Annual meeting will go ahead at Pittsburgh Hilton

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:12 AM -0400 9/23/10, Ronald Butters wrote:
>Well, read the fine print. The hotel may no longer be a Hilton.

Oops, beaten to the punch.

LH

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>On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Grant Barrett wrote:
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>>  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.
>>
>>  Grant Barrett
>>  American Dialect Society
>>  Vice President of Communications and Technology
>>  http://www.americandialect.org
>>  grantbarrett at gmail.com
>>
>>  Begin forwarded message:
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>>>  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 developmment 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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