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If you want to give more, we'd take it. ;) On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Crazy low, but who am I to complain? > > > On Dec 5, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Tom Johnson <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > 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] > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> >