Not to belabor the point, but having people stay at the 
Conference Venue is part of the reason why we are getting the 
prices that allow us to keep the registration fees low.

PLEASE give us some time to work this out. It is important to 
have guest rooms filled at the Conference Venue.

  - E


Elizabeth Duell
Orbis Cascade Alliance
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On 11/16/2011 9:17 AM, Ann Lally wrote:
> Hi all,
> If you're not already familiar with walkscore.com I highly recommend
> looking at it.  You can find various amenities [coffee/ book? bars?] near
> the conference hotel and if you go to the More Amenities page, you can add
> "hotels" as an amenity and get a good overview of the hotels in the area
> and their relative location to the conference hotel.
>
> Enjoy!
> Ann Lally
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Derek Merleaux<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> The City Hostel http://www.cityhostelseattle.com/ looks pretty
>> interesting and not too far away for the more adventurous or
>> budgetarily challenged.
>> -Derek
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Elizabeth Duell<[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>> I am working with the hotel now. There WILL be rooms. I'm not sure what
>> the
>>> glitch is, but I am working on it now.
>>>
>>>   - E
>>>
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Duell
>>> Orbis Cascade Alliance
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> (541) 346-1883
>>>
>>> On 11/16/2011 8:43 AM, Laura Smart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It appears that the Renaissance Seattle has no rooms available Feb 5-9
>>>> 2012, using the link from the conference registration page.  One can
>>>> go directly to the hotel web site and make a reservation at a higher
>>>> rate, however.
>>>> Any recs for nearby lodging at comparable rates?
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>
>>