Hi everybody,

We're sensitive to the potential cost of accommodations in Vancouver, and we'll 
be doing our best to secure a reasonable rate at one or more conventional 
hotels. We'll also be investigating other options as well, including hostels 
and on-campus rooms.

Mark

Mark Jordan
Head of Library Systems
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Voice: 778.782.5753 / Fax: 778.782.3023
mjor...@sfu.ca

----- "Esme Cowles" <escow...@ucsd.edu> wrote:

> 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.

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