Membership News

by

Mark Bergstrom, WSCA Executive Director

WSCA will be conducting an online membership survey in September. Look for a WSCA “Newsflash” that will point you to the survey. The Survey was constructed by Sandra Petronio, Walt Zakahi, and David Droge. Please take the time to fill out the survey. The Executive Council works very hard to ensure that WSCA members are getting the most out their membership. Your participation will be greatly appreciated and results of the survey will aid future decision-making.

Seattle will be a fantastic site for our conference. The Renaissance Seattle Hotel is an excellent facility and we have secured an outstanding rate ($135.00). WSCA asks that you stay at the convention hotel for two main reasons.

First, our semi-official motto is “Work Hard, Play Hard.” It is easier to work hard when your room is convenient to the meetings, the special events, the parties, and the lobby lounge. Second, whether your playing hard dancing the night away at the sock hop or enjoying the many departmental celebrations, it’s easy and safe just to take an elevator to your room a the Renaissance, where the views are spectacular. So treat yourself!

The Association asks you to stay at the convention hotel because we “pay” for our meeting rooms through your having a sleeping room at the hotel. Our meeting room rentals typically range from $15,000 to $45,000. The hotels typically waive these fees if we have enough people staying at the hotel. If too many of you don’t have sleeping rooms there, then we have to pay for those meeting rooms!

Over the years we’ve kept registration fees down to encourage students as well as faculty to attend. We also negotiate the same room rate for one to four people so you can share a room to reduce costs.

Please help yourself and your Association by staying at The Renaissance--It’s the thing to do.

Our Local Host, Valerie Manusov, is planning some exciting events, and the promotional video produced by the University of Washington is available on the WSCA website under the Conventions/Seattle link.