Fuel Prices Ground Aero-Tour
Proposal
Since 2006 when the idea for a post-conference "aero-tour" was
first floated, fuel prices have soared. The original goal was to charter one or
more airplanes to fly from Burlington, Wisconsin, to Beaver Island, Michigan, on
the morning of Sunday, September 28. Participants would eat lunch, tour the
island by bus, eat dinner, and stay overnight in a hotel on the island before
returning home the next day. While we had originally hoped to be able to price
the aero-tour package at $500 or at most $600, the increase in fuel prices means
that the trip would cost at least $900 or possibly more. Because the cost is
prohibitively high, we have regretfully determined that we must shelve the
proposal.