[seek-logistics] ---SEEK MTG--- Logistics for meeting in San Diego, May 10-16

[Bertram Ludaescher]

Dear SEEK contributors:

The SEEK Technical meeting May 10-16th in San Diego is around the
corner. Here is what you need to know to make travel arrangements etc.

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1. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
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Participants may either... 

1.1 Contact *Tracey*, *Rita* or *Delores* at
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			  Rio Grande Travel
			phone: 1-505-768-7979
		      toll-free: 1-800-283-5219
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to make travel (flight) arrangements and have them billed directly to
the LTER Network office, or ...

1.2 Alternatively, participants may make their own arrangements and
request reimbursement from UNM after the meeting.

If travel is not by air, reimbursement for expenses incurred may not
exceed the cost the traveler would have otherwise incurred if the
traveler had flown. Use of a personal automobile will be reimbursed at
the standard mileage rate authorized by the New Mexico State Per Diem
and Mileage Act.  The rate is currently twenty-five cents ($.25) per
mile for each mile traveled.

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2. HOTEL RESERVATION
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A block of rooms (at $119 UCSD rate each, plus tax) has been reserved
at the		    -----------------------------
			Residence Inn La Jolla
			  8901 Gilman Drive
			  La Jolla, CA 92037
			Phone: 1 858-587-1770
			 Fax: 1 858-552-0387
		      Toll Free: 1 800-876-1778
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Participants need to **CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY** and confirm their
reservation! When you call, ask for *AARON*, extension 458, and
mention the SEEK (SDSC) reservation.

Please do this at your earliest convenience, and no later than 
April 30th (the cut-off date set by the hotel).

For further details on the hotel, see:
    http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=LAJCA

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3. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
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HOTEL <-> MEETING:
If you plan to rent a car and would like to offer car-pooling between
the hotel and SDSC, please send me email with the number of
participants you could take and for what dates you could offer those
rides. 
(If all else fails, there is also the environmentally friendly way,
i.e. walking between the hotel and the meeting rooms on UCSD
campus--should be ca. 35 min).

AIRPORT <-> HOTEL: Cloud-9 shuttle should be ca. $10 between San Diego
airport and the Residence Inn.

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4. MEETING AGENDA
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Please check (and keep re-checking) the meeting web page
       http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/meetings/dev-20030510/
for details on the meeting agenda as it evolves.

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5. FURTHER QUESTIONS 
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If you have further questions, please send email to

    Bertram Ludaescher <ludaesch at sdsc.edu>,
    Nancy Jensen <jensenn at sdsc.edu> 

and we will answer you asap.

Cheers, and see you soon in San Diego!

Bertram