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<DIV>John, </DIV>
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<DIV>I am planning to come, no reservations yet, no abstract yet (hey, I still have a couple of days, right?). </DIV>
<DIV>It should be fun. </DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, do you have an insider's guide to get there with the minimal amount of rural driver's fears of Chicago traffic? Pretty Please?...</DIV>
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<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV>Jill</DIV>
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<DIV>Jill D. Greer</DIV>
<DIV>Associate Professor</DIV>
<DIV>Department of Social Science</DIV>
<DIV>MSSU</DIV>
<DIV>3950 E. Newman Road</DIV>
<DIV>Joplin, MO 64801</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:greer-j@mssu.edu">greer-j@mssu.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV>417.625.9795</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. I remember this time two years back, so please accept my thanks (and sympathies) for organizing it all this year!!!</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Northeastern university wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>> Hi All,<BR>>>><BR>>>> Sorry for the delay, but hopefully here are some answers to your questions.<BR>>>><BR>>>> The conference is scheduled to run from June 2 (Wednesday) through June 5<BR>>>> (Saturday). I am still unsure as to how it will be organized as I have only<BR>>>> received a handful of abstracts/paper titles. So if you have those, please<BR>>>> pass them along. I know some of you are trying to juggle several things<BR>>>> over this time period. I am planning the conference party for Saturday<BR>>>> night so I hope most of you will be able to stick around for that.<BR>>>><BR>>>> There is a block of rooms reserved at The Holiday Inn Chicago, North Shore.<BR>>>> These rooms are at the special rate of $109.00 (not bad for Chicago). They<BR>>>> will also be running a shuttle from the Hotel to Campus and back every day.<BR>>>> The rooms should be reserved under the name Siouan and Caddoan Conference,<BR>>>> but I just found out they were under the name Northeastern Illinois<BR>>>> Linguistics. Hopefully that has been fixed and taken care of. If you have<BR>>>> made reservations and didn't get the discount, call back and let them know.<BR>>>> The number is: 847-679-8900.<BR>>>><BR>>>> As soon as I get a draft of the conference schedule together I will send it<BR>>>> out, but I need to hear from you all as to paper topics.<BR>>>><BR>>>> Thanks!<BR>>>><BR>>>> All the best,<BR>>>><BR>>>> John<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> On 5/3/10 10:30 AM, "Catherine Rudin" <CaRudin1@wsc.edu> wrote:<BR>>>><BR>>>> <BR>>>> <BR>>>>> John, or someone --<BR>>>>> (1) Can you confirm the exact dates of the conference? Is it actually<BR>>>>> June<BR>>>>> 2-5? Any idea how it will be organized (i.e. which days might be<BR>>>>> comparative<BR>>>>> syntax, language education/preservation, or other special topics?)<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> (2) IS THERE A BLOCK OF ROOMS RESERVED? I tried calling the Holiday inn<BR>>>>> in<BR>>>>> Skokie that was mentioned in the call for papers, but they had never heard<BR>>>>> of<BR>>>>> Siouan conference or SACLC or any other likely acronym; had no rooms<BR>>>>> reserved<BR>>>>> or any group rate as far as the person I talked to could find, and their<BR>>>>> regular room rate is $137.95 ... not TOO outrageous for Chicago area, but<BR>>>>> still, seems well worth trying to get a conference rate.<BR>>>>><BR>>>>><BR>>>>> I'm leaving for Europe very soon, will be back just in time for the<BR>>>>> conference, and would really like to have a plan BEFORE I go.<BR>>>>> Tried asking about dates last week and got no response.... John, are you<BR>>>>> there??? :-)<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> Catherine<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> <BR>>>> <BR>>>> <BR>><BR>> <BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>