What does the annual meeting registration fee pay for?
The annual meeting registration fee covers a wide variety of expenses directly related to presenting the meeting. The major expenses include rental of audio visual equipment for every paper session and lecture at the meeting; hiring AV staff to install and monitor the equipment; design, printing and mailing the Annual Meeting brochure that is sent to every SAH member; buses for tours and evening events; site rental fees for paper sessions, noontime meetings, receptions and evening events; and staff travel to manage the meeting. Generally, the Society negotiates so there is a minimal fee for meeting rooms used in the conference hotel, but in exchange the Society contractually must guarantee the hotel certain levels of catering and sleeping room revenue. That is why we stress the importance of staying in the official meeting hotel. Travel fellowships for the Annual Meeting are paid for with endowment and foundation funds.
