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Our July 2007 meeting was held at the Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing and was a success. We did have a few complaints about the smoking atmosphere and we are taking that into consideration for future meetings. Casinos offer us great room rates and meal prices which was our main focus when considering their convention centers with everyone's budgets being limited. However, our March 2008 meeting with the Payer Panel has already been contracted with Grand Casino in Hinckley. We have contacted them and the Conference Center is in a more private location away from the casino. There will be no smoking in the conference area and the hotel registration desk is not in the casino so there will be minimal exposure to smoke. For those that had concerns, please take this into consideration and attend this great meeting that brings us information from valuable resources. Our next meeting will be held November 7 - 9, 2007 at the Best Western Kelly Inn in St. Cloud. Check back for future updates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||