Anyone interested in Burlington, Vt.? If I had some help (and the
deadline extended a couple days) I'd be willing to throw in the hat.
Sibyl Schaefer
University of Vermont
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Meireles, Vanessa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Miami is also very expensive, it's considered top 3 now in the most expensive places to live, plus I must add that Feb is also our high season which means hotel rates and airfares are more than double the usual rates. We also have a poor public transportation system... sorry, unless someone else in Florida can host the conference.
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> Vanessa Meireles
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> Information Mgmt & Systems and Digital Initiatives
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> University of Miami Richter Library
> Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fleming, Declan
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> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
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> Hiya - San Diego is friggin expensive, and we don't have a small campus feel at all. Robert McDonald and I worked out the costs a few years ago and we'd be almost double what Asheville conf cost folks.
>
> It's killing me not to have you all out to paradise in Feb, but I can barely afford to live here :)
>
> D
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Walter Lewis
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> On 3 Mar 10, at 9:52 AM, Julia Bauder wrote:
>
>> Also, the farther north we go, the more likely that snow+airplane
>> incompatibilities will foil speakers' (and attendees'!) travel plans at the
>> last minute, which isn't fun for anyone.
>>
>> somewhere_out_of_nor'easter_and_lake_effect_range_in_february++
>
> Actually there is a clear line (at least on the eastern half of the continent) where the further north you go, the *less* snow you got this. Buffalo is trailing a number of places on the east coast in total snow accumulation and Toronto has been dusted a few times this winter, with nothing of real substance. Detroit and Chicago were well below seasonal averages last time I checked.
>
> ALL of that said, where are the San Diego gang or the folks from Miami?
>
> Walter
> who can only dream of pubs with open patios in February
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