If you haven't started thinking about room reservations for NASP
convention in March, please consider.... as you can see below, rooms are
going fast!  Remember, you can always reserve a room and then cancel if
you find another hotel or persons to room with.  I will keep you posted if
I hear of anything.

Also, Kevin or I will begin to put together a list of Presentations with
days/times.  In the past, 2nd and 1st years have assisted interns with
their presentations.

If your NASP presentation was accepted, please send Kevin:

title of presentation
presenters
date and time

We will then send this list to 1st/2nd years for interest in assisting or
at the least for attendance to presentation.

katherine

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Subject: RE: NASP convention hotels
From:    "Jennifer Richards" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:    Tue, November 7, 2006 7:50 am
To:      "NASP-Membership" <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear Katherine:

We are well aware that there are specific nights sold out at both the
Sheraton and Hilton hotels, and the student room block did indeed sell out
by 10:00 a.m. on November 1st.  We have had an unprecedented response, due
primarily to the very low room rates in a city where tourism is booming.

To address your concerns:

1.  We blocked rooms nightly in a pattern that was consistent with our
history, but when we tried to increase the rooms on "shoulder" nights
(Sunday & Monday before, Saturday after) the hotels would not negotiate
with us.  We are still negotiating for additional rooms on 3/31, but
hotels in New York are selling hotel rooms on Saturday without any help
from the convention business.

2.  We have obtained lists of the student room blocks from both hotels and
are verifying student status.  We will contact anyone who has booked these
rooms as professional members.

3.  We will be posting information on our website, hopefully by late this
afternoon, with reservation instructions for nearby hotels that are
offering discounted rates.  We are trying to accommodate this overwhelming
response.

4.  Please do call the Hilton and Sheraton directly at the numbers listed
on our website (212-586-7000 and 212-581-1000) to determine exactly which
nights are still available.  For instance, my last report yesterday
afternoon from the Hilton indicated over 200 rooms for arrival Tuesday,
3/27 and more than 400 for Wednesday and Thursday nights.  Friday is sold
out at this point.

Thanks for your patience.

Jennifer G. Richards, CMP
Director, Meetings and Conventions
National Association of School Psychologists
4340 East West Highway, Suite 402
Bethesda, MD  20814
301.347.1666 (direct)


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From: Katherine Wickstrom [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Mon 11/6/2006 2:12 PM
To: NASP-Membership
Subject: NASP convention hotels



Hello. I am not sure who should receive this email, but nonetheless it is
coming to you!  It is Nov 6 today and both the Hilton and
Sheraton hotels are sold out of rooms at the convention
rate!!!  Reservations at the conference rate have been available for only
5 days so it seems that there are not enough rooms allocated for NASP
conference attendees.  In fact, our students began calling for the student
rate at the Hilton and these were all gone within a
day.  They then learned that there were no checks on student
verification for getting the student rate.  One of our students is a NASP
leader and she is now put in the situation with paying full
conference rate -- if she has in fact already booked the room!!

Please assist me -- is there anyway that NASP can add any more
conference rate rooms to better serve conference attendees???  And, what
suggestions can you give to our students??  If another person is more able
to answer my questions, please forward this email to them.

Thank you for your assistance,
Katherine Wickstrom

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Katherine F. Wickstrom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program
Miami University
Department of Educational Psychology
201 McGuffey Hall
Oxford, OH  45056

office:  (513) 529-6624
fax:  (513) 529-3646
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