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I am glad to stand corrected.

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:17 PM, BWS Johnson <
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> Salvete!
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> > 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.
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>     Sorry, this is just not true. Jaleo is in Crystal City.
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> http://www.jaleo.com/location/crystal-city/
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>     There are a tonne of lunch options. Crystal City is also adjacent to
> DCA. So from a travel and logistics perspective, it's a good option since
> there are a number of hotels there that are used to hosting conferences.
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>     GWU boasted the Wikimania conference a few years back. If we had
> friends at AU, that would be another strong contender for an academic host.
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>     What was the participant count from LA? That might open up a myriad of
> options that the Library crowd wouldn't think about but could readily fit.
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> Cheers,
> Brooke
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