Dear Council, Here is Susan Brown's response about booking accommodations in Guelph. We are welcome for the conference and workshops if we like. (I don't think there will be any problem with our proposing workshops either.) Please see details in her forwarded message about shuttle transit from the airport and accommodations, and note the complexity of the different blocking rates for different portions of the event. I think we're free to just start booking now on our own! Cheers, Elisa ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Susan Brown Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 4:38 PM Subject: Re: TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9 To: Elisa Beshero-Bondar Cc: Janelle Jenstad , Bauman, Syd < s.bauman@northeastern.edu> Hi Elisa, Sorry for the delayed response. I’ve had a crazy week getting ready to leave (and am now in transit) for a 10-day trip. We’d be thrilled to have people come for the conference and/or workshops! And proposals from Council members are most welcome, although I’m not sure if there is an overlap between your meetings and the first day of the workshops on Tuesday or not. Of course, you can book wherever you like. As I believe I mentioned, options near the university and downtown are limited, but if people have cars there are more possibilities. The shuttle between Guelph and Toronto airport is rather pricey (about $CAD100 each way, though just an additional $20 per person if multiple people are travelling together, I think) so a rental car may be more economical. I’ve been trying to get the block at Day’s Inn since December after our initial exchange; hopefully we’ll get something soon, in which case I’ll forward it on. However, what they were offering wasn’t much different from the standard rate, so I’m not sure it will be worth waiting. In the meantime, the Delta codes are below. They rather confusingly have room blocks separated out for the different events, with different rates. The TEI group block has a limited number of rooms. If anyone finds that they are unable to book under this code or can’t get the options they want, please let me know and I’ll see if they are willing to release additional rooms. Susan TEI Technical Council Meeting Start Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023 End Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Last Day to Book: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Hotel(s) offering your special group rate: Delta Hotels Guelph Conference Centre for 175 CAD - 235 CAD per night Book your group rate for TEI Technical Council Meeting https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1674756894447&key=GRP DH Guelph Summer Workshops Room Block Start Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 End Date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Last Day to Book: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Hotel(s) offering your special group rate: Delta Hotels Guelph Conference Centre for 225 CAD per night Book your group rate for DH Guelph Summer Workshops Room Block https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1672430454932&key=GRP Making Links Conference Room Block Start Date: Friday, May 5, 2023 End Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023 Last Day to Book: Friday, March 24, 2023 Book your group rate for Making Links Conference Room Block https://www.marriott.com/events/start.mi?id=1672429342200&key=GRP *From: *Elisa Beshero-Bondar *Date: *Monday, February 13, 2023 at 7:51 PM *To: *Susan Brown *Cc: *Janelle Jenstad , Bauman, Syd < s.bauman@northeastern.edu> *Subject: *Re: TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9 *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThelp@uoguelph.ca 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 https://lincsproject.ca/events/making-links-2023/ (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 https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/dhguelph/summer2023 (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.) Thanks very much, and we're all really looking forward to the big events in Guelph! Elisa On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 11:45 AM Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen wrote: 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 Typeset by hand on my iPhone On Dec 28, 2022, at 8:19 AM, Susan Brown 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 wrote: *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThelp@uoguelph.ca 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. ------------------------------ *From:* Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen *Sent:* Sunday, 25 December 2022 3:13 pm *To:* Susan Brown ; Elisa Beshero-Bondar < ebbondar@gmail.com> *Cc:* Janelle Jenstad ; 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. ------------------------------ *From:* Susan Brown *Sent:* Sunday, 25 December 2022 3:06 pm *To:* Elisa Beshero-Bondar *Cc:* Janelle Jenstad ; Beshero-Bondar, Elisa Eileen < eeb4@psu.edu>; Kimberley Martin *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 Sent from my phone On Dec 25, 2022, at 1:31 PM, Elisa Beshero-Bondar wrote:  *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThelp@uoguelph.ca 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 Typeset by hand on my iPhone On Dec 24, 2022, at 11:44 PM, Susan Brown 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 *Date: *Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 7:53 PM *To: *Susan Brown , Kimberley Martin < kmarti20@uoguelph.ca> *Cc: *'eeb4@psu.edu' *Subject: *TEI Technical F2F in Guelph; May 7-9 *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThelp@uoguelph.ca 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 7-9th 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! 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