Miami is also very expensive, it's considered top 3 now in the most expensive places to live, plus I must add that Feb is also our high season which means hotel rates and airfares are more than double the usual rates. We also have a poor public transportation system... sorry, unless someone else in Florida can host the conference.
Vanessa Meireles
v.meireles_at_miami.edu
Computer Programmer,
Information Mgmt & Systems and Digital Initiatives
University of Miami Richter Library
Coral Gables, FL 33124-0320
URL: http://www.library.miami.edu/
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Fleming, Declan
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:24 PM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
Hiya - San Diego is friggin expensive, and we don't have a small campus feel at all. Robert McDonald and I worked out the costs a few years ago and we'd be almost double what Asheville conf cost folks.
It's killing me not to have you all out to paradise in Feb, but I can barely afford to live here :)
D
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From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Walter Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib 2011 Proposals
On 3 Mar 10, at 9:52 AM, Julia Bauder wrote:
> Also, the farther north we go, the more likely that snow+airplane
> incompatibilities will foil speakers' (and attendees'!) travel plans at the
> last minute, which isn't fun for anyone.
>
> somewhere_out_of_nor'easter_and_lake_effect_range_in_february++
Actually there is a clear line (at least on the eastern half of the continent) where the further north you go, the *less* snow you got this. Buffalo is trailing a number of places on the east coast in total snow accumulation and Toronto has been dusted a few times this winter, with nothing of real substance. Detroit and Chicago were well below seasonal averages last time I checked.
ALL of that said, where are the San Diego gang or the folks from Miami?
Walter
who can only dream of pubs with open patios in February
Received on Fri Mar 05 2010 - 17:23:18 EST