<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: convention sites (campuses) <long> <> oops</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> List, Sorry for the incomplete message. Somehow my draft was sent off at time of closing.   Mea Culpa. Joel  On 7/5/02 6:11 PM, "Joel Jones" <jajones2@facstaff.wisc.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>On 7/4/02 1:53 PM, "DBee840388@AOL.COM" <DBee840388@AOL.COM> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Joel Jones, currently one of our Ass't Institute Directors, was instrumental, if not the lead man, at a weekend seminar at the University of Wisconsin in Madison several years ago.  They had very nice teaching rooms and dorms at their conference center which would probably be too small to handle our crowd.  The campus is very pretty and situated on a beautiful lake with room cost at that time about $43.00, if I remember correctly.  I, too, think this idea is well worth the time and effort for further investigation.  The big hotels, while pleasant with all the amenities, certainly can eat up the $. Don Bee, RPT Chicago Chapter </BLOCKQUOTE> Don, College campuses vary widely, so thank you for  pointing out the best features of UW-Madison.... </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>