Tagging on to this thread, a logistical question for the conference
planning group:
What's the layout of the audience space at UIC Forum - tables and chairs,
theater seating, etc. - and what'll the power situation be? Trying to
decide what kind of tech I need to bring.
thanks!
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Erin White
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On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Margaret Heller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> To add to what Francis said, we will send out final travel and logistics
> information in an email to all registered conference attendees after
> registration closes January 31. The local conference planning committee
> will also ensure the wiki and the website is completely up to date and
> accurate. As with all Code4Lib conferences, we try to flexible in
> responding to community requests, but paying for these items involves many
> moving parts.
>
> Please bear with us in the last few days as we finish up details. If you
> have specific questions about logistics, please ask on the Code4Lib
> conference planning group so that we don't clutter up the main list:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/code4libcon.
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Margaret Heller
> Digital Services Librarian
> Loyola University Chicago
> 773.508.2686
> >>> Francis Kayiwa <[log in to unmask]> 1/29/2013 2:36 PM >>>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:27:07PM -0500, Cynthia Ng wrote:
> > Thanks for pointing it out.
> >
> > So, there is no shuttle? I don't mind either way if someone hadn't
> > said that there would be one and now the wiki is saying there won't be
> > one. It's just a bit confusing and doesn't help with planning...
>
> Yes we said there would be one but *as I type* we cannot say that there
> will be one for one very simple reason. We are guessing. We budgeted for
> 400 people (lower limit and not including the bus) and we are barely
> cracking that. Cost of UIC Forum is a fixed number. Cost of food is also
> an estimate of 400 and also a fixed number.
>
> Failing to reach that 400 number makes it an arithmetic problem. If we
> have to pay
> for rent and food. Transport becomes a luxury. We have quotes ranging
> from ~700 -> 3500. Again our fault for never factoring that in. We still
> feel using CTA is environmentally (see what I did there? :-)) the right
> thing to do given the distance, cost.
>
> Again we may sell the remaining 40 tickets or so which may give us room
> to breathe.
>
> We are not deliberately misleading. This I will hazard is the problem of
> the conference not selling out as it did in the past and leaving little
> room to estimate. Again these are problems we brought on ourselves but
> please know if there is no shuttle it is because we can't afford it and
> no other reason.
>
> ./fxk
>
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Tracy Seneca <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'm responding to this older thread to point you to a travel logistics
> page
> > > on the Code4Lib wiki for the conference:
> > > http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/2013_travel
> > >
> > > We'll add further info to this page as needed. I hope this helps with
> > > conference navigation!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Tracy Seneca
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Erik Hetzner <[log in to unmask]
> >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.
> > >>
> > >> best, Erik Hetzner
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my free software system <http://fsf.org/>.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
> --
> Pohl's law:
> Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere, will not hate it.
>
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