I've never been to Vancouver, so I don't know what the housing options are. But I wonder if there isn't some way to keep the nightly rate down. Maybe this could be addressed by having an official hostel/cheaper hotel? Perhaps UBC or some other institution has an inexpensive housing option (I've seen this at other universities).
-Esme -- Esme Cowles <escow...@ucsd.edu> "A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.) " -- Dave Barry On Mar 2, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Dan Chudnov wrote: > (c) in early years we emphasized keeping code4libcon cheap and have continued > to succeed at that by using sponsorships to keep the registration fee low. > It's good to be able to draw in students and people who are interested but > not directly supported or who might choose to go on their own dime. These > past two years the conf hotel rate has crept up some, with a good block rate > but still well over $100/night. Vancouver's a more expensive town than any > we've been in before, so I'd worry we'd be shutting some people out. I think > there's been some kind of lower cost hotel or hostel option in every town, > and surely there would be in Vancouver, but in a bigger town that means > people are spread out more and then my concern (b) gets amplified, too.
