News from Chicago for those that aren't on Facebook... ----------- Jason Compton 1:39pm Sep 16 We've been told by the Heron Point managers that they are no longer renting out their meeting space to outside, weekend visitors like us, so we won't be able to return to the familiar meeting rooms next year. This has nothing to do with anything we've done. The hotel and Heron Point are now owned by separate companies, and so the mission of the Heron Point owners is different now and they're not interested in attracting more business to the hotel. The hotel, for its part, has no real meeting space of its own. The ECCC/VCF braintrust will put our heads together and see what we can do to preserve the things we like about the current event and improve if possible. So long, Level of Discharge.