O.K., so a Motel 6 doesn’t have meeting rooms. So why not choose a local Holiday Inn?
There are only 4 members on this panel. http://www.recovery.gov/About/board/Pages/AdvisoryPanel.aspx
You would think it would be quite easy to find an open lecture hall or even a large conference room where one of them works (Harvard, Yale) or in some government building. But, hey, November is a nice time to go to Phoenix.