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<div>Hi, John. Just wanted to let you know that I will only be able to come for part of the conference--Wed. and part of Friday. Due to other commitments I won't be giving a paper.</div>
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<div>Randy<br>
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From: Northeastern university <jp-boyle@neiu.edu><br>
To: siouan@lists.Colorado.EDU<br>
Sent: Mon, May 10, 2010 2:38 pm<br>
Subject: Re: Request for info: Siouan and Caddoan Conference<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_2_218e6ce6-a129-4041-bf0f-a9676e8c53f9><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Hi Jill,<br>
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Excellent, I’m glad to know you are planning on coming. I was getting worried as I haven’t heard from as many people as I had hoped, but you know how we are. There is no good way to get to Chicago from outside. The key is to avoid rush hour traffic. Where are you coming from? Let me know and I’ll put together a route for you.<br>
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All the best,<br>
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John<br>
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On 5/10/10 3:29 PM, "Jill Greer" <<A href="mailto:Greer-J@MSSU.EDU">Greer-J@MSSU.EDU</A>> wrote:<br>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">John, <br>
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I am planning to come, no reservations yet, no abstract yet (hey, I still have a couple of days, right?). <br>
It should be fun. <br>
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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?...<br>
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Best,<br>
Jill<br>
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Jill D. Greer<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Department of Social Science<br>
MSSU<br>
3950 E. Newman Road<br>
Joplin, MO 64801<br>
<A href="mailto:greer-j@mssu.edu">greer-j@mssu.edu</A><br>
417.625.9795<br>
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P.S. I remember this time two years back, so please accept my thanks (and sympathies) for organizing it all this year!!!<br>
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>> 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" <<A href="mailto:CaRudin1@wsc.edu">CaRudin1@wsc.edu</A>> 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>
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