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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/ > > > -- Lisa Gonzalez | PALNI Knowledge Base and License Manager Librarian Private Academic Library Network of Indiana 317-550-5229 | [log in to unmask] | www.palni.edu