Looking forward to the BOF (Birds Of a Feather) session at OOPSLA. Maybe I'll try to keep the informal Squeak "bug fixing party" going at Camp Smalltalk there this year, too.
Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a hotel room yet: I was originally going to try to find a somewhat cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special" OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several blocks away for about $100. But then I happened to try priceline.com, and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, originally $150)! (This was for Sat.-Wed.)
- Doug Way dway@riskmetrics.com
-----Original Message----- From: Dan Ingalls Sent: Fri 9/21/2001 2:22 PM To: squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org Cc: Subject: Re: Squeak BOF at OOPSLA
What do people know of other activities on Tuesday night? It would be
great to start the BOF at 7pm, but we could slide a bit later if there are serious conflicts.
Just to follow up, for those of you attending: I have made a request for a room from 7 to 9 on Tuesday evening, with a provision that we might slide it later in case of conflicts. I'll confirm what we know for sure the week before the conference.
Perhaps someone active on comp.lang.smalltalk could forward this preliminary plan.
Thanks - Dan
Doug,
Great tip! I got the same deal!
$250 sure beats the heck out of the $800+ reservation I got through the unresponsive Tampa Housing Bureau.
Monday, September 24, 2001, 1:11:08 AM, you wrote:
Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a hotel room yet: I was originally going to try to find a somewhat cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special" OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several blocks away for about $100. But then I happened to try priceline.com, and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, originally $150)! (This was for Sat.-Wed.)
- Doug Way dway@riskmetrics.com
Donald MacQueen wrote:
Doug,
Great tip! I got the same deal!
I didn't manage quite such a deal, but did get $70 for the Holiday Inn, which saves me $200 for the three days I can be there. Along with a free flight from southWest (the last remaining reward from last years stint with exobox) it looks like the cheapest OOPSLA for me since San Jose.
Thanks for pointing it out to us! Now if only I can get a job whilst there....
tim
Me too...thanks!
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Donald MacQueen Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:03 PM To: Doug Way Cc: squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: Re[2]: Squeak BOF at OOPSLA
Doug,
Great tip! I got the same deal!
$250 sure beats the heck out of the $800+ reservation I got through the unresponsive Tampa Housing Bureau.
Monday, September 24, 2001, 1:11:08 AM, you wrote:
Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who
hasn't booked a
hotel room yet: I was originally going to try to find a somewhat cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special" OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday
Inn several
blocks away for about $100. But then I happened to try
priceline.com,
and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, originally $150)! (This was for Sat.-Wed.)
- Doug Way dway@riskmetrics.com
-- Donald
Donald M. MacQueen Registered Smalltalk Bigot, [|]
Doug Way wrote:
Looking forward to the BOF (Birds Of a Feather) session at OOPSLA. Maybe I'll try to keep the informal Squeak "bug fixing party" going at Camp Smalltalk there this year, too.
Just a quick suggestion to anyone going to OOPSLA who hasn't booked a hotel room yet: I was originally going to try to find a somewhat cheaper hotel downtown than the suggested ones (which had "special" OOPSLA rates of $140-$150 per night), such as the Holiday Inn several blocks away for about $100. But then I happened to try priceline.com, and set a price of $50/night for any 3-star hotel, and it actually reserved the Marriott Waterside (adjacent to the conference, originally $150)! (This was for Sat.-Wed.)
- Doug Way
dway@riskmetrics.com
Doug,
Before I book anything I thought I might ask if you would be interested in sharing a room. Of course we will be sharing the bill as well. According to what I saw, the reservation you got was for a 2-person room.
Let me know what you think and any reservations you may have.
best regards, Henrik
Henrik Gedenryd wrote:
Doug,
Before I book anything I thought I might ask if you would be interested in sharing a room. Of course we will be sharing the bill as well. According to what I saw, the reservation you got was for a 2-person room.
Let me know what you think and any reservations you may have.
best regards, Henrik
Yup, that was supposed to be a personal mail. Oops(la). Sorry.
Henrik
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