The Meetup
Elisa Stritt, CMP, CEM Director of Operations NCWM
do cancel well before a cancellation penalty takes effect if needed. We post the upcoming Interim or Annual Meeting as soon as one closes which allows eleven months of opportunity to reserve within our block at our rate. While we’re on the topic, you will find January’s Interim Meeting hotel reservation link here so make both reservations today! The Annual Meeting’s Special Event will take us to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Wednesday, July 17th. Included with the full registration, we will provide roundtrip transportation from the hotel to the museum, an assortment of food stations, and an open bar. We have the entire museum to ourselves- all six levels totaling 55,000 square feet. After witnessing our members’ musical talents while at the Interim Meeting, we opted for The Garage add-on which allows guests to showcase their skills. It is going to be a great evening to wind down our week and you don’t want to miss it. See you soon!
Our Annual Meeting is just around the corner! The 109th Annual Meeting will take us to downtown Cleveland, Ohio where we will spend the week at the historic Hotel Cleveland. We are anticipating a big crowd and are eager to welcome local weights and measures officials who might not have previously attended an NCWM meeting. In Ohio each County Auditor’s Office is responsible for regulating weights and measures, so we are hoping for the opportunity to meet new faces as well as learn more about topics important to the region. We have exciting news regarding the home for our meeting, Hotel Cleveland. The property is finishing an $80 million renovation scheduled for completion this spring. Meeting rooms, guest rooms, the lobby, and the building exterior are all included in this mega project, and we will be one of the first groups to use the new space. Remaining a flagship of Marriott, the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel has reverted back to its original name of Hotel Cleveland and has become part of the Autograph Collection which is synonymous with luxury and sophisticated design. You can read more about the renovation in this article from News 5 Cleveland and view what the final results will look like on the Hotel Cleveland Website. Please make sure to reserve your room in advance because it is common for our block to sell out of one or two nights well in advance of our cut-off date. The cut-off date is the last possible date the hotel will honor our discounted rate, but there has never been a guarantee of remaining rooms on that date. For each meeting, I encourage you to review the hotel’s cancelation policy and reserve a room regardless of your certainty for attendance, while making sure you
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2024 Issue 2
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