Subscribers to this list have already received advanced notice of this year's Visitor Studies Association conference in Chicago, August 3 - 7. But what you DON'T know is that our President, Ross Loomis, has been able to negotiate a room rate of $119 a night, down from the recently advertised $140! Well done, Ross!!! For those who have never participated in a VSA conference, I commend them to you; the topics are invariably many and varied and the approach highly practical. I have found them to be the most interesting of any professional conferences I have ever attended - in any field. Thanks to Brenda Ward, VSA Office Coordinator, for the advance information! Harry Harry Needham Special Advisor - Programme Development Canadian War Museum 330 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0M8 Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623 Email: [log in to unmask]