Annual meeting will go ahead at Pittsburgh Hilton

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:36 AM -0700 9/23/10, Grant Barrett wrote:
>It's now confirmed: the annual meeting of LSA (and ADS, and the
>other sister societies) is continuing as originally planned at the
>Hilton in Pittsburgh.

But it's *not* the Hilton (or even *a* Hilton), rather at the hotel
formerly known as Hilton (a.k.a. THFKAH, glyph not provided).

LH

>
>Grant Barrett
>American Dialect Society
>Vice President of Communications and Technology
>http://www.americandialect.org
>grantbarrett at gmail.com
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>  From: Linguistic Society of America <lsa at lsadc.org>
>>  Date: September 17, 2010 12:09:39 PDT
>>  To: grantbarrett at GMAIL.COM
>>  Subject: Important Update: LSA 2011 Annual Meeting
>>
>>  Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>  Approximately a week and a half ago, on September 7, I wrote to
>>inform you of a situation that had arisen with respect to the hotel
>>where we are planning to meet in January 2011, namely that Hilton
>>Hotels & Resorts had terminated its Franchise Licensing Agreement
>>with the property.  I am writing  now to update you on this
>>situation.
>>
>>  I am pleased to inform you that the LSA is going forward with
>>plans to meet at the hotel in January 2011.  An official
>>announcement as to the affiliation of the property is expected by
>>the end of September, and steps are being taken to reintegrate the
>>online reservations system.   Moreover, the hotel's staff remains
>>in place to assure uninterrupted service to individual guests and
>>to the meetings scheduled to take place there.   The LSA is also
>>seeking additional concessions on behalf of our meeting attendees
>>in view of the inconvenience to which they have been put.
>>
>>  We remain committed to offering our attendees a visit to
>>Pittsburgh that is rewarding intellectually, professionally, and
>>personally.  To this end, the Program Committee has planned a
>>schedule of plenary, poster, paper, and organized sessions -
>>available soon on the LSA Annual Meeting website --  featuring
>>cutting-edge research from your colleagues throughout the field.
>>The usual networking and professional development opportunities -
>>including a dedicated Student Lounge  - will be available as well.
>>And the Local Arrangements Committee is working hard to provide you
>>an exciting program of dining, sightseeing and cultural activities
>>during your visit.
>>
>>  Again, an official announcement of the hotel's affiliation is
>>expected by the end of September.   We will provide additional
>>updates and links to online reservations at that time.
>>
>>  Sincerely,
>>  David Robinson
>>  Director of Membership and Meetings
>>  Linguistic Society of America
>>  lsa at lsadc.org
>
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