<VV> Convention Parking

[The Bristows]

      As a former past president of Corsa and chairman of the 1994 Convention I have to ask myself why is Corsa shooting itself in the foot by getting involved in host hotels that charge for parking if you are a registered to participate with the Convention but choose not to stay at the host hotel.   The 10 dollars per day charge is unacceptable if you pay to register to attend the convention.   We are forgetting that this a car convention and a downtown host hotel is not necessary nor has the necessary facilities to host a car convention.   How can the Pontiac convention this year sell out 4 hotels in Dayton Ohio and have no charge for parking.   After the dismal parking arrangements at the Buffalo convention I think I may sit this one out.  I choose to tow my enclose trailer with my RV and as the Corsa crowd gets older we need to stop making the priority of a convention a vacation rather than its true purpose of being a Car event.   If the negotiation fail to cover parking in the contract with the hotel then we may have a problem with the negotiator.  How can Corsa make the same mistake twice.  Bent out of shape in Buffalo and now in Florida.  Allen