Hi Susan (cc: Janelle and Syd),

 I'm circling back to this with some questions from the TEI Technical Council about arrangements for our May meeting. I know that you were investigating blocking some rooms for our group, so here are some questions: 

• Is it generally okay for us to book our own accommodations at the hotels you mentioned?
• Should we wait until you've got things arranged with the Delta and/or Days Inn to book accommodations?
• We are also wondering about the two events preceding, intersecting, and following these dates for our Council sessions. Would it be okay for Council members come early for the LINCS Project conference (which starts May 5, so maybe arrive on May 4)?
• And would it be okay for our TEI people to stay through the end of DH@Guelph (which runs to May 9, so I imagine they'd want to leave on May 10?) Some may be interested in proposing workshops or just being generally part of all the DH fun.) 

Elisa

Hi Susan,

Yes, we’d be wanting to work for the full day starting in May 7, so we imagine arrivals to Guelph on May 6.

 

Thanks,

Elisa

Elisa Beshero-Bondar, PhD (she/they)

Program Chair of Digital Media, Arts, and Technology | Professor of Digital Humanities |  Director of the Digital Humanities Lab at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

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On Dec 28, 2022, at 8:19 AM, Susan Brown <sbrown@uoguelph.ca> wrote:

Hi Elisa,

 

Yes, both the Days Inn and the Delta are easy walking distance to campus. I’m arranging for a block of rooms at Days Inn as well. And if the weather is decent then it’s a pleasant walk down the hill and across the river into town for more restaurants. 

 

Can I just clarify that you’ll be working on the 7th, i.e. you would like the room block to include the 6th if possible, so that people can arrive the night before?

 

Cheers,

Susan

 

On Dec 26, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen <eeb4@psu.edu> wrote:

 

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I just looked at a map and saw the Delta and the Days Inn are both super close to the venue! I think either of those would be just perfect for us, and if we're all housed at the Delta that's not a bad thing at all (just a slightly unusual thing)! 🙂 There are some pretty decent restaurants in walking distance too. Council should be pretty happy there! 

Cheers, and thanks hugely! :-) 

Elisa

 

Elisa Beshero-Bondar, PhD (she/they)

Program Chair of Digital Media, Arts, and Technology | Professor of Digital Humanities |  Director of the Digital Humanities Lab at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College* 

*Penn State is located on the ancestral lands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe Nations. Penn State's land grant was funded by the sale of land expropriated from 112 tribal nations in 50 land cessions across 16 states.

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Sent: Sunday, 25 December 2022 3:13 pm
To: Susan Brown <sbrown@uoguelph.ca>; Elisa Beshero-Bondar <ebbondar@gmail.com>
Cc: Janelle Jenstad <jenstad@uvic.ca>; Kimberley Martin <kmarti20@uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Re: TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9

 

Thanks, Susan! I don't think we need to prioritize actually housing us all together: we're more used to finding our own spaces individually or in small groups. I think an hour's walk is likely also to be a bit much for the group—unless there's transit to shorten the commute to THINC. I think most of us have booked maybe at most 20-minutes walk from the Council meeting venue.

 

Maybe worth mentioning: We do tend to meet over long days—say, starting at 9 or 9:30am, breaking for lunch at like 1pm, and then working as late as 5:30 or even 6pm, then exploring around for dinner. Is it okay for us to take over the THINC lab for those unstructured lengths of time?

 

I think after all the togetherness of a long Council day, we don't necessarily need to be all staying in the same place...though hotel discounts are definitely likely to help us all with making our arrangements! 

 

Cheers,

Elisa

 

Elisa Beshero-Bondar, PhD (she/they)

Program Chair of Digital Media, Arts, and Technology | Professor of Digital Humanities |  Director of the Digital Humanities Lab at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College* 

*Penn State is located on the ancestral lands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe Nations. Penn State's land grant was funded by the sale of land expropriated from 112 tribal nations in 50 land cessions across 16 states.

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From: Susan Brown <sbrown@uoguelph.ca>
Sent: Sunday, 25 December 2022 3:06 pm
To: Elisa Beshero-Bondar <ebbondar@gmail.com>
Cc: Janelle Jenstad <jenstad@uvic.ca>; Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen <eeb4@psu.edu>; Kimberley Martin <kmarti20@uoguelph.ca>
Subject: Re: TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9

 

Hi Elisa,

 

We also know of some good air bnbs that house largish groups of people if there’s an interest in that. All would require that someone have. A rental car or that people would be happy to walk 45-60 minutes. 

 

Cheers

Susan

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Thank you so much for investigating all this, Susan! Working at the THINC Lab sounds perfect for Council. We haven’t usually all stayed in the same place but it’s very nice to have a nice discounted hotel arrangement for the group—that was super helpful of you to  investigate! 

 

Cheers and happy holidays! 

Elisa

 

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On Dec 24, 2022, at 11:44 PM, Susan Brown <sbrown@uoguelph.ca> wrote:



Dear Janelle and Elisa,

We’re delighted that the TEI Technical Council will meet in Guelph in May. The THINC Lab should accommodate your needs well (multiple white boards and a touch screen monitor, lots of plugs.

 

We had some difficulty getting in touch with the right person for the Delta but we have been told that there should be no trouble securing a discounted block of rooms for your group, so we’ll be in touch once we hear back with the details.

 

It will be terrific to have you folks here! Stay tuned for more details on both the conference and the workshops – we’ll be putting out a call for proposals for the latter very soon, as well as a CFP for the conference. 

 

All the best for the holidays and the new year!

Susan

 

 

 

From: Janelle Jenstad <jenstad@uvic.ca>
Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:53 PM
To: Susan Brown <sbrown@uoguelph.ca>, Kimberley Martin <kmarti20@uoguelph.ca>
Cc: 'eeb4@psu.edu' <eeb4@psu.edu>
Subject: TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9

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Dear Susan and Kim,

 

TEI Technical Council has conferred, and we gratefully accept your very kind and practical offer to host us in Guelph. We are 12 in total, and have settled on May 7-9^th as the most convenient dates.  If the THINC Lab is available, it would be a superb space for us to meet. If not, our main need is a room with tables, chairs, good internet and lots of plug points. A white/chalk board would not go amiss, and windows are always nice. In other words, a standard university meeting room or classroom will also be just fine.

 

Elisa Beshero-Bondar (cc’d on this email) is the Council Chair in 2023. I’ve offered to do the local organizing (ground transportation, hotel, restaurant recommendations) and to liaise with you folks in Guelph. 

 

I know that Kim has already put out feelers to the Delta hotel in Guelph. As soon as you hear back, Kim, please send me the contact. If you arrange a conference discount for LINCS, perhaps Council could ride your coat-tails, if that’s not too much to ask.

 

I expect that some of our numbers will want to propose papers for the LINCS conference, and others may wish to stay on for the final three days of DH@Guelph. So your invitation will facilitate some wonderful synergies and plenty of opportunities for TEI and linked data conversations to happen.

 

Thanks for thinking of this brilliant solution not just to my travel dilemma but also to Council’s regular quest for a host!

 

With good wishes,

Janelle

 

Janelle Jenstad (she/her)

Professor, Department of English, University of Victoria

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