33rd Siouan and Caddoan Conference

[David Kaufman]

Sorry I will not be able to attend the conference this year.  Hoping
everyone who is going has fun!

Dave

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Boyle, John <jp-boyle at neiu.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
> The 33rd Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference is approaching fast:
> 13-15 June, 2013, at Sitting Bull College, at Ft. Yates, North Dakota. We
> are only one month away and we need to finalize the planning and the
> schedule for the conference. A number of you have already registered for
> the conference. I would like to thank you for your planned participation;
> it should be a very exciting and fun conference again.
>
> There have been some questions and unknowns about the registration,
> lodging, transportation, dinner, etc … which several people have asked
> about. I am sorry that I have not had a chance to personally respond to all
> these. I had some questions myself about the process. I have finally
> discussed these matters with John Boyle and Wil Meya. So, here are some
> more detailed pieces of information. I hope you find this helpful.
>
> *Note on Registration and Additions/Changes:
> If you have not registered for the conference and would like to do so, you
> can still register on the "registration" link at
> http://www.laksummerinst.com/?page_id=36.
>
> If you have registered and would like to go back and change/add some
> options (i.e., add the dinner, lunches, t-shirts, …) you can do so by using
> the login that you created during your initial registration process. Simply
> go back to the website, click on "Register Now", and then at the bottom
> right side of the next screen click on "View or Change your Existing
> Registration". You can then login with the email and password you
> used/created during your initial registration.
>
> If you would like to join the dinner we are planning for the evening of
> June 13th in the restaurant a the Casino, please indicate that in the
> registration. Again, if you have decided now that you want to add that, you
> can go back into the registration you created and add this option. That way
> we will have a good idea of how many people to expect for this dinner
> reservation.
>
>
> *Very Important Note on Lodging:
> As I indicated to some of you by email, we have a block of rooms at the
> Prairie Knights Casino Lodge set aside for our conference. When you went
> through the registration process the system allowed you to indicate which
> nights and how many rooms you needed. This process only gives us a count of
> the number of rooms and the dates for the rooms. In order for you to
> actually reserve a room you need to now call the Prairie Knights Casino
> Lodge at 701-854-7777 and reserve room(s) for yourself and whoever else
> is coming with you. So, if you have not contacted the Lodge please do so at
> this point. When you call them mention that you are reserving room(s) for
> the "Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference" event.
>
> *Important Notes on Transportations:
> Some of you have asked me about transportation. The closest airport to the
> lodge and conference location is the Bismarck Airport. The airport is on
> the east side of Bismarck, and it is approximately 55 miles from the Lodge.
> From my experience, it takes about one hour to drive this - if you don't
> speed! You can look at the directions on google maps (or equivalent). If
> you are flying into Bismarck and need a ride from the airport to the
> Lodge/Conference site we can try to arrange/organize carpools and pickup.
> Please let us know in advance so we can plan.
>
> The conference location will be at Sitting Bull College, which is
> approximately 14 miles from the Prairie Knights Casino Lodge. There will be
> a free daily shuttle bus that from the the Lodge to the College, and back
> from the College to the Lodge. We can also carpool back and forth.
>
>
> *Abstracts:
> I would also like to thank those who have submitted paper titles and
> abstracts! I have not had a chance to personally respond to each one of
> you, but I have actually received your abstracts and I am looking forward
> to hearing all your papers.  Originally, we had set the abstract deadline
> as 5th of May. Since we are still organizing the last few things for the
> conference, if you have an idea for a paper and would like to present it,
> John Boyle and I are still able to look at a few more abstracts.  You can
> send your abstracts/ideas in PDF or Word format, to Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu.
> Please try to keep your abstracts to a maximum of one page.
>
>
> Johan and I will get back with you soon with a preliminary schedule.
>
> Best wishes,
> Armik
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Armik Mirzayan,  Assistant Professor
> Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Philosophy
> The University of South Dakota
> 414 E. Clark St.
> Vermillion SD 57069
> Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu
> Phone:  605-677-3159
> -----------------------------------------
>
>


-- 
David Kaufman, Ph.C.
University of Kansas
Linguistic Anthropology
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