A summary of findings:
Chapel Hill -- Aqueduct Conference Center (Fred Good)
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- Cost: Total about $100/person/night (down from $114) = $400/person
This is complete package cost, incl. meals, conf. rooms, A/V equipment, etc.
- Availability: Monday, July 22 to Sunday, July 28, 2002.
- Rooms: two-person bedrooms with bath, up to 36 people.
- Food: See Description.
- Meetings: See Description.
- Transportation:
Airport is a half hour away. Fred can arrange transportation.
Ten minutes from downtown Chapel Hill.
- Description:
A full service conference center, meaning that it is a package deal which includes meeting rooms, meals, audio visual equipment, coffee, snacks.
Website: www.Aqueduct.citysearch.com.
Chapel Hill Student housing (Fred Good) [Not available? see note below.]
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"housing in student rooms and finding a place reasonably close to have meetings is proving to be difficult to obtain. I don't think that it will be much cheaper."
- Availability: TBD, will ask person returning week of 8/13
- Rooms: Each room shares a bathroom with one other room.
- Room cost: $36.75/person/night double; $49.00/person/night single,
plus meals. May go up some next year.
- Food cost: Meals are $5. $6 and $7, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Meetings: possible meeting rooms within walking distance on campus, TBD.
- Transportation: See Aqueduct Conference Center
- Description:
Note 9/12/01: I [Bill] just received an answer to my letter
requesting space in the church near student housing for the
CSG meeting. Our request for space was rejected. I've explored
other options, but nothing seems to be working out. Aqueduct
appears to be the best option in this part of the world.
But folk may not be prepared to pay around $100 per day
(everything included), which is what I think I can talk them down to.
Kansas City (Bill Williams)
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University requires more numbers than CSG and the "pre-conference" could generate.
The Salvation Army facility is very cheap-- they have a "group special" for 2 nights with five meals at $54. there price schedule is very complicated, but the price level is roughly comparable. But, the sleeping accomodations are bunk type dorms. No drinking. Practically no phone service, no inter-net. The facility has an opening for the CSG dates.
I wouldn't mind having the meeting there myself, but I doubt very much whether it would match many people's expectations. It's called Mokan Camp. And, from all sounds its the next thing to bringing a tent.
I [Bill] wouldn't recommend it.
Vancouver (Autumn Winter)
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UBC at Vancouver has so many accommodation options that it is quite complex.
Single rooms with shared bath would be around $40 per night.
People would be responsible for their own food.
Other conference costs would be around $30 per day.
(rooms, equipment, coffee breaks, CSG fees etc.)
Las Vegas
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Someone was going to look into this?