Request for info: Siouan and Caddoan Conference

[Mary C Marino]

Hello John

No, I will not be presenting.  Affiliation:  University of Saskatchewan.

Best
Mary


Northeastern university wrote:
> 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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