From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jul 08 17:51:34 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:51:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19a3B5-0001gf-00; Tue, 08 Jul 2003 17:51:23 -0700 Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 17:51:23 -0700 To: llg-members@yahoogroups.com, lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Official LogFest Hotel Announcement! Message-ID: <20030709005123.GD15634@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: llg-members@yahoogroups.com, lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 5826 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list The Hotel --------- The hotel for LogFest has finally been selected! Sorry that took so long. The hotel is the Dulles Days Hotel And Conference Center. http://www.dullesdayshotel.com/ There is a shuttle from the (extremely close) Dulles International Airport (code IAD). Dates ----- LogFest is running from the evening of Friday the 25th through the morning of Monday the 29th of July, 2003. Activities ---------- Because LogFest this year does *not* co-incide with the member's meeting, I'm hoping to make it a fun, Lojban-centered experience. John Cowan and I will be performing a comedy skit, and a number of other games and activities have been suggested, to wit: * Singing the Lobjan Anthem * The word-game "mumym" (based on but with gismu) * The Lojbanic Tea Ceremony * I myself will try to formulate rules for Zendo and The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (which is an amazingly fun and funny game to play). If you have any other ideas for activities, please, let me know right away! Suite Description ----------------- Thanks goes to Tommy Whitlock for this description. It is a "suite" the size of 2 normal hotel rooms. In one end, there is a king size Murphy bed that folds up into the wall, leaving empty floor space. The other half has a conference table that seats 8. There is also a small fridge and a lounge chair. I think the room could easily hold up to 15 people. It could get a little cramped but it's certainly okay for short term. There are also some good lounge areas throughout the hotel. Hotel Selection Criteria ------------------------ The main criteria was price (basic two-person guest rooms are currently running at about $50 a night!) and availability of the type of room I was looking for. In response to people's apparent preferences[1], a suite type room was selected rather than a conference room. Cost Of LogFest --------------- The cost of the suite is $149 a night, for three nights (the 25th, 26th, and 27th). As I will be sleeping there myself, I'm willing to cover $79 per night (that being a relatively normal room rate at most hotels). If I can find someone willing to share a king bed with me, it is likely LogFest will be free, otherwise it will cost about $20 per person, depending on turnout, unless the LLG decides to subsidize. Please note that I will *not* be providing food or money for food. If the group wishes to get room service or catering, they will have to pitch in monetarily and arrange it with the hotel at the time. -Robin [1]: With only two people commenting it was hard to tell, but this is an entirely new experience; I'm sure people will have stronger preferences next year. -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "but I'm not stupid and people are not stupid who think samely with me" -- from an actual, real, non-spam mail sent to webmaster@lojban.org http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui