I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. Marty On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > Thanks for the feedback everyone. > > I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. > > Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. > > My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. > > BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. > > Jeff > > >> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >> >> Christy >> >> >> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >> College of Education >> East Carolina University >> 252-737-4795 >> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu >> >> Director-at-Large >> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >> 2013-2016 >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> >> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >> >> Hi Jeff, >> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >> >> Michele >> >> >> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> >> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >> >> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >> Silja >> >> . >> >> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >> www.worlded.org >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: >> Hi everyone – >> >> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >> >> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >> >> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >> >> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >> >> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >> >> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >> >> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >> >> 4. Hotels on Hill >> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >> >> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >> >> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >> >> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org

Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. Jeff > On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org> wrote: > > I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. > Marty > On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > >> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >> >> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >> >> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >> >> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >> >> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >> >> Jeff >> >> >>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU <mailto:RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone, >>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>> >>> Christy >>> >>> >>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>> College of Education >>> East Carolina University >>> 252-737-4795 >>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu <mailto:Rhodesc14@ecu.edu> >>> >>> Director-at-Large >>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>> 2013-2016 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org <mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>> >>> Hi Jeff, >>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>> >>> Michele >>> >>> >>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>> >>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>> Silja >>> >>> . >>> >>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>> www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>> Hi everyone – >>> >>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>> >>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>> >>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>> >>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>> >>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>> >>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>> >>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>> >>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>> >>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>> >>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>> >>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >

Jeff and all, I’m one of the ones who was strongly in favor of not changing the date if we didn’t have to. Now I’m beginning to think that maybe we have to. Jeff, in an earlier message you referenced the importance of maintaining our presence and visibility on the Hill at this critical time. You also mentioned the challenges associated with getting House/Senate folks to attend if the event isn’t right there. So here’s my question: Is there a (nice) space available in one of the House office buildings or at the LoC on Tuesday evening the 27th? If so, I would be willing to consider moving everything back one day. Doing so will make the membership meeting conflict with the COABE Hill Day, though. Need to consider that. Deborah > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: > > Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. > > I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. > > Jeff > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >> >> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >> Marty >> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>> >>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>> >>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>> >>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>> >>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>> >>> Jeff >>>

if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. > > I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. > > Jeff > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org> wrote: >> >> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >> Marty >> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>> >>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>> >>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>> >>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>> >>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>>> >>>> Christy >>>> >>>> >>>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>>> College of Education >>>> East Carolina University >>>> 252-737-4795 >>>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu >>>> >>>> Director-at-Large >>>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>>> 2013-2016 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> >>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>> >>>> Hi Jeff, >>>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>>> >>>> Michele >>>> >>>> >>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> >>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>> >>>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>>> Silja >>>> >>>> . >>>> >>>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>>> www.worlded.org >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: >>>> Hi everyone – >>>> >>>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>>> >>>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>>> >>>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>>> >>>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>>> >>>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>>> >>>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>>> >>>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>>> >>>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>>> >>>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>>> >>>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>>> >>>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> >

Thanks Deborah. I agree. I’m feeling like the 28th is cursed or something. In addition to the space problem, I am now spooked enough about this date that I think it wise for me to check with award winners and our other VIPs (you’ll recall our discussion about recognizing Rep. Hinojosa) to ensure they are at least in theory available that night. The other option to consider is whether those coming from out of town have already booked flights. Have any of you on the board coming in from out of town already booked your fights? As for COABE, we could pony up and pay for meeting space at the Hall of States to at least partially accommodate them. That way, I would think at least one representative from COABE could be there for some of the time. Which reminds me, with the uncertainty around this, I’m asking Sharon to hold off on her message recruiting members of NCL to join COABE for their Hill Day, in the remote possibility that we might have to reschedule. I am worried about what she will do with that information (that we are somewhat uncertain about our timing) but I thought that made sense seeing where we are right now. Why don’t I at least look at the possibilities of other nights one more time and then send out ALL of the options to you all with an eye to making a final decision tomorrow? Does that work? Sorry this is so in the air — did not expect this. Jeff > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Deborah Kennedy <deborah.r.kennedy@verizon.net> wrote: > > Jeff and all, > > I’m one of the ones who was strongly in favor of not changing the date if we didn’t have to. Now I’m beginning to think that maybe we have to. > > Jeff, in an earlier message you referenced the importance of maintaining our presence and visibility on the Hill at this critical time. You also mentioned the challenges associated with getting House/Senate folks to attend if the event isn’t right there. So here’s my question: Is there a (nice) space available in one of the House office buildings or at the LoC on Tuesday evening the 27th? If so, I would be willing to consider moving everything back one day. > > Doing so will make the membership meeting conflict with the COABE Hill Day, though. Need to consider that. > > Deborah > > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >> >> Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. >> >> I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. >> >> Jeff >> >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>> >>> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >>> Marty >>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>>> >>>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>>> >>>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>>> >>>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>>> >>>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >

Marty, Great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me about Union Station. I will ask Ellen to look into that. It’s only about a ten minute walk from the Senate side of the Hill. Jeff > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:41 PM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org> wrote: > > if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > >> Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. >> >> I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. >> >> Jeff >> >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>> >>> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >>> Marty >>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>>> >>>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>>> >>>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>>> >>>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>>> >>>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU <mailto:RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>>>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>>>> >>>>> Christy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>>>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>>>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>>>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>>>> College of Education >>>>> East Carolina University >>>>> 252-737-4795 >>>>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu <mailto:Rhodesc14@ecu.edu> >>>>> >>>>> Director-at-Large >>>>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>>>> 2013-2016 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>>>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org <mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>> >>>>> Hi Jeff, >>>>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>>>> >>>>> Michele >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>>>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>> >>>>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>>>> Silja >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>>>> www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>>>> Hi everyone – >>>>> >>>>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>>>> >>>>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>>>> >>>>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>>>> >>>>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>>>> >>>>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>>>> >>>>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>>>> >>>>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>>>> >>>>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>>>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>>>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>>>> >>>>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>>>> >>>>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> >

HI everyone, After reading this discussion, my thoughts are: - will the people we want to attend our event on the 28th be attending these other events (such as the one that bumped us)? - If we move it to the 27th, could we keep the membership meeting on the 28th in the am, so it does not conflict with COABE? - I agree, the further we get away from the Hill the less chance we have of people attending - I would also consider, at this point, having the event on the 27th. I am trying to remember - would this put our awards event on the same day as COABE’s? Heather Heather Ritchie Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer 240-643-4612 hritchie6@gmail.com <mailto:heatheredu1@gmail.com> — President, MAACCE (2014-2016) www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: > > Marty, > > Great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me about Union Station. I will ask Ellen to look into that. It’s only about a ten minute walk from the Senate side of the Hill. > > Jeff > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:41 PM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >> >> if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >> >>> Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. >>> >>> I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >>>> Marty >>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>>>> >>>>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>>>> >>>>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>>>> >>>>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU <mailto:RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>>>>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Christy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>>>>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>>>>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>>>>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>>>>> College of Education >>>>>> East Carolina University >>>>>> 252-737-4795 >>>>>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu <mailto:Rhodesc14@ecu.edu> >>>>>> >>>>>> Director-at-Large >>>>>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>>>>> 2013-2016 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>>>>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org <mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Jeff, >>>>>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Michele >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>>>>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>> >>>>>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>>>>> Silja >>>>>> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>>>>> www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi everyone – >>>>>> >>>>>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>>>>> >>>>>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>>>>> >>>>>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>>>>> >>>>>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>>>>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>>>>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>>>>> >>>>>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>>>>> >>>>>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>>>>> >>>>>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org

Hi Heather, I don’t know if the events at the LOC are things that our folks would be going to, but I suspect not. We have no way to know. And the reason the rooms in the House are booked likely not for outside events, but because members actually need them for official business. I don’t think there is any way to avoid conflicting with COABE’s hill day if we meet on the 28th — as you know, meetings are scattered across the day, depending on when the staff are available. I was thinking that we could meet at the Hall of States to minimize the issue, but it wouldn’t be perfect. But it just occurred to me that if we are going to move the awards event to the 27th, we could hold our member meeting the 27th too right? I mean, as long as we are asking people to change their travel plans… so we come in the morning of the 27th and do the member meeting and event the same day. Ellen Fern’s take is that holding an event “off campus” that week is a bad idea. Here is her direct quote: "It is the LAST week in session before they recess for at least 6 weeks. They will be trying to pass a short-term or long-term CR in addition to numerous other legislative measures. No one will want to go 'off campus' to attend an event. Or at least it will be much harder to do so. Legislative staff won't be able to attend certainly off campus." (my emphasis) In addition to the 27th, one last ditch possibility is to move the whole thing up a week. CEF’s gala and legislative conference is the 21st, and I’m heavily involved in that, but could probably get away in the afternoon for a board meeting. Then we could do the member meeting on the 22nd and our awards the evening of the 22nd. The key for me is whether any of this rescheduling is going to interfere with already-booked flights. Can I confirm again that at least those organizations on the board have NOT booked flights? I’ll followup in a minute with a concise summary of our options and plan to proceed. Thank you all for your patience and helpful feedback. Jeff > On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:33 PM, hritchie6@gmail.com wrote: > > HI everyone, > > After reading this discussion, my thoughts are: > - will the people we want to attend our event on the 28th be attending these other events (such as the one that bumped us)? > - If we move it to the 27th, could we keep the membership meeting on the 28th in the am, so it does not conflict with COABE? > - I agree, the further we get away from the Hill the less chance we have of people attending - I would also consider, at this point, having the event on the 27th. I am trying to remember - would this put our awards event on the same day as COABE’s? > > Heather > > > Heather Ritchie > Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer > 240-643-4612 > hritchie6@gmail.com <mailto:heatheredu1@gmail.com> > — > President, MAACCE (2014-2016) > www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> > > > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >> >> Marty, >> >> Great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me about Union Station. I will ask Ellen to look into that. It’s only about a ten minute walk from the Senate side of the Hill. >> >> Jeff >> >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:41 PM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>> >>> if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. >>>> >>>> I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >>>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >>>>> Marty >>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>>>>> >>>>>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>>>>> >>>>>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>>>>> >>>>>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jeff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU <mailto:RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>>>>>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Christy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>>>>>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>>>>>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>>>>>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>>>>>> College of Education >>>>>>> East Carolina University >>>>>>> 252-737-4795 >>>>>>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu <mailto:Rhodesc14@ecu.edu> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Director-at-Large >>>>>>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>>>>>> 2013-2016 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>>>>>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org <mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Jeff, >>>>>>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Michele >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>>>>>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>>>>>> Silja >>>>>>> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>>>>>> www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi everyone – >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>>>>>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>>>>>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jeff >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >

Hi, I did already book my flights but could pay the penalty and rebook for Sep 27 and could not be there on Sep 21 or 22. It does sound like we shoudl not move the event to a hotel and should look into Sep 27. Silja . Silja kallenbach [image: Red Squares]Vice President [image: Red Squares] 617.482.9485 www.worlded.org [image: JSILogo] <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> [image: JSILogo] <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: > Hi Heather, > > I don’t know if the events at the LOC are things that our folks would be > going to, but I suspect not. We have no way to know. And the reason the > rooms in the House are booked likely not for outside events, but because > members actually need them for official business. > > I don’t think there is any way to avoid conflicting with COABE’s hill day > if we meet on the 28th — as you know, meetings are scattered across the > day, depending on when the staff are available. I was thinking that we > could meet at the Hall of States to minimize the issue, but it wouldn’t be > perfect. But it just occurred to me that if we are going to move the awards > event to the 27th, we could hold our member meeting the 27th too right? I > mean, as long as we are asking people to change their travel plans… so we > come in the morning of the 27th and do the member meeting and event the > same day. > > Ellen Fern’s take is that holding an event “off campus” that week is a bad > idea. Here is her direct quote: "It is the LAST week in session before they > recess for at least 6 weeks. They will be trying to pass a short-term or > long-term CR in addition to numerous other legislative measures. No one > will want to go 'off campus' to attend an event. Or at least it will be > much harder to do so. *Legislative staff won't be able to attend > certainly off campus."* (my emphasis) > > In addition to the 27th, one last ditch possibility is to move the whole > thing up a week. CEF’s gala and legislative conference is the 21st, and I’m > heavily involved in that, but could probably get away in the afternoon for > a board meeting. Then we could do the member meeting on the 22nd and our > awards the evening of the 22nd. > > The key for me is whether any of this rescheduling is going to interfere > with already-booked flights. *Can I confirm again that at least those > organizations on the board have NOT booked flights?* > > I’ll followup in a minute with a concise summary of our options and plan > to proceed. Thank you all for your patience and helpful feedback. > > Jeff > > On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:33 PM, hritchie6@gmail.com wrote: > > HI everyone, > > After reading this discussion, my thoughts are: > - will the people we want to attend our event on the 28th be attending > these other events (such as the one that bumped us)? > - If we move it to the 27th, could we keep the membership meeting on the > 28th in the am, so it does not conflict with COABE? > - I agree, the further we get away from the Hill the less chance we have > of people attending - I would also consider, at this point, having the > event on the 27th. I am trying to remember - would this put our awards > event on the same day as COABE’s? > > Heather > > > Heather Ritchie > Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer > 240-643-4612 > hritchie6@gmail.com <heatheredu1@gmail.com> > — > President, MAACCE (2014-2016) > www.maaccemd.org > > > > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > wrote: > > Marty, > > Great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me about Union Station. I will ask > Ellen to look into that. It’s only about a ten minute walk from the Senate > side of the Hill. > > Jeff > > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:41 PM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org> wrote: > > if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold > this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get > to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. > On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > > Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the > 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to > be a bad night. > > I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel > possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at > this point. > > Jeff > > On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org> wrote: > > I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been > talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. > Marty > On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: > > Thanks for the feedback everyone. > > I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a > windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in > June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the > atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if > they cancel we can have it. > > Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with > another office on the Hill. > > My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder > time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE > event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a > critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the > LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. > > BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners > until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any > concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. > > Jeff > > > On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU > <RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any > opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a > hotel sounds very reasonable. > On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if > anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. > > Christy > > > Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, Adult Education > Department of Interdisciplinary Professions > Ragsdale Hall 221-A > College of Education > East Carolina University > 252-737-4795 > Rhodesc14@ecu.edu > > Director-at-Large > American Association for Adult and Continuing Education > 2013-2016 > > > > > > *From:* Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > <board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] *On Behalf Of *Michele > Diecuch > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM > *To:* Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>; Jeff Carter < > jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > *Cc:* National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List < > board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > *Subject:* Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options > > Hi Jeff, > I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a > hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. > > Michele > > > *From:* Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > <board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] *On Behalf Of *Silja > Kallenbach > *Sent:* Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM > *To:* Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > *Cc:* National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List < > board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > *Subject:* Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options > > Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I > agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go > with a hotel. My two cents. > Silja > > . > *SILJA KALLENBACH* [image: Red Squares]Vice President [image: Red Squares] > 617.482.9485 > *www.worlded.org* <http://www.worlded.org/> [image: JSILogo] > <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> [image: JSILogo] > <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > wrote: > > Hi everyone – > > On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the > Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, > but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. > And this time they did. > > Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: > > 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in > B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members > meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. > Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the > 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be > helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other > direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on > the Hill on Sept. 29th either. > > 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and > see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a > better week. > > Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel > plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has > made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. > > 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really > late to me. > > (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules > Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t > allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held > the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) > > 4. Hotels on Hill > · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would > require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." > · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage > minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include > service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” > > Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the > ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more > expensive than what we had planned. > > 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to > see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon > saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give > us an answer. > > Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving > the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on > Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. > > Jeff > > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists. > national-coalition-literacy.org > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists. > national-coalition-literacy.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists. > national-coalition-literacy.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists. > national-coalition-literacy.org >

Jeff, Thanks for forwarding Ellen’s take on the situation. It seems to me that what she points out about the week of 9/26 being the last week in session is really crucial. That info tips me in favor of moving everything back a week if we can. Deborah > On Aug 19, 2016, at 9:20 AM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org> wrote: > > Hi Heather, > > I don’t know if the events at the LOC are things that our folks would be going to, but I suspect not. We have no way to know. And the reason the rooms in the House are booked likely not for outside events, but because members actually need them for official business. > > I don’t think there is any way to avoid conflicting with COABE’s hill day if we meet on the 28th — as you know, meetings are scattered across the day, depending on when the staff are available. I was thinking that we could meet at the Hall of States to minimize the issue, but it wouldn’t be perfect. But it just occurred to me that if we are going to move the awards event to the 27th, we could hold our member meeting the 27th too right? I mean, as long as we are asking people to change their travel plans… so we come in the morning of the 27th and do the member meeting and event the same day. > > Ellen Fern’s take is that holding an event “off campus” that week is a bad idea. Here is her direct quote: "It is the LAST week in session before they recess for at least 6 weeks. They will be trying to pass a short-term or long-term CR in addition to numerous other legislative measures. No one will want to go 'off campus' to attend an event. Or at least it will be much harder to do so. Legislative staff won't be able to attend certainly off campus." (my emphasis) > > In addition to the 27th, one last ditch possibility is to move the whole thing up a week. CEF’s gala and legislative conference is the 21st, and I’m heavily involved in that, but could probably get away in the afternoon for a board meeting. Then we could do the member meeting on the 22nd and our awards the evening of the 22nd. > > The key for me is whether any of this rescheduling is going to interfere with already-booked flights. Can I confirm again that at least those organizations on the board have NOT booked flights? > > I’ll followup in a minute with a concise summary of our options and plan to proceed. Thank you all for your patience and helpful feedback. > > Jeff > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 7:33 PM, hritchie6@gmail.com <mailto:hritchie6@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> HI everyone, >> >> After reading this discussion, my thoughts are: >> - will the people we want to attend our event on the 28th be attending these other events (such as the one that bumped us)? >> - If we move it to the 27th, could we keep the membership meeting on the 28th in the am, so it does not conflict with COABE? >> - I agree, the further we get away from the Hill the less chance we have of people attending - I would also consider, at this point, having the event on the 27th. I am trying to remember - would this put our awards event on the same day as COABE’s? >> >> Heather >> >> >> Heather Ritchie >> Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer >> 240-643-4612 >> hritchie6@gmail.com <mailto:heatheredu1@gmail.com> >> — >> President, MAACCE (2014-2016) >> www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> >> >> >> >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:53 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>> >>> Marty, >>> >>> Great suggestion! Thanks for reminding me about Union Station. I will ask Ellen to look into that. It’s only about a ten minute walk from the Senate side of the Hill. >>> >>> Jeff >>> >>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:41 PM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> if our leads fail for a room there are some at Union Station that can hold this event. Lets see what Ellen comes up with. plus you can some time get to use the of the Nation arboretum after hrs. >>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, Anne got back to me late yesterday. No rooms at LOC available on the 28th. Once again, other dates that week are OK. The 28th just turns out to be a bad night. >>>>> >>>>> I’ll check in with Ellen and try to check out the other hotel possibilities this afternoon or tmw morning. The options are pretty grim at this point. >>>>> >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 11:29 AM, VALUEUSA Office <office@valueusa.org <mailto:office@valueusa.org>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I am sorry I been away with family did you call Anna Bone. I been been talking with her. I have that room for VAULEUSA for my event. >>>>>> Marty >>>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jeff Carter wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for the feedback everyone. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I went and looked at the Washington Court Hotel space this morning. It’s a windowless room — for those of you who were at the Bush Foundation event in June, it’s one of the breakout rooms we used. We MIGHT be able to get the atrium for the same price — it’s on hold right now for another party but if they cancel we can have it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ellen Fern wrote me this morning that she is trying a “hail mary” with another office on the Hill. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My greatest concerns with the hotels is that we will have an even harder time getting House/Senate folks to come over; and in light of the COABE event earlier in the day, it dilutes our presence on the Hill during a critical time. So I’ll keep fingers crossed for Ellen’s “hail mary” and the LOC — but good to know a hotel is an acceptable option. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BTW, I made a unilateral decision to hold on the announcement of winners until we have the space issue locked down. Let me know if you have any concerns about that. Hopefully we can get this resolved by tomorrow. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jeff >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Aug 16, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Rhodes, Christy <RHODESC14@ECU.EDU <mailto:RHODESC14@ecu.edu>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>>> Since I haven’t attended an awards event yet, I’m hesitant to offer any opinions. However, the suggestion of trying the Library of Congress, then a hotel sounds very reasonable. >>>>>>>> On that note, I’ll be making my travel arrangements this week, so if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in the area, please email me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Christy >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Christy M. Rhodes, Ph.D. >>>>>>>> Assistant Professor, Adult Education >>>>>>>> Department of Interdisciplinary Professions >>>>>>>> Ragsdale Hall 221-A >>>>>>>> College of Education >>>>>>>> East Carolina University >>>>>>>> 252-737-4795 >>>>>>>> Rhodesc14@ecu.edu <mailto:Rhodesc14@ecu.edu> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Director-at-Large >>>>>>>> American Association for Adult and Continuing Education >>>>>>>> 2013-2016 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Michele Diecuch >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:58 AM >>>>>>>> To: Silja Kallenbach <silja_kallenbach@worlded.org <mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>; Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Jeff, >>>>>>>> I agree with others. Best option is Library of Congress and then move to a hotel option, if needed. Let me know if I can help in any way. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Michele >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>] On Behalf Of Silja Kallenbach >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 5:13 PM >>>>>>>> To: Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> >>>>>>>> Cc: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org>> >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NCL Board] We've Been Bumped - Here Are Our Options >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Bummer! I too would try to avoid moving the date if at all possible. I agree 8 pm start is late. If the Library of Congress doesn't pan out I'd go with a hotel. My two cents. >>>>>>>> Silja >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> SILJA KALLENBACH Vice President 617.482.9485 >>>>>>>> www.worlded.org <http://www.worlded.org/> <http://www.facebook.com/worlded> <http://www.twitter.com/worlded> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Jeff Carter <jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi everyone – >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Friday we were informed that NCL has been bumped from the room in the Rayburn Building for our awards event. We’ve never had this happen before, but House members *can* bump you from a reservation if they need the room. And this time they did. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here’s where we are on potential plan Bs: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 1. We can move the event to Tuesday, September 27th from 5:30pm-7:30pm in B369 Rayburn HOB. And then, I guess, move our board meeting and members meeting up one day. (Ellen also has a message in to Erica DiCio in Rep. Yarmuth's office to see if any rooms in the CVC may be available on the 27th as well. She thought asking another Hill office beside Roe might be helpful. Have not heard back from Erica.) Cannot move it in the other direction: Roe’s office (Kyle Jackson) says there are NO rooms anywhere on the Hill on Sept. 29th either. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2. We can move the whole thing up a week (the week prior to AEFL Week) and see if rooms are avaiable then. Originally I know Ellen said that was a better week. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Obviously any of the above options won’t work if people have made travel plans already. We’ve announced the date but not widely, so not sure who has made plans yet. I can ask around among our out-of-town members. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 3. Kyle said there might be a room on the 28th at 8pm. That seems really late to me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (FYI I think I mentioned already but just in case: the Senate Rules Committee says we can’t have any room in the Senate because they don’t allow award events to take place in Senate rooms. Even though we have held the awards in Senate space in 2011 and 2012 they are now saying no.) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 4. Hotels on Hill >>>>>>>> · Washington Court – has space available. “Room is available that would require a $3500 food/beverage minimum, excluding service charges and tax." >>>>>>>> · Liaison Hotel – "We can offer this space for a $4,000 food and beverage minimum with a $400 space rental fee. Please note this does not include service charge, tax, or bartender fee.” >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Remember our food budget was $4000, so the options above are in the ballpark. But once you include tax and other fees, they will be more expensive than what we had planned. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 5. Library of Congress - I wrote Anne Boni at the Center on the Book to see if they could be helpful in any way. She wrote back this afternoon saying she will look into it but it will be a few days before she can give us an answer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Let me know ASAP with any preferences/thoughts — particularly about moving the date. When I mentioned that possibility to Heather and Deborah on Friday, they felt pretty strongly about NOT moving the date. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jeff >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>>>>>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>>>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list >>> Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >>> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org