Crazy low, but who am I to complain?

> On Dec 5, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Tom Johnson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> We're pinning it to $175 for main conference registration, $30 for
> preconference (full day), and $15 for preconference (half day).
> 
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Matthew Sherman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Has the registration price been settled on yet?  My department wants exact
>> numbers before they will process the travel request so it would be helpful
>> to know.
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Tom Johnson <
>> [log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'll update the conference page to include all of the below:
>>> 
>>> 1. The block rate for the conference hotel is $129/night for a single or
>>> double.  That rate is available Sunday through Thursday nights, and the
>>> link/info for the hotel rate will be included in the registration form.
>>> 
>>> 2. The registration will be under $200; hopefully substantially under.
>>> We're busy finalizing this.
>>> 
>>> 3. TriMet's MAX Red Line runs between the airport and a few blocks from
>> the
>>> hotel every 15 minutes from 5 am to 11:30 pm. There is also a downtown
>>> shuttle that can be booked for extended hours right to the Hilton for $14
>>> one-way or $24 round trip
>>> http://www.bluestarbus.com/downtown-shuttle-schedule.php.
>>> 
>>> 4. Registration is planned to open Dec. 8th (next Monday).  I will
>> include
>>> a time in what I post to the conference page.
>>> 
>>> 5. Beyond the vote link posted previously, the program committee is
>>> scheduled to meet later this week to finalize the schedule and presenter
>>> list. The local committee will work with them to get a final presentation
>>> list up before the 8th.
>>> 
>>> We are capping the registration numbers higher than in previous years
>>> (450-500), and our hope is not to sell out (or rather, to sell out
>> exactly
>>> and turn not a soul away).
>>> 
>>> Thanks for prodding us to get this information out!
>>> 
>>> - Tom
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Esmé Cowles <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Also not on the committee, but I can help with #3: getting to the
>>>> conference is very easy by train: there's a train from the airport to
>>>> downtown Portland, which stops less than 1/4 mile from the hotel, and
>>> costs
>>>> $2.50 each way.
>>>> 
>>>> -Esme
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:10 PM, Coral Sheldon-Hess <
>> [log in to unmask]
>>>> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm not on the committee, but I can help with #5:
>>>>> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/33
>>>>> 
>>>>> (Also here are the keynotes:
>>>> http://vote.code4lib.org/election/results/31)
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Coral
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Emily Lynema <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I suspect that it is time to start planning travel requests for
>>> Code4Lib
>>>>>> 2015. Can the organizing committee provide some more info than what
>> is
>>>>>> currently available at http://code4lib.org/conference/2015/ such
>> as:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1. Hotel price
>>>>>> 2. Estimated registration (I know you don't know for sure yet!)
>>>>>> 3. Travel info (are there buses, shuttles, public transit, etc.)
>>>>>> 4. Date registration will open (again, just an idea of the timeline
>>> will
>>>>>> help us plan for travel requests)
>>>>>> 5. An easy link to the proposals that were submitted / results of
>>>> voting.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This would be immensely helpful.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Emily Lynema
>>>>>> Associate Department Head
>>>>>> Information Technology, NCSU Libraries
>>>>>> 919-513-8031
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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