Quest for Standards

As meetings become ever more complicated, with more third parties and new technology products and services entering the marketplace, a ground swell of support has arisen in the last two years for the establishment of "standards"--or in the safer legal parlance, "accepted practices." The Convention Liaison Council (CLC) is leading the effort (see news story, page 16), focusing on seven key areas for development of accepted industry practices. These include housing, contracts, meeting profiles,