We're pinning it to $175 for main conference registration, $30 for
preconference (full day), and $15 for preconference (half day).
On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Matthew Sherman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Has the registration price been settled on yet? My department wants exact
> numbers before they will process the travel request so it would be helpful
> to know.
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Tom Johnson <
> [log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I'll update the conference page to include all of the below:
> >
> > 1. The block rate for the conference hotel is $129/night for a single or
> > double. That rate is available Sunday through Thursday nights, and the
> > link/info for the hotel rate will be included in the registration form.
> >
> > 2. The registration will be under $200; hopefully substantially under.
> > We're busy finalizing this.
> >
> > 3. TriMet's MAX Red Line runs between the airport and a few blocks from
> the
> > hotel every 15 minutes from 5 am to 11:30 pm. There is also a downtown
> > shuttle that can be booked for extended hours right to the Hilton for $14
> > one-way or $24 round trip
> > http://www.bluestarbus.com/downtown-shuttle-schedule.php.
> >
> > 4. Registration is planned to open Dec. 8th (next Monday). I will
> include
> > a time in what I post to the conference page.
> >
> > 5. Beyond the vote link posted previously, the program committee is
> > scheduled to meet later this week to finalize the schedule and presenter
> > list. The local committee will work with them to get a final presentation
> > list up before the 8th.
> >
> > We are capping the registration numbers higher than in previous years
> > (450-500), and our hope is not to sell out (or rather, to sell out
> exactly
> > and turn not a soul away).
> >
> > Thanks for prodding us to get this information out!
> >
> > - Tom
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Esmé Cowles <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Also not on the committee, but I can help with #3: getting to the
> > > conference is very easy by train: there's a train from the airport to
> > > downtown Portland, which stops less than 1/4 mile from the hotel, and
> > costs
> > > $2.50 each way.
> > >
> > > -Esme
> > >
> > > > On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:10 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess <
> [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm not on the committee, but I can help with #5:
> > > > http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/33
> > > >
> > > > (Also here are the keynotes:
> > > http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/31)
> > > >
> > > > - Coral
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Emily Lynema <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I suspect that it is time to start planning travel requests for
> > Code4Lib
> > > >> 2015. Can the organizing committee provide some more info than what
> is
> > > >> currently available at http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/ such
> as:
> > > >>
> > > >> 1. Hotel price
> > > >> 2. Estimated registration (I know you don't know for sure yet!)
> > > >> 3. Travel info (are there buses, shuttles, public transit, etc.)
> > > >> 4. Date registration will open (again, just an idea of the timeline
> > will
> > > >> help us plan for travel requests)
> > > >> 5. An easy link to the proposals that were submitted / results of
> > > voting.
> > > >>
> > > >> This would be immensely helpful.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks!!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Emily Lynema
> > > >> Associate Department Head
> > > >> Information Technology, NCSU Libraries
> > > >> 919-513-8031
> > > >> [log in to unmask]
> > > >>
> > >
> >
>
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