33rd Siouan and Caddoan Conference

Tue May 14 20:40:22 UTC 2013

Hello Armik

I'm sorry to say that I will not be able to attend the Siouan Conference 
this year - I hope to see you all next year.

Best
Mary

On 13/05/2013 12:38 PM, Boyle, John 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 
>> <mailto: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 <mailto:Armik.Mirzayan at usd.edu>
>> Phone:  605-677-3159
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