Annual

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For notes on Annual 06 sessions, please see Annual 06 Notes

The official conference wiki is up! http://www.asis.org/wiki/AM06/ From the email announcment over asis-l: "The wiki contains information about the conference, the Austin area, travel, hotels, restaurants, wireless access, people, meeting arrangements for birds of a feather, SIGs, dutch treat dinners, etc."


The 2006 ASIS&T Annual Meeting will take place in Austin, Texas, from November 3 - 8:

  • Friday & Saturday (3rd & 4th) - Preconference
  • Sunday through Wednesday (5th - 8th) - Conference itself

Take a look at the meeting details and download a registration form.

Early regsitration ends on September 22. On 9/23, the student member rate for the full conference will increase from $155 to $180. The student rate is available to members & non-members of ASIS&T.

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Who's Going

Are you going to the 2006 Annual Meeting in Austin? Let us know!

  • Alison (alison.cody@simmons.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Jennifer (jennifer.lege@simmons.edu)
    • also most likely Saturday through Wednesday
  • Karen V. (karen.vagts@simmons.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Ellen (ellen.wilson@simmons.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Karie Kirkpatrick (karie@mit.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Candy (candy.schwartz@simmons.edu)
    • Friday through Thursday
      • If you need a place to dump stuff at the conference hotel, just ask.
  • Brittany (lehman@simmons.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Sheila (sheila.denn@simmons.edu)
    • Saturday through Wednesday
  • Linnea Johnson (linnea@simmons.edu)
    • Friday through Thursday
  • Frances Botsford (mcconihe@simmons.edu)
    • Sunday through Wednesday
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Blogging & Photos

Who's interesting in blogging sessions on the GSLIS Dispatches Blog and/or taking & posting photos to our Flickr account?

  • Bloggers
    • Brittany
  • Photographers
  • I'll do both!
    • Alison
    • Ellen
    • Candy
    • Sheila
    • Linnea
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Don't Miss

  • Alumni Reception, Monday, 6:30pm
    • Each school has a table and alums and student gather.
  • Awards Luncheon, Tuesday, 11:45am
    • Please be sure to come to the awards event when Caryn gets the Cretsos award (plan to all sit at one or more Simmons tables and cheer).
  • Mysterious Students Only Bash
    • Date and time to be announced. It's a secret only because we try to keep everyone but students away (and since there is booze, the only way to do that is not tell everyone else). But, plan to be around on Sunday evening.
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Hotel & Airfare

Know of any tips or deals?

(Karen V.) Jet Blue (http://www.jetblue.com/) offers direct flights between Boston and Austin. And a lot of basic Austin travel facts can be found on Wiki Travel (http://wikitravel.org/en/Austin).

(Karie K.) I found an American Airlines flight for $250 through Yahoo! Travel (http://travel.yahoo.com/). It's not direct (connection in Dallas), but that's a good price.

(Ellen) Super 8, Austin Central (1 mile from the conference hotel) has rooms for ~$66/night

1201 North I-35
I-35 and 12th Street
Austin, TX 78702 US
Phone: 512-472-8331
Fax: 512-476-6610

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Airline Regulations

American:

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Info on Austin

Have you been there? Are you from there?

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General Info

Austin Wikipedia entry

Austin Convention & Vistors Bureau

36 Hours in Austin (NYT Travel Section)

Public Transportation - This link came over the ASIS&T listserv a few days ago. Capital Metro is Austin's public transit system: http://www.capmetro.org/riding/tourthetown.asp

Getting connected - This site has information about internet cafes and wireless hotspots in the city: http://www.world66.com/northamerica/unitedstates/texas/austin/internetcafes

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Bats

One free thing to do in Austin is watch the huge colony of 1.5 million bats fly out from under the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset. It may be a little late in the year (they migrate to Mexico in November), but it's just a ten minute walk to the Hilton.

My favorite bat-watching spot north of Town Lake is the Patio of the Four Seasons (walking diretions). There's also the Austin Statesman Bat Observation Center on the other side of the bridge.

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