Many companies are holding meetings or conferences to bring
their employees together.  These meetings may be designed to
enable the company to get key officials together to plan for
future growth and development or simply for the enjoyment of the
members participating.  For whatever reason, these meetings serve
a very useful management function.  Employees get together and
share their knowledge and pool their talents and resources in a
relaxed atmosphere.
	The success of these meetings depends largely on the person
that is responsible for planning and checking details from the
time the meeting is planned until the very end of the meeting.
This person has the full responsibility of seeing that the
meeting is a success.
	These meetings should be planned far enough in advance to
reserve adequate space for the event.  Hotels and conference
centers that specialize in these services are very busy.  Many are
booked for years in advance.
	Participants should be notified as soon as the arrangements
are made for the location.  This early notification will result in
better attendance as it will allow the participants to arrange
their schedules in advance.  If a copy of the program is made
available in advance, they can plan much more intelligently.
	At the meeting the person responsible should be available to
answer questions, take messages, and greet and direct
participants to their proper places.  A person should be free to
run errands and help the hotel with meeting details.
	Meetings can be very beneficial to the hosting company if
they are run efficiently.  Many excellent ideas and projects have
begun in meetings such as these.