UCLA Hospitality and Catering has a Facebook page with
videos advertising its facilities for conferences. http://www.facebook.com/uclameetings
There is no mention of such conferences being required to have a UCLA
connection. For example, one video touts
the attraction by UCLA Hospitality and Catering of a meeting of the Southern
California Chapter of Meeting Planners International (MPI), a trade group of
event planners. The group’s website
describes its mission:
MPISCC is a member
centric organization focusing on professional development for the meetings and
events industries. Established in 1979, MPISCC is recognized as an
award-winning chapter with approximately 700 members serving the Santa Barbara,
Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and greater Los Angeles areas. As a volunteer
organization, MPISCC relies on its members to craft, guide, and direct the
local meetings industry in support of MPI’s overall vision and mission.
Source: http://mpiscc.org/about/mission/
We note for the umpteenth time that the planned UCLA
Hotel-Conference Center cannot take commercial business. And we continue to note the various tax
problems that arise if UCLA competes for commercial events with hotels and
other private enterprises. Of course,
the Regents were advised not to worry about such matters when they approved the
hotel project. We advise the opposite.
Below is the video in which the MPI rep says they are trying to show their members different conference facilities in the LA area and that UCLA does not confine its conferences to those that are “education based”:
1 comment:
Dan this seems like a classic case of UC "learning through lawsuit." Your Senate should get formal comment from admin about how they plan to deal with this blatant contadiction. Thanks for your excellent coverage
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