Hi Barbara,
We expect to deliver you back to downtown Vancouver, where you can catch a
shuttle to the airport, by 4 p.m., so a 6 p.m. or later flight home would
seem a safe.
Rick
At 10:30 AM 3/29/00 -0600, Barbara Schneider wrote:
>Hi Rick
>
>What do you recommend as a departure time from the airport, for those of us
>who have to book flights home.
>
>Richard Coe wrote:
>>
>> Howdy Inkshedders,
>>
>> Registration information, the registration form, a preliminary
program,
>> formal letters of acceptance for program presenters, etc.was given to
>> Canada Post today for delivery to all CASLL members (using the newsletter
>> address list) and program participants. We are also having some
>> difficulty, temporary I trust, getting this information onto our Writing
>> Centre web site. My sincere apologies for not making this happen a month
>> or six weeks ago.
>>
>> The most crucial bit of information is that our stately pleasure
boat will
>> leave Granville Island at 4:30 p.m. SHARP on Thursday, 11 May. Or should I
>> just lie and say it is leaving a 4:15? Either way, if you're planning to
>> arrive in Vancouver on the 11th, it would be prudent to find a flight
>> scheduled to reach the Vancouver airport by 2 p.m. (As for those of you
>> who prefer living dangerously to being prudent . . . .) The boat should be
>> at the dock from 3 p.m. for those who want to drop their luggage and visit
>> the wonderous Granville Island.
>>
>> If you are arriving earlier than the 11th or leaving later than
the 14th,
>> we are recommending three relatively inexpensive options: HI's Vancouver
>> Downtown Hostel (rates start at $20/nite, www.hihostels.bc.ca), the YWCA
>> Hotel (from $51, www..ywcahotel.com), or the renowned Sylvia Hotel by the
>> English Bay beach near Stanley Park (www.sylviahotel.com).
>>
>> The mailing includes a preliminary program, which I am happy to
report is
>> already being changed slightly. Happily, Mary-Louise Craven and Leslie
>> Sanders will be joining us and will be presenting on "Towards argumentative
>> hypertext: an examination of students' online work." (This may mean
>> moving a couple of other presenters to different time slots, but we are
>> still following your instructions that the time reserved for discussion and
>> inkshedding is inviolate.) Lest anyone fear for their morning coffee-and,
>> we will also be updating the preliminarhy program to include breakfasts
>> (not just lunches and dinners)
>>
>> The tourism web site for Bowen Island is <www.bowen-island-bc.com>.
>>
>> On Bowen Island, the primary conference accommodation will, of
course, be
>> at the CNIB Bowen Lodge by the Sea. If you buy the full package (3 nites
>> lodging, 9 meals, including some wine & beer), the cost is $299 (Cdn) +
>> $20 for transportation to and from Bowen + $70 conference fee ($35 for
>> students). As usual, we expect there will be further subsidies for
>> graduate students; as usual, we won't know how much until we count our
>> pennies after the conference. A variety of meal packages are available at
>> various prices for those who may not be staying at the conference site
>> itself.
>>
>> Backup accommodations, which you will need to reserve yourself, are
>> available at the nearest B&B, Lodge at the Old Dorm (Phone [604] 947-0947;
>> Fax 947-0547; email: [log in to unmask]; Web site
>> www.vancouver-bc.com/olddorm). Other B&B's, somewhat farther, but still
>> within walking distance include:
>>
>> ON THE SEA B & B
>> Phone 947-2471
>>
>> ORCHARD B & B
>> Phone 947-2183 / 947-0550; Fax 947-2182; E-mail [log in to unmask]
>>
>> SEASIDE REFLECTIONS
>> Phone 947-0937; Web site at www3.bc.sympatico.ca/SeasideReflections
>>
>> SEQUOIA COAST GUEST COTTAGE
>> Phone 947-0485; Web site at www.bowen-island-bc.com/SequoiaCottage
>>
>> UNION STEAMSHIP COTTAGES & SUMMER HOUSE
>> Phone 947-0707; Web site at www.steamship-marina.bc.ca
>>
>> If after you receive the conference materials, you still have questions
>> about registration, accommodation, etc., please contact SFU Conference
>> Services ([604] 291-3420; e:mail [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]). If
>> you have substantive questions about the program and such, please feel free
>> to email me ([log in to unmask]).
>>
>> We look forward to welcoming you at Inkshed 2000.
>>
>> Rick Coe
>> (for the program/organizing committee)
>>
>> (Prof.) Richard M. Coe
>> English Department
>> Simon Fraser University
>> Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
>> CANADA
>> (604) 291-4316
>> (FAX: 291-5737
>>
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(Prof.) Richard M. Coe
English Department
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
CANADA
(604) 291-4316
(FAX: 291-5737
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