Request for info: Siouan and Caddoan Conference

[Mary C Marino]

Hi John

I have made my plane reservations and have booked a room at The Holiday 
Inn - the reservation clerk gave me the conference rate for 5 nights.

Best
Mary


Northeastern university wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for the delay, but hopefully here are some answers to your questions.
>
> The conference is scheduled to run from June 2 (Wednesday) through June 5
> (Saturday).  I am still unsure as to how it will be organized as I have only
> received a handful of abstracts/paper titles.  So if you have those, please
> pass them along.  I know some of you are trying to juggle several things
> over this time period.  I am planning the conference party for Saturday
> night so I hope most of you will be able to stick around for that.
>
> There is a block of rooms reserved at The Holiday Inn Chicago, North Shore.
> These rooms are at the special rate of $109.00 (not bad for Chicago).  They
> will also be running a shuttle from the Hotel to Campus and back every day.
> The rooms should be reserved under the name Siouan and Caddoan Conference,
> but I just found out they were under the name Northeastern Illinois
> Linguistics.  Hopefully that has been fixed and taken care of.  If you have
> made reservations and didn't get the discount, call back and let them know.
> The number is: 847-679-8900.
>
> As soon as I get a draft of the conference schedule together I will send it
> out, but I need to hear from you all as to paper topics.
>
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
>
> John
>
>
>
> On 5/3/10 10:30 AM, "Catherine Rudin" <CaRudin1 at wsc.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> John, or someone --
>> (1)  Can you confirm the exact dates of the conference?   Is it actually June
>> 2-5?  Any idea how it will be organized (i.e. which days might be comparative
>> syntax, language education/preservation, or other special topics?)
>>
>> (2)  IS THERE A BLOCK OF ROOMS RESERVED?   I tried calling the Holiday inn in
>> Skokie that was mentioned in the call for papers, but they had never heard of
>> Siouan conference or SACLC or any other likely acronym; had no rooms reserved
>> or any group rate as far as the person I talked to could find, and their
>> regular room rate is $137.95 ... not TOO outrageous for Chicago area, but
>> still, seems well worth trying to get a conference rate.
>>
>>
>> I'm leaving for Europe very soon, will be back just in time for the
>> conference, and would really like to have a plan BEFORE I go.
>> Tried asking about dates last week and got no response....   John, are you
>> there???   :-)
>>
>> Catherine
>>
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