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----Minnesota Investment Network Corporation is
dedicated to building the capacity for equity investments in
underserved markets such as smaller communities and growing vertical
industries.
Meetings and conventions are a multi-billion -dollar industry worldwide
which bring a positive economic impact to the economy and generate millions of
jobs throughout the United States.
We do not, however, condone the tactics being used by the UNITE HERE
(Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees) union that involve contacting meeting
planners directly and asking them to boycott particular hotels either involved
in ongoing labor negotiations or not at all involved but affiliated with
certain major chains. Its members manage
leading trade associations, individual membership societies, and voluntary
organizations across the United States and in 50 countries around the globe.

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Investment Manager
Contact: Joan Wurzer
Phone: 651-632-2144
Email: jwurzer@mincorp .mpiweb.

About ASAE The American Society of Association Executives, Washington,
DC, is an individual membership organization made up of more than
23,000 association executives and industry partners.

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As associations for the meetings industry, we condemn
any effort to cause widespread disruption of the meetings business, which may
cause great injury to the economic stability of the targeted cities as well as
the economic livelihood of the hotel employees at the targeted properties.

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Its strategic plan,
Pathways to Excellence , is designed to elevate the role of meetings in
business via: creating professional development levels to evolve member
careers to positions of strategic understanding and influence; influencing
executives about the value of meetings; and intensifying supplier business
opportunities. Headquartered in Chicago, PCMA has 16 chapters throughout the
United States and Canada.

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We support local negotiations that attempt to maintain the
industry's worker's good wages and benefits and provide for the economic
viability of hotels. PCMA
empowers members with the tools they need to succeed as meeting professionals
and to promote the value of the industry to their organizations and the
general public.

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For additional information, please visit the PCMA
Web site at http://www.

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DALLAS, Meeting Professionals International (MPI),
The American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association
Leadership (ASAE) and the Professional Convention Management Association
(PCMA) have issued the following joint statement regarding labor disputes in
some US cities.

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Headquarters Address: 1600 University Avenue W
Suite 401
St. Paul, MN 55104

Main Telephone: 651-632-2140

Website: www.org ) is the largest association for the meetings profession
with more than 19,000 members in 66 chapters and clubs.

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President/CEO
Contact: Steven Mercil
Phone: 651-632-2140
Email: smercil@mincorp. Meeting Professionals International (MPI),
The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the Professional
Convention Management Association (PCMA) are concerned with the current labor
disputes affecting hotels and their union employees in some US cities. As the global
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Media Contacts:
For MPI For ASAE For PCMA
Kelly Schulz Chris Vest Sandy Eitel
972-702-3033 202-626-2798 312-423-7262
seitel@pcma.

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3 billion meetings and event industry, MPI
empowers meeting professionals to increase their strategic organizational
value through education and networking opportunities.

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The organization acts as a catalyst that pools individuals
and organizations together to address unmet financing needs.

MPI ASAE and PCMA Issue Joint Meetings Industry Statement Regarding Labor Disputes

About PCMA The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is
the professional resource and premier educator for the meetings and convention
industry.

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Investment Network Corporation seeks to build local equity capacity by
establishing local investment funds called RAIN funds throughout
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About MPI Established in 1972, Meeting Professionals International (MPI;
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Type of Organization: Non-profit

Industry: Community Development, Venture Capital

Key Executives: CEO: Steven Mercil
COO: Brian Johnson
Investment Manager: Joan Wurzer

Administration
Contact: Dawn Lundquist
Phone: 651-632-2140
Email: dlundquist@mincorp. We are
encouraging both sides to negotiate in good faith to reach agreements that are
most appropriate for each city in order to maintain a healthy meetings
industry overall.

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Founded in 1957, PCMA represents the interests of meeting
management executives from associations, non-profit organizations,
corporations , independent meeting planning companies, and multi-management
firms who recognize the importance of meetings to their organization.