October 2008 Meeting Logistics

Dates

• GO consortium meeting will be held on October 21-22, 2008 (Tues-Wed)
• SAB meeting will be held on October 23, 2008 (Thurs)

Venue

Mont Gabriel, 45 miles north of Montreal.

Registration

• Reserve your room by calling the hotel at 1-800-668-5253; ask for "reservations" and identify yourself as part of the Northwestern University group.
  

Sorry, no online registration.

• If you participate in both the GO meeting and the SAB, you should check in on the 20th (Monday) and leave on the 24th, as we are planning full days meetings.
• You will need to pay a 50$ deposit by credit card at the time of reservation.
• PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Room

• There is a choice between three kinds of rooms (depending on availability) Tyrol ("Superior" room with balcony), Rustique (log cabin-style) (there are only about 8 rooms available of this type), and Marquise (smaller rooms). All rooms are the same price.

Cost

• The cost per day is CAN $208.00 (~208$ USD), including dinner, accommodation, breakfast and lunch (which includes taxes and service). If you plan to miss a meal, the price will be adjusted accordingly ($17 for breakfast, $22 for lunch, $43 dinner).
• If you want to share a room (two double or queen beds); in that case the price for the room is the same, $126, so that's $63 per person.
• We will need to charge a small fee (10-15$ per day) for coffee breaks but this needs to be done separately.

Internet

Wireless internet will be available in the conference room and in the rooms.

Food

• Bien sur, the menu is French-inspired, which means quite a bit of meat. However, there will always be fish and vegetarian options. Fill in the table below or contact me if you have special requirements.

Transportation

• Fly to Montreal-Trudeau Airport (YUL). This airport used to be called Dorval, you may still see that sometimes (for example, on Google maps...).
• The hotel offers a shuttle from the Montreal Trudeau Airport for up to 6 people for a flat rate of $140.
• A taxi would be about 100$ (Taxis des Pays-d'en-Haut, 450-227-3000; I suggest you call in advance).
• You can also rent a car from the airport. YUL-Gabriel Driving instructions.

To do

On site

• http://www.montgabriel.com/en_activities.php

Tennis and golf should be open; I am not sure about the pool. It's possible to go jogging on the golf course just outside the hotel.

If you want to explore Montreal

• Montreal links : http://www.montreal.com/tourism/general.html, http://www.discovermontreal.ca/, http://www.go-montreal.com/
• Cycling in and around the city: http://english.montrealplus.ca/feature/crazy_for_cycling/8536/trails.jsp
  • I quite enjoy this one: http://english.montrealplus.ca/feature/crazy_for_cycling/8536/trails_lachine_canal.jsp
• In October the Montreal Botanical Garden will have their annual 'THE MAGIC OF LANTERNS' event at Chinese gardens http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/chine/programme.htm
• You can combine the visit to the Botanical Garden with the Biodome [1] and the Insectarium [2]. The three museums part of the same complex and you can get combined tickets [3]
• On a warm evening the Old Port [4] [5] is really nice.

In the Laurentians

• The Laurentians: http://www.laurentians.com/

• Cycling/walking Le P'tit Train du Nord: http://www.out-there.com/pt-train.htm or http://www.laurentians.com/parclineaire/

• Golfing http://www.teeingitup.com/canada/laurentians.htm

• Yoga (they have camps - $80/day- or you can take a ~1.5 h lesson for $10) http://sivananda.hdthost.com/website/Main.aspx?lang=en-CA

Contact

Please contact Pascale Gaudet if you have any questions: pgaudet -at- northwestern.edu

Attendees

(please use the Arrival and Departure info columns if you would like to try a carpool to/from the airport)

Name	T-shirt size	Attending GOC (Oct 21-22, 2008)	Attending SAB (Oct 23, 2008)	Food requirement (None, Veggie, Vegan)	Arrival Date/Time to Airport (YUL)	Departure Date/Time from Airport (YUL)
Pascale Gaudet		yes	yes	none
Amelia Ireland		yes			20 Oct 18:00	26 Oct 08:25
Chris Mungall		yes	yes
Michael Ashburner		yes	yes
Suzanna Lewis		yes	yes	yummy	Oct 20, 5:09PM, UA8185, LGA-Montreal	Oct 23, 7:55PM, UA8400, Montreal-LGA
Jennifer Deegan		yes	yes
Midori Harris		yes	yes
Jane Lomax		yes	yes (am only)	none	Oct 20, 425PM, NW8671, Montreal	Oct 23, 625PM, NW8672, Montreal
Harold Drabkin		yes	yes
Rex Chisholm		yes	yes
Kimberly Van Auken		yes	yes
Alexander Diehl		yes	yes	none
Mike Cherry		yes	yes
Judy Blake		yes	yes	none
Doug Howe		yes	no	none	Oct 20, 440PM United, Montreal	Oct 23, 240PM United, Montreal
Mary Dolan		yes	yes	none
David Hill		yes	yes	none
Victoria Petri		yes	no	none	Oct 20, 3:18 p.m. Northwest	Oct 24, 11:54 a.m. Northwest
Eurie Hong		yes	yes	none	Oct 20, 8:10pm United	Oct 24, 8:40am United
Julie Park	medium	yes	yes	none	Oct 20, 8:10pm United	Oct 24, 8:40am United
Debby Siegele	medium	yes		none
Brenley McIntosh	medium	yes		none
Tanya Berardini	medium	yes		none
Kara Dolinski	medium	yes	no	none	Mon, Oct 20, 4:50PM, Continental	Wed, Oct 22, 5:30PM departure
Donghui Li	medium	yes		none	Oct 20, 8:10pm United	Oct 25, 8:40am, leaving from Montreal
Stan Laulederkind	medium	yes	no	none
Edith Wong	medium	yes	yes	none	Oct 20, 8:10pm United	Oct 24, 8:40am United
Amina Abdulla	small	yes	no	none
Seth Carbon	large	yes	no	none	20 Oct, from SFO	24 Oct, from Montreal
Candace Collmer	medium	yes	no	none	20 Oct 17:15 US Airways	23 Oct 13:30 US Airways
Dmitry Sitnikov	medium	yes
Michelle Gwinn Giglio	medium	yes	no	none	Oct. 20 6:28 PM United	Oct. 23 2:23 PM United
Peter D'Eustachio	large	yes	no	none
Ingrid Keseler	medium	yes	no	none

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