A meeting of the ASFONA Board of Directors and the ASFONA Associate Members was held at the Le Meridien Hotel in Atlanta on May 19th. For part of the Owners Board session the meeting was joined by the Head of Business Integration for Starwood Dave Phillipps. Dave gave the Board Members updates on Starwood's work on the integration program with Marriott. Later in the morning the meeting was joined by Liam Brown - President North America & Canada for Marriott & Head of Owner & Franchise Services.

Board of Directors Meeting:
Thursday, May 19th - 2016
8.30 AM - 12.30 PM.

8.30 AM:

In Attendance:

John Shingler – Chairman.
Hung Luk – Paul Wischermann – Jay Mahan – Gerry Chase – Maxine Taylor
Greg Miller – Mark Sharkey – Jim Dina - Suhas Naik – John Belden – Dave Johnson.

Apologies:

Howard Zetley.

Membership & Treasurer Report – John Shingler:

Budget & Financials - Membership Year - 2016: Report.

Reports Given on Executive Meetings:

STARWOOD MEETING - Stamford – March 1st

ASFONA:

John Shingler - Paul Wischermann - Jay Mahan.

Starwood:

Ken Siegel – General Council & Chief Administration Officer.
Serge Rivera – President The Americas.

MARRIOTT MEETING - Bethesda - April 4th.

ASFONA:

John Shingler - Paul Wischermann - Jay Mahan
John Belden ( by Phone ).

Marriott:

Dave Grissen – Group President – Marriott International.
Liam Brown – President – U.S. & Canada & Owner & Franchise Services.

“SPG” PROGRAM - Planned Annual Audit by ASFONA President - Stamford - June 28th.

Starwood:

Chris Holdren - SVP Distribution & Loyalty Program.
Alan Diehl - VP Planning & Analysis.

10.00 AM - STARWOOD EXECUTIVES JOINED THE BOARD MEETING:

Dave Phillips – SVP & Head of Business Integration.
Eve Dreher – Owner Relations North America.

11.00 AM - REFRESHMENT BREAK – Starwood Executives Departed.

11.15 AM - MARRIOTT EXECUTIVE JOINED THE BOARD MEETING:

Liam Brown - President - U.S. & Canada, Select Service/Extended Stay Lodging
& Owner & Franchise Services.

12.30 PM - Conclusion of Board Meeting

12.30 PM - Welcome Lunch.

1.30 PM - Group Meeting Commenced.