Siouan/Caddoan Conference Housing

[ROOD DAVID S]

Hi, everyone:

	The Wichita government has arranged for a block of rooms to be
held for us until 10 days before the conference.  Contact the motel
directly with your reservation, and mention that it's for the "Siouan and
Caddoan Language Conference".  The motel is:
	Red Carpet Inn
	Highway 63 East
	Anadarko, Oklahoma 73005
	phone: 405-247-2491
	fax: 405-247-2825

	The rates are $31.78 per night for one person, #36.32 for two.

	There are other motels in town with similar rates, but I don't
know anything about potential availability, etc.
	
	Again, please remember to send me titles of papers and desired
time frame by May 12.

	It would be really helpful to have some idea of how many we're
going to have at the meetings, so if you plan to come, please send me a
note to that effect even if you're not offering a paper.  Some of you have
already done that -- no need to duplicate.

	News:  John Boyle has offered to host the meeting in 2001 at the
University of Chicago, and Dick Carter has invited us to Black Hills State
in Spearfish, SD for 2002.  Dates still need to be set.

	Finally, please be thinking about this: for about 20 years now, I
have been the informal organizer of these meetings, either asking someone
else to do it (you've been very helpful) or doing it myself.  I wonder if
it's time to establish a little more formality to our organization,
however, in the form of an annual election of a conference chair, or even
a "president" for the conference.  It would make me feel better if I
weren't the one to wonder about the next meeting all the time.	

	Looking forward to seeing you all in Oklahoma.
	Best,
	David
	
David S. Rood
Dept. of Linguistics
Univ. of Colorado
Campus Box 295
Boulder, CO 80309-0295
USA
rood at colorado.edu