When is "The Conj" this year? (eom)

[Marcus Blankenship]

Best,

Marcus

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[Alex Miller]

Don't know yet - we are working on finding a venue and date.

Alex

[Mike Haney]

Marcus - are you planning on going? This will be my first Conj, and I'm going no matter what it takes.

[Marcus Blankenship]

Yup, I have the same mindset! :-)

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> Marcus - are you planning on going? This will be my first Conj, and I'm going no matter what it takes.
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[David Andrews]

Alex, I mentioned to Lynn that the agenda for Conj#4 was published too late.  I'd have loved to come up to Alexandria (especially with the train station so convenient) and kept my streak going - but I needed to see an agenda before committing.  Unfortunately, it didn't materialize in time and I had to miss.  Aargh.

[Sean Corfield]

On Apr 20, 2014, at 10:14 AM, David Andrews <d...@redbug.org> wrote:
> Alex, I mentioned to Lynn that the agenda for Conj#4 was published too late. I'd have loved to come up to Alexandria (especially with the train station so convenient) and kept my streak going - but I needed to see an agenda before committing. Unfortunately, it didn't materialize in time and I had to miss. Aargh.

I'd attend regardless of the agenda - there's always enough good stuff to make it worthwhile, and there's also the very important "hallway track".

That said, the real killer last year was the cost of the hotel. For myself and my colleague - both West Coast - we both had to stay three nights and that meant nearly $900 each, just for the hotel! That makes the Conj a very expensive proposition.

I shared my room with a random Clojurian to save costs but that isn't always possible (or appropriate).

I hope the venue is chosen with _cost_ in mind this year!

Sean Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN
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[Alex Miller]

Agreed. We will try to publish sooner this year.

[Alex Miller]

Hi Sean, 

Cost is _always_ in mind when choosing venues and we always try to get the best rate we can to keep overall attendee costs down. Depending on time of year, dates, venue choices, etc things don't always work out the way we'd like. Those rates directly affect our bottom line as well for speaker hotel rooms, so we are equally as motivated to find the best rate we can!

We are in discussion with some possible venues for this year and hope to have more info in a few weeks.

Alex