I am glad to stand corrected. On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 5:17 PM, BWS Johnson < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Salvete! > > > > 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. > > > > Sorry, this is just not true. Jaleo is in Crystal City. > > http://www.jaleo.com/location/crystal-city/ > > 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. > > > 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. > > > 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. > > Cheers, > Brooke >