Excellent points. We have now pretty much decided to go with 12 - 15 rather than 13 - 16 for these reasons. The official C4P will be out shortly. Doug Russ Hunt wrote: > > The question is really whether you want to be away that many days. A > Saturday night free in Calgary, I guess, is probably an attraction, > but usually at that point in the year I'd as soon have an extra day > back in Freddy Beach at the end of the conference. . . > > > those who aren't going to the first conference may well find it > > just as easy to come on Saturday and stay over for a conference > > that begins on Sunday evening. > > There's also the problem of ending early enough for us Maritimers to > get home the same day -- I think we'd need to be on a plane about > 1:00 in order to get home that night. This puts constraints on the > usual last morning breakfast business meeting . . . > > -- Russ > __|~_ > Russell A. Hunt __|~_)_ __)_|~_ Professor of English > St. Thomas University )_ __)_|_)__ __) PHONE: (506) 452-0424 > Fredericton, New Brunswick | )____) | FAX: (506) 450-9615 > E3B 5G3 CANADA ___|____|____|____/ [log in to unmask] > \ / > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.StThomasU.ca/~hunt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at > http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- Dr. Doug Brent Associate Dean (Academic) Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4 Voice: (403) 220-5458 Fax: (403) 282-6716 http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-