When I originally reserved the room, I also encountered the problem of 
no availability on Thursday night.
I called on Monday the 15th to try to add in Thursday night and was told 
that there are no rooms at that rate.
Clearly there is a communication problems at the hotel, between the 
people the organizers have talked to and the people taking reservations.

One problem the reservation lady seemed to be having is she would ask 
for the group code,   I'd say code4lib, and she'd confirm saying OK so 
the code is 4lib.
She also had trouble finding the reservation I made through the Oregon 
State University Conference Services site and wanted to just make a new 
reservation, with a notation that it might be a duplicate.   Finally 
after telling her my name, address, email, arrival date  and 
acknowledgement number for a third time, she finally said "Is your first 
name Robert?"  and found the original reservation. <snark> I guess she 
was confused by all the other people with the same last name as me. 
</snark>  It may be that the lower room availability is due to several 
similarly duplicated reservations.

-Robert Haschart

On 12/16/2014 10:59 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
> The word from the Hilton as of 6:00 PST is that we have rooms available at
> the following days:
>
>      2/7 - 4
>      2/8 - 11
>      2/9 - 19
>      2/10 - 9
>      2/11 - 5
>      2/12 - 2
>      2/13 - 0
>
> I can verify with them tomorrow and see what we can do about expanding the
> block.  We've only just met (or are about to meet?) our obligations, so we
> haven't been in a big hurry to bump up the numbers.
>
> I would encourage you to negotiate with the hotel directly if you're having
> trouble, and we'll do what we can on our end.
>
> - Tom
>
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rainwater, Jean<[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I had the same experience -- got a reservation for Thursday but they said
>> the block was sold out and I'd have to pay a higher rate.  -- jean
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Heidi P Frank<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm also needing Thursday night added.
>>>
>>> I had reserved my room about a week ago, and got Sunday-Wednesday nights
>> at
>>> the conference rate, but couldn't get Thursday night at all.  So based on
>>> suggestions on the C4L email about the hotel, I called them directly to
>> get
>>> Thursday night added.  They did add Thursday night onto my reservation,
>> but
>>> only at the regular higher rate - they said the conference rate was not
>>> available for that night.  I had seen a message that people were working
>> on
>>> expanding the blocks, but hadn't heard any updates.
>>>
>>> If the hotel block is expanded, especially for Thursday night, can
>> someone
>>> confirm?   I still need to call the hotel back so they will change my
>>> Thursday night price to the conference rate.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> heidi
>>>
>>> Heidi Frank
>>> Electronic Resources&  Special Formats Cataloger
>>> New York University Libraries
>>> Knowledge Access&  Resources Management Services
>>> 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Floor
>>> New York, NY  10003
>>> 212-998-2499 (office)
>>> 212-995-4366 (fax)
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> Skype: hfrank71
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Betsy Coles<[log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I'm not panicking, but I just tried to reserve a hotel room for Sunday
>>>> night through Wednesday night and the booking website says nothing is
>>>> available (Sunday through Tuesday was OK).  Could someone please nudge
>>> the
>>>> Hilton and get some more rooms added to the block, particularly for
>>>> Wednesday night?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Betsy Coles
>>>> Caltech Library
>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
>> Of
>>>> Tom Johnson
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 1:39 PM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2015 Registration Update [spots still
>>>> available]
>>>>
>>>> It has come to my attention that the public perception is that Code4Lib
>>>> 2015 is either sold out or at risk of selling out in the immediate
>>> future.
>>>> I'm here to tell you DON'T PANIC!  As of yesterday morning, there are
>> at
>>>> least 100 places available for regular (non-speaker, non-scholarship)
>>>> attendees.  At my latest check in, there should still be hotel rooms
>>>> available at the conference rate, as well; and we have confidence that
>> if
>>>> the hotel block *does* sell out, we can expand it at least a little for
>>> all
>>>> the conference days.
>>>>
>>>> While there's no need to drag your feet (the earlier the host committee
>>>> knows rough final attendee numbers, the better!), you shouldn't be
>>>> concerned at this point if you are waiting for approval (or for after
>> the
>>>> holidays) to register.
>>>>
>>>> Our goal is to avoid turning anyone away, and we look to be on track to
>>> do
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> Happy Holidays, and hoping to see you in Portland,
>>>>
>>>> Tom Johnson, on behalf of the PDX host committee
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Jean Rainwater
>> Head, Integrated Technology Services
>> Brown University Library
>> 10 Prospect Street / Box A
>> Providence, Rhode Island 02912
>> 401.863.9031
>> [log in to unmask]
>>