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Re: [lojban] [Help Needed] LogFest Convention Committee
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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Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc.
2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273
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