[grc] Answers to Questions from the last meeting

[Damon Cater]

Corrections. Late registration fees increase to $245. With fees and taxes
absorbed by wtsq
My email is Damon at wtsq.org

On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 2:15 PM Damon Cater <damon at wtsq.org> wrote:

> Hi Folks, I am sorry I was unable to attend the meeting last week, but I
> was able to review the recording and can answer a lot of questions that
> came up. First of all we do have confirmations on several venues.  Our plan
> is to have the conference occur in multiple venues, giving people an
> opportunity to stretch their legs and stroll around the coolest part of
> town.  No venue will be more than 5 minutes walking distance from one place
> to another. People wil be able to check into their hotels and get to the
> venues in a matter of minutes.
> Each morning WTSQ will provide coffee and a breakfast snack at the newly
> renovated Kanawha County Public Library Coffee shop.  The vendor there is
> Ma Cuppa Coffee.  There are multiple locations in Charleston, library,
> capitol market, and Elk City district that will honor your status as a GRC
> attendee and ring your coffee up on our account. The venues will be
> assigned to presenters probably at the last minute once we get an idea of
> who is coming and what their primary interests are.
> We currently have about 8 presenters confirmed, and this includes many of
> you who volunteered during the last GRC meeting. Please reach out to me
> directly Damon at WTSQ with more info on your presentations names, titles of
> presentation, and any other info you would like to have included in the
> website.  If you'd like to send a headshot I can include that as well.
> SPonsors are still in the works, we are working locally with several
> organizations.  and I've reached out to some previous GRC sponsors.  BUT
> PLEASE, share contact info if you have leads on other sponsors who ought to
> be present with me as soon as possible so we can nail them down.
> As for travel and lodging I will be posting details about this on the
> website. to be launched shortly. Our airport is CRW. YEager International.
> We have direct flights to Washington, CHarlotte, Chicago, Atlanta, Orlando,
> and CHarleston SC.  I am meeting with the CVB director this Friday to see
> how they can help with rooming and discounts for our participants.  There
> are several hotels in the downtown area that we will target to keep
> everything within walking distance.
> I am also including some locations for camping on the website for folks
> who want to commune with the streams and forests while they are in WV!
> The cost of the GRC will be $195 for early bird registration and this will
> be the rate that participants pay as we intend to absorb taxes and fees
> from eventbrite.  LAter registration fees will increase to $145 with the
> same arrangement for taxes and fees being paid by WTSQ.
>
> I will announce, to this group when we go live! I will definitely be in
> the next meeting so I look forward to talking with you all in a couple
> weeks, but please share as much info as possible so that we can get this
> GRC in order.
>
> --
>
> *-Damon Cater*
>
> President
>
> WTSQ 88.1 FM - *The Status Quo*
> 304-678-4159 <304-610-5666>
> wtsq.org
>


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*-Damon Cater*

President

WTSQ 88.1 FM - *The Status Quo*
304-678-4159 <304-610-5666>
wtsq.org