outstanding conference for me personally and as an exhibitor.
> Although I could attend no sessions, the evenings were lively,
> thanks
> in large part to the generosity of both Peter Bernett and his staff
> and Elmar Seibel of Ars Libri and his wife and staff.
>
> After a rocky start in the weeks before, apparently due to the
> management company's misunderstanding of ARLIS exhibits, everything
> went very, very well. Richard McElroy and all the other members of
> the conference committees deserve all the credit we can give them.
>
> In at least one respect, Boston should serve as a model for future
> conferences. Traffic in ARLIS exhibits always has been a problem:
> the
> typical pattern has been bursts of large crowds -- often the
> product
> of a distinctly artificial event -- followed by bleak stretches of
> nothing for hours. Last weekend was different. The flow of visitors
> to and through the exhibits was both more even and -- I thought --
> more relaxed than in other years. A contributing factor certainly
> was
> the decision to use the far half of the hall for the large meetings
> and, more importantly, for all the many small meetings.
>
> Historically, ARLIS conference coordinators have had difficulty
> finding hotels that will take us because of our need to accommodate
> so many different groups. The decision to scatter the small
> interest
> groups, chapter meetings, and the like around that large area
> instead
> of booking them in separate, dedicated rooms, seems to me the
> perfect
> solution. From my vantage point during those hours, I could see
> five
> or six people gathered around one table, fifteen or twenty at
> another, a dozen at still a third. Each of these groups was quietly
> intent on its own concerns, but all of them together were
> contributing to the same close community. Simultaneously, other
> people came and went en route to meetings, and some even stopped in
> the exhibits to browse. The tableau struck me as a perfect metaphor
> for ARLIS as a whole.
>
> Even if this specific arrangement is not possible in every setting,
> it is a good lesson for the future.
>
> See you in Minneapolis.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Larry
> --
> Laurence McGilvery
> Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
> Post Office Box 852
> La Jolla, California 92038
> USA
>
> (858) 454-4443
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> www.mcgilvery.com
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