<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello Armik<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Mary<br>
<br>
On 13/05/2013 12:38 PM, Boyle, John wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:CDB69D73.4A37%25jp-boyle@neiu.edu" type="cite">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252">
<div>
<blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
medium; ">
<div>Dear All, </div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size:
medium; ">
<div><span></span><br>
<span>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. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>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.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>*Note on Registration and Additions/Changes: </span><br>
<span>If you have not registered for the conference and
would like to do so, you can still register on the
"registration" link at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.laksummerinst.com/?page_id=36">http://www.laksummerinst.com/?page_id=36</a>. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>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. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>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. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>*Very Important Note on Lodging: </span><br>
<span>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. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>*Important Notes on Transportations: </span><br>
<span>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. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>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.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>*Abstracts:</span><br>
<span>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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Armik.Mirzayan@usd.edu">Armik.Mirzayan@usd.edu</a>.
Please try to keep your abstracts to a maximum of one
page.</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Johan and I will get back with you soon with a
preliminary schedule. </span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>Best wishes,</span><br>
<span>Armik</span><br>
<span></span><br>
<span>-----------------------------------------</span><br>
<span>Armik Mirzayan, Assistant Professor</span><br>
<span>Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Philosophy</span><br>
<span>The University of South Dakota</span><br>
<span>414 E. Clark St.</span><br>
<span>Vermillion SD 57069</span><br>
<span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Armik.Mirzayan@usd.edu">Armik.Mirzayan@usd.edu</a></span><br>
<span>Phone: 605-677-3159</span><br>
<span>-----------------------------------------</span></div>
</blockquote>
</div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>