October 2008 Meeting Logistics

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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 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 two kinds of rooms (depending on availability) Rustique (log cabin-style) and Marquise (some of which have a small balcony).

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 $63 per person.
  • We will need to charge a small fee (10-15$) for coffee breaks but this needs to be done separately.

Food

  • Bien sur, the menu is French-inspired, which means quite a bit of meat. However, there will always be fish and vegetarian options. 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 (like 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

If you want to explore Montreal or the Laurentians:

Montreal links : http://www.montreal.com/tourism/general.html, http://www.discovermontreal.ca/

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 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

Name Attending GOC (Oct 21-22, 2008) Attending SAB (Oct 23, 2008)
Pascale Gaudet yes yes
Amelia Ireland yes
Chris Mungall yes yes
Michael Ashburner yes yes
Suzanna Lewis yes yes
Jennifer Deegan yes yes
Midori Harris yes yes
Jane Lomax yes yes
Harold Drabkin yes yes
Rex Chisholm yes yes
Kimberly Van Auken yes yes
Alexander Diehl yes
Mike Cherry yes yes


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