Accommodations and tentative schedule for SCLC 34

Wed Mar 19 18:47:03 UTC 2014

The link works fine for me.  

Jill, I certainly share your sense of loss, but it seems to me the last
thing Bob would have wanted is for folks to not attend the conference
because he won't be there.  Let's all go honor his life by continuing
the work he loved.  

Meredith, Bryan, and Matea THANK YOU for an outstanding job organizing
so far -- I've been delighted to see timely information and reminders
not only on the Siouan list but also on LinguistList.  The SCLC has
varied widely over the years -- each organizer does it a little
differently, and that's fine.  I don't see anything closed or unfriendly
in using an online system for submitting abstracts.  I'm not planning on
giving a talk this year (alas, too overbooked to get around to writing
anything up) -- but I definitely plan to attend and am looking forward
to it. 

Catherine

>>> Meredith Johnson <majohnson25 at WISC.EDU> 3/19/2014 11:52 AM >>>
Hi again all,

Hmm, that's strange. All three of the organizers tried it, and several
people have successfully uploaded abstracts. I'm guessing Linguist List
was just updating the website. If you have trouble, I would suggest
trying it again a little later. If anyone has continual trouble, please
let me know, and I'll contact Linguist List.

Best,
Meredith
On Mar 19, 2014, at 7:49 AM, Jimm Goodtracks <jgoodtracks at GMAIL.COM>
wrote

For your information, I was unable to connect with the link below on
conference program -   http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/SCLC34

From: Meredith Johnson ( mailto:majohnson25 at WISC.EDU ) 
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 1:01 AM
To: SIOUAN at listserv.unl.edu 
Subject: Re: Accommodations and tentative schedule for SCLC 34

Hi all, 

A couple of quick responses to Jill's questions, which I am responding
to on list in case others are interested.

Dorm space: to the best of our knowledge, there is no available dorm
space. The conference venue is also on the edge of campus, and all dorms
would actually be further away than the hotel. Having the conference in
an urban setting unfortunately has its drawbacks: we could either choose
a convenient hotel to get a block of rooms in, or a somewhat cheaper one
that would require a long bus ride for participants. 

As for going through linguist list: We certainly were not trying to be
formal; there are just three organizers and we all would like access to
all abstracts submitted. I have accepted abstracts that were e-mailed to
me, and if anyone else would prefer to do that, I will happily accept
them and pass them on to the other organizers. All other correspondence
will be done "person-to-person."

Of course, if there are any suggestions as to how we can maintain the
"generously open and friendly tone of the conference", don't hesitate to
e-mail me on or off-list. If we have done anything else to offend anyone
while trying to organize this conference, drop me a line.

Best,
Meredith
On Mar 19, 2014, at 12:40 AM, "Greer, Jill" <Greer-J at MSSU.EDU> wrote

Dear Meredith, Bryan, and Matea,

A couple of questions/comments:  Is there no possibility of less
expensive dorm space?  A shorter walk and/or less expense might make the
conference more friendly to a larger number of folks.  Also,  it seems a
little formal to be going through linguist list rather than directly to
the organizer's emails,  regardless of links provided.  Yes,  I'm sorry
to sound like a grumpy old Luddite,  but surely  linguists of all people
ought to be cognizant of the meta-communicative message of relying on
3rd party providers for 'ease' , so to speak, rather than actual
person-to-person correspondence?  

Forgive me for the complaints.  This meeting date is a bit early in the
summer for my calendar,  and I'm not really sure I'm up to going to a
Siouan conference without Bob just yet anyway.  No doubt everyone is
still reeling under that weight, too.  Perhaps the proceedings could be
shared with the list?  Rory was the only  one kind enough to actually
share his paper from last summer's meeting.  

But for future collegiality with fellow Siouanists,  perhaps I'm not
too far out of line to request that the generously open and friendly
tone of the conference not be replaced with the rather frenzied pace of
the "standard"  linguistics meeting.  

In the meantime,  thank you for the willingness to host,  and I hope
that perhaps the beginning of some kind of Festschrift for Bob could
begin to emerge from the group sorrow.  

Sincerely yours,
Jill Greer

On Mar 18, 2014, at 10:41 PM, Meredith Johnson <majohnson25 at WISC.EDU>
wrote:

Dear all,

We have a couple of updates about the upcoming 34th Siouan and Caddoan
Languages Conference, to be held Friday, May 23 to Sunday, May 25 at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The conference will be held at Memorial Union, which is on the
University of Wisconsin campus in downtown Madison. We have reserved a
block of rooms at the Hampton Inn, which is the closest hotel to the
conference site (less than a 10 minute walk away). The special
conference rate is $119/night for a double room from May 22-25. The rate
is available until April 22, and you can access this rate from the
following link:
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/M/MSNBJHX-ALC-20140522/index.jhtml

If you're on a tighter budget, we suggest finding a hotel on the west
side of Madison and taking a bus to the conference. Bus schedules and
Google transit planner are available here:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/ Please note that there are different
schedules for the work week and weekend.

Please see attached for a (very) tentative schedule. If you‘d like to
secure one of the spots on this schedule, remember to submit an abstract
online at http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/SCLC34 by this Sunday,
March 23! :)

Lastly, we hope to have registration available shortly! We are still
waiting for confirmation on our conference funding. If it comes through
(fingers crossed!), registration will be free, and there will be a
subsidized conference dinner. We will let you know as soon as we do!

We hope to have more info for you soon, but in the meantime, please
feel free to e-mail with any questions. Also check our new website
https://sites.google.com/site/34sclc/accomodations for updates and
additional information.

All the best,
Meredith Johnson
Bryan Rosen
Matea Schuck
SCLC 34 Organizers

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