How does APPAM decide where to hold Fall Conferences outside of Washington, DC?
Unlike many associations that select their host cities on the basis of hotel availability, APPAM traditionally has selected cities based on bids submitted by its institutional members. Every two years, APPAM asks its institutional members to compete to be the host for the next available conference, and the Policy Council picks the site from among the bids received. The local host institution then is responsible for organizing the opening night reception. (When APPAM holds the conference in Washington, D.C. there is no opening night event.) Among the criteria used by the Council for selecting a conference site is balance among regions. After 2012, APPAM will have held the following number of onferences in each U.S. region: 5 in the West, 5 in the Midwest, 4 in the South and 5 in the Northeast (not counting those held in Washington, DC, every other year).
