On Jun 29, 2013, at 7:16 AM, BWS Johnson wrote: > Salvete! > > >> I am happy to announce that we have secured the venue and dates for >> Code4Lib 2014! The conference will be held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel >> in downtown Raleigh, NC on March 24 - 27, 2014. Preconferences will be >> held Monday March 24, and the main conference on Tuesday March 25 - 27. >> > > Hooray, that's sort of close. Maybe I'll be able to pit fight my own > place next year. > > >> Finally, the hotel has the capacity to host all of the attendees, and we've >> negotiated a rate of $159/night that includes wireless access in the hotel >> rooms. Hotel reservations will be able to made after you register using >> the information provided in your registration confirmation. We will be >> publishing more details as become available. > > > Ruh oh. This was rather shocking. Perhaps you might wish to show them a > hotels.com search, which puts your $159 just over the Hilton and about double > other places in the vicinity. I'm sure it's nice and all that, but uh, > perhaps they would be willing to come down seeing as how we're sending a > boatload of traffic their way.
Government per-diem rates for Raleigh is $91 per night : http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/100120 I have no idea if that can be used for negotiations at all. For some reason, they're not showing any federal government rates when I searched, but they're offering state government employees rooms at $64/night. (you might have to pay extra for the wifi, though) I highly suggest that people who work for public universities or libraries inquire about getting that rate. -Joe (even though the state of maryland makes me pay into the state retirement system because I'm a municipal elected official, they won't issue me a state ID card, so I can't get the state rates when traveling, which are typically better than the federal rates ... I've actually debated about if it makes sense to work for 3 years in a real state job, then claim a pension based on my 'top 3 years' of pay times the number of years worked)