What are the dates of next year's INkshed?? Andrea At 12:41 PM 9/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings to all! As we start the new term (in toronto at least), we >need to be reminded what we have in store when the school year winds >down--another Inkshed conference! Your trusty Toronto-crew (Margaret, >Barbara and M-L) have been busy finding sites for the Toronto-based >Inkshed conference in May 2003. We have found 2 good conference >centres, but need some direction from those planning on attending about >what kind of facility they want. > >The first one, Hockley Highlands, is set in rolling Ontario countryside >about 45 minutes north of highway 401 and the airport. It has good >walking trails; the food is good (naturally an important >consideration for us Inksheders), and accommodation very pleasant. >Orangville is 10 minutes away and is a pretty town for a Saturday >get-away. The package cost is $135 (plus tax) for the standard room, >which is a single with shared bath; more luxurious >rooms are available for more. You may get some sense of it by visiting >the website at http://www.hockleyhighlands.com/main.html > >The other site is in Niagara area: called White Oaks--it is ritzier than >the other site--food very good and close to wine tours, Shaw festival, >etc. The double rooms there are $155 (plus tax) per person per night. >It is further from the airport and the traffic on the Niagara-bound >highway can often be crammed. (Sidenote: it also has a spa attached >with add-on costs if you want to have some non-conference r and r there; >and it has a very well-appointed sports facilities if your r and r >"runs" in that direction...). White Oaks may be too fancy and even >distracting for the likes of us--but then again, maybe we feel that as >we get older (some of us, well M-L at least, seem to be getting older >faster than others :>) wouldn't mind a little luxury. Their URL is >http://www.whiteoaks.on.ca/ > >But in any event, we wanted to put these 2 choices to you. Either site >would be fine, and these prices are actually a bargain for this area. >We have 2 good choices and would like some feedback to help us make the >choice. We should reserve soon to keep the prices being offered. . > >Looking forward to hearing from all--and good wishes for a good term. > >Regards, Mary-louise, Margaret and Barbara. >ps. you might well ask where Leslie is--off at the Toronto Film >Festival *of course*. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > 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, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-