Request for info: Siouan and Caddoan Conference

[Northeastern university]

Hi Mary,

Will you be presenting a paper at the conference?  If you could let me know,
that will help me with the scheduling.

Thanks!

All the best,

John


On 5/4/10 11:22 PM, "Mary C Marino" <mary.marino at usask.ca> wrote:

> 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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