[Athen] feedback on change of venue for Accessing Higher Ground 2009

[Prof Norm Coombs]

Good idea to go to Westminster.
Norm
At 06:36 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote:

>Terry,

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>Sounds good. I'm sure other ATHEN members would be interested in doing the 

>same. Let's see what develops.

>

>Thanks,

>Howard

>

>On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Terrill Thompson 

><<mailto:tft at u.washington.edu>tft at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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>>I for one would be very interested in doing a preconference session to 

>>bridge these two conferences.

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>>I'll contact EDUCAUSE and cc you Howard to see whether we can get some 

>>support from them in promoting AHG.

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>>Terry

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>>From: Howard Kramer [mailto:hkramer.atsol at gmail.com]

>>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 1:06 PM

>>To: <mailto:tft at u.washington.edu>tft at u.washington.edu; Access 

>>Technologists in Higher Education Network

>>Subject: Re: [Athen] feedback on change of venue for Accessing Higher 

>>Ground 2009

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>>Hi Terry, et al,

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>>I'm sure you mentioned it - but it slipped off my radar. Following the 

>>usual schedule, we would usually start doing lab setup on Sunday, the 8th 

>>and begin the conference on the 10th. I think it would be difficult to 

>>shift the whole conference over to start on Saturday, the 7th. What may 

>>be possible - I'd like to hear feedback from the rest of you on this - is 

>>to perhaps have a string of earlier preconference lecture sessions 

>>starting on the 7th or the 8th, tailored to this population. Maybe that 

>>would induce some of the Educause attendees to hang out a few days. 

>>Educause would have to advertise this to their attendees for this to be a 

>>success.

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>>Let me know what you all think.

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>>Regarding the other issues, Supper Shuttle has service to and from the 

>>Westin, $25 one way according to the web site I'm looking at. We'll be 

>>talking to the Westin in the next couple of weeks about their hotel 

>>shuttle service. My guess is that it will be more extensive and 

>>accessible than the Millennium. We'll also be scoping out the surrounding 

>>neighborhood for eating opportunities, etc.

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>>Thank you all for your feedback.

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>>-Howard

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>>On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Terrill Thompson 

>><<mailto:tft at u.washington.edu>tft at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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>>Hi Howard,

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>>As cool a place as Boulder is, I think all the adjectives you used to 

>>justify the change ("nicer", "newer", "more accessible") speak for themselves.

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>>While you're considering a change in space, I also wonder (and I 

>>apologize if I asked you this already) whether it's feasible to consider 

>>a change in dates in 2009, to correspond more closely with EDUCAUSE, 

>>which is November 3-6 in Denver. Maybe you could provide a discount to 

>>anyone attending both conferences, which combined with having the two 

>>events back-to-back would persuade a few EDUCAUSE attendees to stay a few 

>>extra days and learn about accessibility.  What do you think?

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>>Terry

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>>Terrill Thompson

>>Technology Accessibility Specialist

>>DO-IT, Accessible Technology

>>UW Technology Services

>>University of Washington

>><mailto:tft at u.washington.edu>tft at u.washington.edu

>>206/221-4168

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>>From: <mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org>athen-bounces at athenpro.org 

>>[mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer

>>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:33 AM

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>>To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>>Subject: [Athen] feedback on change of venue for Accessing Higher Ground 2009

>>

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>>Hello All:

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>>We're 90% decided on moving the conference to the Westin (in 

>>Westminster), about 15 miles south east of Boulder and about 13 miles 

>>from downtown Denver. You can view the hotel website at 

>><http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1173>http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1173. 

>>The meeting space is much nicer, so are the sleeping rooms, it's more 

>>accessible and it's a much newer hotel. The room prices will be the same 

>>as last year - $119, including free wireless in the rooms and a $10 

>>coupon for breakfast.

>>

>>However, before we make a final decision, I'd like to hear feedback from 

>>the ATHEN group since this is the official conference of the 

>>organization. Does anyone have any strong objections. The drawback of the 

>>location is that it's not Boulder (or Denver). But there's just nothing 

>>in Boulder that can provide better meeting space.

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>>We're also thinking about extending the conference a half-day, ending on 

>>Saturday noon.

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>>As always, I look forward to your feedback.

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>>Thanks,

>>Howard

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>>--

>>Howard Kramer

>>AHG Conference Coordinator

>>303-492-8672

>>fax: 492-5601

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>>Howard Kramer

>>AT Lab Coordinator

>>AHG Conference Coordinator

>>303-492-8672

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