[seek-logistics] --- SEEK: you may LOOSE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION ---

[Bertram Ludaescher]

Dear all: 

According to information from the hotel, the following people have not
yet confirmed their hotel room with a credit card:

	Aimee Stewart
	Bill Michener
	Dave Vieglas
	Ferdinando Villa
	James Brunt
	Kristin  Vanderbilt
	Mark Gahegan
	Robert Peet
	Robert Waide
	Scott Downie
	Town Peterson

The cut-off date for the $199 rate is TODAY.

For instructions to make reservations, see below.

Please mention SEEK/SDSC when you call the hotel.

Note that "reimbursement packages" will be handed out at the meeting
(through participant support cost)


Thanks


Bertram


>>>>> "BL" == Bertram Ludaescher <ludaesch at sdsc.edu> writes:
BL> 
BL> Dear all:
BL> 
BL> If you already confirmed your hotel reservation or won't attend a
BL> SEEK technical meeting between May 9-16 then ignore this message.
BL> 
BL> Others: Please be reminded that the cut-off date for the group rate is
BL> April 30th! Also remember to mention SEEK/SDSC when calling the hotel.
BL> 
BL> Bertram
BL> 
BL> 
>>>>> "BL" == Bertram Ludaescher <ludaesch at sdsc.edu> writes:
BL> 
BL> Dear SEEK contributors:
BL> 
BL> The SEEK Technical meeting May 10-16th in San Diego is around the
BL> corner. Here is what you need to know to make travel arrangements etc.
BL> 
BL> ----------------------
BL> 1. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
BL> ----------------------
BL> 
BL> Participants may either... 
BL> 
BL> 1.1 Contact *Tracey*, *Rita* or *Delores* at
BL> --------------------------------
BL> Rio Grande Travel
BL> phone: 1-505-768-7979
BL> toll-free: 1-800-283-5219
BL> --------------------------------
BL> to make travel (flight) arrangements and have them billed directly to
BL> the LTER Network office, or ...
BL> 
BL> 1.2 Alternatively, participants may make their own arrangements and
BL> request reimbursement from UNM after the meeting.
BL> 
BL> If travel is not by air, reimbursement for expenses incurred may not
BL> exceed the cost the traveler would have otherwise incurred if the
BL> traveler had flown. Use of a personal automobile will be reimbursed at
BL> the standard mileage rate authorized by the New Mexico State Per Diem
BL> and Mileage Act.  The rate is currently twenty-five cents ($.25) per
BL> mile for each mile traveled.
BL> 
BL> --------------------
BL> 2. HOTEL RESERVATION
BL> --------------------
BL> A block of rooms (at $119 UCSD rate each, plus tax) has been reserved
BL> at the		    -----------------------------
BL> Residence Inn La Jolla
BL> 8901 Gilman Drive
BL> La Jolla, CA 92037
BL> Phone: 1 858-587-1770
BL> Fax: 1 858-552-0387
BL> Toll Free: 1 800-876-1778
BL> -----------------------------
BL> 
BL> Participants need to **CALL THE HOTEL DIRECTLY** and confirm their
BL> reservation! When you call, ask for *AARON*, extension 458, and
BL> mention the SEEK (SDSC) reservation.
BL> 
BL> Please do this at your earliest convenience, and no later than 
BL> April 30th (the cut-off date set by the hotel).
BL> 
BL> For further details on the hotel, see:
BL> http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=LAJCA
BL> 
BL> -----------------------
BL> 3. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
BL> -----------------------
BL> HOTEL <-> MEETING:
BL> If you plan to rent a car and would like to offer car-pooling between
BL> the hotel and SDSC, please send me email with the number of
BL> participants you could take and for what dates you could offer those
BL> rides. 
BL> (If all else fails, there is also the environmentally friendly way,
BL> i.e. walking between the hotel and the meeting rooms on UCSD
BL> campus--should be ca. 35 min).
BL> 
BL> AIRPORT <-> HOTEL: Cloud-9 shuttle should be ca. $10 between San Diego
BL> airport and the Residence Inn.
BL> 
BL> -----------------
BL> 4. MEETING AGENDA
BL> -----------------
BL> 
BL> Please check (and keep re-checking) the meeting web page
BL> http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/meetings/dev-20030510/
BL> for details on the meeting agenda as it evolves.
BL> 
BL> --------------------
BL> 5. FURTHER QUESTIONS 
BL> --------------------
BL> If you have further questions, please send email to
BL> 
BL> Bertram Ludaescher <ludaesch at sdsc.edu>,
BL> Nancy Jensen <jensenn at sdsc.edu> 
BL> 
BL> and we will answer you asap.
BL> 
BL> Cheers, and see you soon in San Diego!
BL> 
BL> Bertram