Yes, load in day tends to be a crazy-busy hurry-up and wait day for the hotel person, in my experience. No matter how much one is prepared for contingencies, something else will crop up -- elevators not yet being reprogrammed for the weekend, ad hoc accessibility facilities that fail when used leaving you with irate guests to deal with as well as a need to find a functional accessibility solution for the weekend, suddenly sick, injured, or otherwise unavailable senior committee whose load in responsibilities then devolve to you, dealers deciding to argue about their space assignment, or, better yet, assuming that it's okay to trade places with another dealer before that dealer arrives, hotel staff who have not yet been informed of the ways in which your event differs from the norm, etc., ad infinitum. The past two Seattle Potlatches we've had two people on Hotel, and not really felt that that was too many.
On the other hand, speaking as an attendee with some hotel experience, I thought the convention, and the hotel component, felt trouble-free and entirely positive, so from my perspective you did a great job of managing the blips as they came up.
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Date: 2011-03-08 08:23 pm (UTC)On the other hand, speaking as an attendee with some hotel experience, I thought the convention, and the hotel component, felt trouble-free and entirely positive, so from my perspective you did a great job of managing the blips as they came up.