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Just a friendly reminder - if you are planning to come to Las Vegas for the LTM, and have not completed the 2019 LTM Event Travel Form , we need you to do so by end of day  tomorrow Friday, December 14 th .  If you do not plan to attend, please email me at marcia.oakley@nacas.org and let me know (thank you to those who have done this so I can ... Read More

IU-Bloomington is a large residential campus (12,000+ beds) and is looking for information from other campus who have found a successful business partner to manage residential package services receiving and distribution from multiple carriers. I'm most interested in hearing from university auxiliary and residential units on this matter. Not ... Read More

At Tulane, Campus Services oversees relationships with over 50 local hotels and B&Bs to provide discounted rates that are commissionable back to the university. This is separate from our mandated business travel contracts; our program is strictly for guest travel, like for visiting parents, prospective families, guests coming in for Homecoming or athletic ... Read More

Good Morning! I would like to know if anyone shares resources with other universities that are in their immediate area and/or city?  Currently we share/reciprocate resources with the university next door to us, i.e. dining, shuttles, EMS, but I am wondering if there other things that we should be looking to collaborate on. Thanks, Kelly ------------------------------ ... Read More

This is something that we encounter on a regular basis on campus. We use EMS for all academic and non-academic reservations. There are a select few departments and buildings that have a lot of internal programming so we have set up a notification system in EMS so that anytime a request is made for their space they are notified and can then let us know ... Read More

Traci and Melissa, We work with institutions with these same kind of scheduling challenges.  You might consider involving these facility owners by giving them limited access to the scheduling platform used by the campus.  If the facility ie theater is using a different scheduling solution consider creating an interface between the products.  By including ... Read More

I recommend looking at the University of Memphis. They implemented an approval process that works very well. ------------------------------ Daniel Armitage Associate Vice President Student Affairs University of North Texas (940)565-2033 daniel.armitage@UNT.edu Denton Texas ------------------------------ Read More

​Hi David, California is an odd bird, minimum wage/labor costs drive up the costs of everything. That said, here's some data from the USDA : You'd need to do a breakeven based on your specific situation (i.e., number of kids, labor costs etc.). The government thinks ~$3.50 is fair for everyone in the lower 48. Aaron ------------------------------ ... Read More

Hello Melissa, At Cumberland we have utilized centralized scheduling for all events/activities on our campus for approx. 15 years. Our academic side of the house rolls over all "credit" courses and we handle everything else (additional lab space, student events, departments, external customers (paying and free), etc. It is a little bumpy with regard ... Read More

I am interested in this also, as event services begin to play a greater role on our campus. Traci Morris Campus Coordinator for Card and Client Services Rambler Services Shepherd University Wellness Center PO Box 5000 Shepherdstown, WV 25443-5000 www.shepherd.edu/rambler 304.876.5273 ------Original Message------ ... Read More