Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Mark Louttit
John, You couldn't get even dank accommodations where I live. The local flea-bag motel in the area I live gets 55.00 bucks a night and you wouldn't want to stay there, believe me. The Motel Six is $70.00 a night and I'm about thirty-five miles west of Boston. I really think that if accommodation

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread John Baumgart
- Original Message - From: "Mark Louttit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Horn List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ > Wilbert, > > I suppose to some degree, all

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied Health Science
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Dan Phillips wrote: > "Participants will be staying in Willkie Quad, which has recently been > renovated. All rooms are air-conditioned, and fresh linens will be > supplied." Well, that's good news! Indeed, they gutted and remodeled to the tune of $28M or so, because they

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Dan Phillips
On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 02:34 PM, Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied Health Science wrote: Hmmm...did the program say "which" dorms? Most of the dorms here aren't air conditioned. I lived in campus housing for a number of years and had to buy my own A/C unit. "Participants will be staying in

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied Health Science
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Dan Phillips wrote: > This is not meant to be in any way critical of Mike Hatfield, et al; > I'm sure the IU folks are simply stuck with what their "Residential > Programs and Services" department tells them to charge. Hmmm...did the program say "which" dorms? Most of the

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Dan Phillips
On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 06:41 AM, Mark Louttit wrote: I suppose to some degree, all costs are relative. In the area where I live, $50.00 a night for lodging is a tremendous bargain I think the problem is sticker shock: the cost of these rooms relative to what past workshop hosts have char

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-30 Thread Mark Louttit
Wilbert, I suppose to some degree, all costs are relative. In the area where I live, $50.00 a night for lodging is a tremendous bargain, and the fees associated with attending the IHS Symposium seemed quite reasonable. It is unfortunate that some college students will be priced out of attending

RE: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-29 Thread Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied Health Science
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Buford, Scott W. wrote: > possible. It is just unfortunate that the convention must be so > expensive that it prevents my fellow students and I, and I'm sure many > other fellow college students around the country from attending. C'est > la vie I guess. Not just college stu

RE: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-29 Thread Buford, Scott W.
From: Jonell Lindholm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat 3/29/2003 5:35 PM To: The Horn List Cc: Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ "Wilbert Kimple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-29 Thread Jonell Lindholm
"Wilbert Kimple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $50 a night for a shared dorm room??? Actually, the housing info says that there are NO double rooms, only single rooms. The only thing that comes close is a 2 single bed suite, but there are only 20 of those and there is no price break for the 2nd

Re: [Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-29 Thread Dr. Carole Nowicke, Applied Health Science
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Wilbert Kimple wrote: > $50 a night for a shared dorm room??? No meal > ticket plan at one of the school cafeterias??!! Wow. Well, you can stay at Motel 6 on Walnut for $36 a night, and it has an outdoor pool . There is (now) probably adequate hotel space for the confe

[Hornlist] Re: The IHS Symposium at Indiana Univ

2003-03-29 Thread Wilbert Kimple
One topic of conversation that came up several times among people at the recent Southeastern Horn Workshop, was the fact that the IU workshop seems to be trying to rip people off, financially. $50 a night for a shared dorm room??? No meal ticket plan at one of the school cafeterias??!! Not