[CJAS Otakon] 4 person room

[James Kao]

I guess my question goes back to you and the others who requested 4-person
rooms.

Based on my e-mail breaking down the issues, would you be willing to absorb
the extra cost, even though a room outside of my group booking system would
likely be cheaper?

On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:21:02 -0400, Jennifer Wicks <jwicks42 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi James and con-goers...
> The 4-person room option is what solely allowed two of my long-distance
> friends decide to come to Otakon.  They only know myself and Nikki well,
> and
> were asking to stay only with us for the purpose of comfort and
unfortunate
> prior experiences.  They have already invested both time and money into
> coming to the convention, which is about 10 hours away from their home.
> I included the group on the mailing to explain our situation and to see
if
> everyone would be understanding enough to sympathize with why we
requested
> a
> 4-person room.  I sincerely apologize if this appears in any way to be
> selfish, but I rarely get to see my long-distance friends and have been
> looking forward to this for a very long time.
> 
> I will be open to discussion and I welcome anyone's comments.
> 
> Thank you all and the very best regards,
> 
> Jen Wicks
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:57 PM, James Kao <jmk17 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> 
>> So based on the number of people we have and the number of people who
>> requested 4-person rooms, I'll be able to open up one 4-person room.
>>
>> This turns out to be less than the 9 people who requested it, but if
>> we don't pack in to rooms evenly (something that fully packs the 4 and
>> 6 person rooms out of the 28 total people we have), things will get
>> pretty expensive.
>>
>> I'm open to feedback on this though, so please post any comments or
>> feedback you have to the ML so that we can discuss.
>>
>> I still plan on opening room reservation tomorrow.
>>
>> Thanks!
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