Hi Sibyl, I'd love Burlington. It might not be warm but there is a lot of good winter activities. However, It is probably too late for this year to find out what the costs, etc. are, but if you want to put a proposal for 2012, count me in. Edward On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Sibyl Schaefer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Anyone interested in Burlington, Vt.? If I had some help (and the > deadline extended a couple days) I'd be willing to throw in the hat. > > Sibyl Schaefer > University of Vermont > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Meireles, Vanessa <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Miami is also very expensive, it's considered top 3 now in the most expensive places to live, plus I must add that Feb is also our high season which means hotel rates and airfares are more than double the usual rates. We also have a poor public transportation system... sorry, unless someone else in Florida can host the conference. >> >> Vanessa Meireles >> [log in to unmask] >> Computer Programmer, >> Information Mgmt & Systems and Digital Initiatives >> >> University of Miami Richter Library >> Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320 >> URL: http://www.library.miami.edu/ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fleming, Declan >> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:24 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals >> >> Hiya - San Diego is friggin expensive, and we don't have a small campus feel at all. Robert McDonald and I worked out the costs a few years ago and we'd be almost double what Asheville conf cost folks. >> >> It's killing me not to have you all out to paradise in Feb, but I can barely afford to live here :) >> >> D >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Walter Lewis >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:21 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals >> >> On 3 Mar 10, at 9:52 AM, Julia Bauder wrote: >> >>> Also, the farther north we go, the more likely that snow+airplane >>> incompatibilities will foil speakers' (and attendees'!) travel plans at the >>> last minute, which isn't fun for anyone. >>> >>> somewhere_out_of_nor'easter_and_lake_effect_range_in_february++ >> >> Actually there is a clear line (at least on the eastern half of the continent) where the further north you go, the *less* snow you got this. Buffalo is trailing a number of places on the east coast in total snow accumulation and Toronto has been dusted a few times this winter, with nothing of real substance. Detroit and Chicago were well below seasonal averages last time I checked. >> >> ALL of that said, where are the San Diego gang or the folks from Miami? >> >> Walter >> who can only dream of pubs with open patios in February >> >