Because it seems like it might be useful, I've started a publicly-editable
google map at

http://goo.gl/maps/LWqay

Right now, it has two points: the hotel and the conference location. Please
add stuff as appropriate if the urge strikes you.




On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:41:26PM -0500, Cynthia Ng wrote:
> > I'm sorry, but that doesn't actually clear up anything for me. The
> > location on the layrd page just says Chicago. So, is the conference
> > still happening at UIC? Since the conference hotel isn't super close,
> > does that mean there will be transportation provided?
>
> The entire conference and pre-conference is at UIC. The Forum is a
> revenue generating part of UIC. The pre-conference will be at the
> University Libraries on Monday with the exception of the Drupal one.
>
> The hotel is a mile or thereabouts from UIC Forum. Here is the problem
> with us natives planning. It never crossed our minds that walking a mile
> while on the *upper limit* of our shuttling to and from work is not the
> norm for everyone. This was brought to our attention and we will have a
> shuttle from the Hotel to the Conference venue.
>
> >
> > While we're on the subject, are the pre-conferences happening at the
> > same location?
>
>
> See above.
>
> ./fxk
>
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:41:54AM -0800, Erik Hetzner wrote:
> > >> Hi all,
> > >>
> > >> Apparently code4lib 2013 is going to be held at the UIC Forum
> > >>
> > >>   http://www.uic.edu/depts/uicforum/
> > >>
> > >> I assumed it would be at the conference hotel. This is just a note so
> > >> that others do not make the same assumption, since nowhere in the
> > >> information about the conference is the location made clear.
> > >>
> > >> Since the conference hotel is 1 mile from the venue, I assume
> > >> transportation will be available.
> > >
> > > That's a good assumption to make. As to the confusion  I said to you
> > > when you asked me about this a couple of days ago.
> > >
> > > http://www.uic.edu/~kayiwa/code4lib.html was supposed to be our
> > > proposal. If you look at the document it also suggests that we were
> > > going to have the conference registration staggered by timezones. We
> > > have elected not to update that because as that was our proposal. When
> > > preparing our proposal we borrowed heavily from Yale's and IU's
> proposal
> > > and if someone would like to steal from us I think it is fair to leave
> > > that as is.
> > >
> > > If you want the conference page use the lanyrd.com link below. I can't
> > > even take credit for doing that. All of that goes to @pberry
> > >
> > > http://lanyrd.com/2013/c4l13/
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > ./fxk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >> best, Erik Hetzner
> > >
> > >> Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Speed is subsittute fo accurancy.
> >
>
> --
> Speed is subsittute fo accurancy.
>



-- 
Bill Dueber
Library Systems Programmer
University of Michigan Library