Re: Accommodations
Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 4:46 pm
I think many of us are coming to the point where we need to finalize decisions. Is there one place on the web site that gives us all the accommodations available so we can compare and contrast? I've looked on the current "Accommodations" site, and there are some options not listed -- Pawel had suggested the Macdonald, for example, which is a very charming hotel overlooking the river valley, but I need to know whether we have a special rate there.
The Lister Hall option remains fuzzy especially wrt internet. I used to live at Lister Hall as an undergrad. As LC says of Montreal, I may go there "to renew my neurotic affiliations." But I would need to know whether I can pad down the hall in my pjs at 5 AM to log on to the Net, or whether I'll need to put on my pants and shoes and head over to another building. What precisely are the computer facilities at Lister Hall?
And does anyone have a sense of where most of the registrants are staying? I get a sense that the very active Edmonton LC community will be a strong majority at this event. Most of them will return to their homes at the end of a long day -- and maybe even longer after-hours gathering. The rest of us, who are paying for accommodations for anywhere from two to five nights, would likely want to stay near one another. The downtown hotels are an option, but if you plan to stay for five nights, that's prohibitively expensive for most of us. Especially after we've already spent a thousand dollars or so to get to the event.
Many of us are looking for a reasonable alternative to downtown hotels, and for many, this question will determine whether or not we come. I hope the organizers can assure those who are hesitating that there is an option that will be cost effective, effective in letting us keep in touch with our business and other communications matters we will need to attend to, and close enough to the action that we can participate.
Any guidance and advice would be most welcome.
d.
The Lister Hall option remains fuzzy especially wrt internet. I used to live at Lister Hall as an undergrad. As LC says of Montreal, I may go there "to renew my neurotic affiliations." But I would need to know whether I can pad down the hall in my pjs at 5 AM to log on to the Net, or whether I'll need to put on my pants and shoes and head over to another building. What precisely are the computer facilities at Lister Hall?
And does anyone have a sense of where most of the registrants are staying? I get a sense that the very active Edmonton LC community will be a strong majority at this event. Most of them will return to their homes at the end of a long day -- and maybe even longer after-hours gathering. The rest of us, who are paying for accommodations for anywhere from two to five nights, would likely want to stay near one another. The downtown hotels are an option, but if you plan to stay for five nights, that's prohibitively expensive for most of us. Especially after we've already spent a thousand dollars or so to get to the event.
Many of us are looking for a reasonable alternative to downtown hotels, and for many, this question will determine whether or not we come. I hope the organizers can assure those who are hesitating that there is an option that will be cost effective, effective in letting us keep in touch with our business and other communications matters we will need to attend to, and close enough to the action that we can participate.
Any guidance and advice would be most welcome.
d.