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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> Dear LFG list readers,</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> Plans for our annual conference of the International Lexical Functional Grammar Association are in full swing. It will be held in Saratoga Springs, NY July 16-18. The conference web site is <a href="http://www.albany.edu/anthro/lfg2003/lfg2003.htm">http://www.albany.edu/anthro/lfg2003/lfg2003.htm</a>.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> I encourage all of you to come! Saratoga Springs is a beautiful town in upstate NY with mineral springs, horse-racing, live music, and a lively pedestrian downtown that preserves much of its 19th century architecture.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> But beauty has its drawbacks -- Saratoga Springs is also a very popular summer resort and vacation destination. During the summer almost all the hotel rooms are taken, and the prices tend to be a bit high.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> RESERVE EARLY</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> If you are thinking seriously about coming to LFG 03 (and I hope you are), I would advise you to make reservations immediately. For a list of hotels in the area, please see the conference website <a href="http://www.albany.edu/anthro/lfg2003/accommodation2003.htm">http://www.albany.edu/anthro/lfg2003/accommodation2003.htm</a></FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> If you're not sure about coming, I would still advise you to make a reservation now, and cancel it later if necessary. Very few affordable rooms will be available if you wait till summer.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> ROOMMATE MATCHING</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> A few people have mentioned that they might be interested in sharing a room to reduce the hotel expenses. If you'd like to share a room but don't have a roommate, send me an e-mail at g.broadwell@albany.edu and I will serve as conference yenta for you. In your e-mail tell me your gender and anything else that's important </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> (smoking, snoring, etc.) and I will see if I can match you with </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> someone.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> Best wishes,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> Aaron Broadwell</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> Local organizer, LFG 03</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> P.S. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> My friends at the Saratoga Downtowner (518-584- 6160) are holding 30 </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> rooms for conference participants at $91 per room, but there is already pressure from other visitors for the rooms. This motel is not fancy, but perfectly nice; the location is extremely convenient; the price is reasonable; and the owners and staff are friendly and helpful. For people looking for a moderately-priced room, this would be my recommendation.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> If money is not a big issue, there are also some extremely beautiful and luxurious alternatives listed at the website.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> George Aaron Broadwell</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> Department of Anthropology</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> University at Albany, State University of New York</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> Albany, NY 12222 | 518-442-4711</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> g.broadwell@albany.edu</FONT></div>
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