NERAC 2013 Cancelled.

[qy7400]

Hi Everyone,

As many of you know LIRA hosts an annual conference at the Long Island Aquarium every March called NERAC. Unfortunately this years show is being cancelled, the change of date to February along with Sandy affecting many we have not had enough time to secure speakers and vendors for this years event.

With the cancellation the club will hold a regular meeting in March.

 

[bigsink]

That stinks.

 

[Iammatt219]

Boooo

 

[Kurtl000]

Why not have it in March like normal?

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

The dates available for our event are governed by catering.
If the dates we would like are booked we are out of luck.

 

[Vinny Kreyling]

The dates available for our event are governed by catering.
If the dates we would like are booked we are out of luck.

 

[cdamiano]

There are no dates available in any other months?

 

[Dr_zilla]

This stinks. I don't know the logistics but I think it would be a shame to miss a year. THis event is excellent. Is there any chance of a smaller conference?

 

[Kurtl000]

there are no dates available in any other months?

+1

 

[username in use]

That's too bad, NERAC is a great event and always a good time.

 

[Long Island Andy]

That's too bad, NERAC is a great event and always a good time.

+1:sad2:

 

[jarrett shark]

This stinks. I don't know the logistics but I think it would be a shame to miss a year. THis event is excellent. Is there any chance of a smaller conference?

+1 the event is excellent
maybe have one small event at James place in future just vendors no speakers

 

[Kurtl000]

So in other words caterers are what's holding this back?

 

[Kurtl000]

Damn double post

 

[qy7400]

We need to book the room with catering for 2 nights, the Friday to setup and Saturday for the event; if the hotel and aquarium are booked not much we can do about it, same goes for the hotel rooms. Switching venues is not really an option as the costs would skyrocket, thanks to Joe we get a very discounted rate.

 

[Kurtl000]

You would think that the hotel/aquarium would keep that weekend open for nerac. Isnt it the same time every year?

 

[username in use]

I believe the Hotel/Aquarium gives us an extremely low rate if anything for that space. I would imagine if they have someone who wants to book it for full price then they would need to give preference to that customer.

 

[xxxduke62xxx]

my house has a opening.

 

[thorSvenson]

So manhattan reefs was able to have there fall frag swap a few later, but NERAC can't happen three months after?

 

[fishome25]

The aquarium makes its revenue from catering events. We can't really ask them to loose money to hold a conference for a local club. They book up many many months in advance. Trust me, I'm having my wedding there and there was very limited availability.