Re: [lojban] [Help Needed] LogFest Convention Committee

[Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 05:18 PM 5/8/03 -0700, Robin wrote:
>I am the official head of the official LogFest convention committee.
>
>I would very, very much like help with planning events and picking
>the space and such.
>
>If you have any interest in helping out at all, please mail me, but
>in particular I would very much like it if someone would survey the
>cost for meeting rooms in Fairfax, VA area hotels.
>
>If someone wants to take this on, please mail me to let me know, but
>don't bother waiting for me to respond, just go for it.  You may
>want to start with
>http://www.visitfairfax.org/hotels_dulles.htm#fairfax
>
>I've been looking at the Courtyard by Marriott, because I've had
>good experiences at similar hotels, but you needn't feel bound by
>that at all.
>
>It would be nice to have meeting space for at least 12 people.

People need to know that Dulles is around 16 miles from my house and is not 
near the Metro.  Since some people will be staying at my house in addition 
to those at the hotel, distance is relevant.  (These others are also not on 
Metro but are a relatively short bus or cab ride from a Metro station, for 
people flying in to National Airport, or taking the train).

The areas to be looking at are Tysons Corner, Falls Church, Fairfax, and 
Fair Oaks.  Fair Lakes is slightly further, ~8 miles but all freeway.

There is a Marriott Courtyard two exits from my house in Fairfax City, (~4 
miles)
http://www.marriott.com/dpp/PropertyPage.asp?MarshaCode=IADFO&EPCEC=InProcess&EPNAVCEC=InProcess
and another Marriott in Falls Church
(my daughter has friends who work there, since it is next to her high 
school, if that helps)
These and other hotels near them are the closest major chains to my house.
Here is a page with Falls Church listings and reviews that includes the 
Marriott (4 miles)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g57722-Falls_Church_Virginia-Hotels.html
Here is Fairfax City (4-8 miles)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g57718-Fairfax_Virginia-Vacations.html
The following lists hotels in Tyson's Corner (5-7 miles)
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?returnTo=__2F__&q=tyson%27s+corner&geo=1&submit.x=20&submit.y=8

Of these, Tyson's has the widest range of restaurants and shopping, with 
Fair Oaks a close second for shopping but sprawls over a larger area and 
has fewer restaurants per square mile.  Falls Church is relatively near an 
ethnic community and most of the non-hotel restaurants nearby are 
strip-mall Vietnamese and other Asian (there are a lot of them).  Tysons is 
crowded and can have traffic, and is likely to be more expensive.

lojbab

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lojbab                                             lojbab@lojban.org
Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc.
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