When NASIG was at the Hilton Crystal City in Arlington in 2015, I thought
it was a reasonable walking distance to the metro and to the Crystal City
complex of restaurants and shops.
-Lisa
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Andreas Orphanides <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Crystal City is unfortunately not close to anything else, so unless
> metroing to lunch is your bag it's not really a great conference venue.
>
> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Norma Palomino <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Excellent!... Thanks so much to our DC area colleagues for this
> initiative.
> >
> > Crystal City has reasonably priced hotels (between $100 and $200), and in
> > walking distance from the metro, which is a very convenient way to get to
> > downtown.
> >
> > I agree that in the cherry blossoms season accommodations are expensive.
> On
> > top of that, the climate change has made kind of unpredictable when the
> > cherry trees will blossom. We see frustrated tourists around the city
> every
> > year during during that season.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Salazar, Christina <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > I WAS joking about peak CBT... As with most things I'll try to follow
> my
> > 6
> > > year old's advice and "get what I get and don't get upset."
> > >
> > > As much as I like to think global warming is about ME.
> > >
> > >
> > > Christina Salazar
> > > Systems Librarian
> > > John Spoor Broome Library
> > > California State University, Channel Islands
> > > 805/437-3198
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> > > Cary Gordon
> > > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 11:40 AM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] 2018 Code4Lib hosting proposal - Washington DC
> > >
> > > FYI, Computers in Libraries got priced out of Dupont Circle and is in
> > > Arlington this year. "Discounted guest room rates of $269 for a single
> or
> > > $279 for a double room at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City” That includes
> > > WiFi. That event is at what was supposed to be peak CBT, but global
> > warming
> > > pushed it up almost two weeks.
> > >
> > > I am staying in a AirBnB for $74.
> > >
> > > Cary
> > >
> > > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 11:03 AM, Tim McGeary <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I will put in another concern about depending on AirBnB.
> Universities
> > > > are now defining strict guidelines again using AirBnB for business
> > > > travel specifically because travel insurance, workman's compensation,
> > > > and other liabilities are not coverable for employees using AirBnB.
> > > >
> > > > As a previous conference committee chair, I would personally suggest
> > > > getting a hotel contract near the venue you decide to use and then
> > > > recommend room sharing. For other conferences in DC, the negotiated
> > > > rates have been less than $200, so room sharing keeps it under $100.
> > > > Using a conference management service, like CONCENTRA, will help give
> > > > you more negotiating power.
> > > >
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:03 PM Kim, Bohyun
> > > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi all,
> > > >>
> > > >> For next year’s Code4Lib conference, the DC team has put together a
> > > >> hosting proposal for Washington D.C.
> > > >> https://wiki.code4lib.org/2018_Hosting_Proposals
> > > >>
> > > >> We would love to hear what you think!
> > > >>
> > > >> Thank you,
> > > >> 2018 Code4Lib at D.C. Organizational Committee
> > > >> ------
> > > >> Jaime Mears - Library of Congress (Chair) Boyhun Kim - University of
> > > >> Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences and Human Services Library Nick
> > > >> Kerelchuck - DC Public Libraries Joel Richard - Smithsonian
> Libraries
> > > >> Ben Wallberg- University of Maryland Libraries Kate Dohe -
> University
> > > >> of Maryland Libraries
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > > Tim McGeary
> > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > GTalk/Yahoo/Skype/Twitter: timmcgeary
> > > > 484-294-7660 (Google Voice)
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Norma Palomino
> > Doctoral Candidate
> > DPS-IM Student, Cohort #5
> > School of Information Studies
> > Syracuse University
> > https://ischool.syr.edu/people/directories/view/nepalomi/
> >
>
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