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 10 people; about 30$ per person.
- A taxi would be about 100$ (Get a cab at the airport)
- You can also rent a car from the airport. YUL-Gabriel Driving instructions.
To do
On site
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/
- 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)
- - } Consortium meetings main pageName | 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) | |
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Pascale Gaudet | small | yes | yes | none | |||
Amelia Ireland | medium | yes | perhaps | veggie | 20 Oct 18:00 | 26 Oct 08:25 | |
Chris Mungall | medium | yes | yes | veggie | 20 Oct 20:10 United | 24 Oct 08:40 United | |
Michael Ashburner | large | yes | yes | ||||
Suzanna Lewis | large | yes | yes | yummy | Oct 20, 5:09PM, UA8185, LGA-Montreal | Oct 23, 7:55PM, UA8400, Montreal-LGA | |
Jennifer Deegan | medium | yes | yes | Oct 20, 1945 BA-95 | Oct 26, 2045 BA-94 | ||
Midori Harris | medium | yes | yes | ||||
Jane Lomax | small | yes | yes (am only) | none | Oct 20, 425PM, NW8671, Montreal | Oct 23, 625PM, NW8672, Montreal | |
Harold Drabkin | large | yes | yes | ||||
Rex Chisholm | large | yes | yes | ||||
Kimberly Van Auken | medium | yes | yes | none | 10/20 CO3013 2:07PM | 10/24 CO3071 10:32AM | |
Alexander Diehl | x-large | yes | yes | none | Oct 21, 1031PM, US3162 | (depart by car) | |
Mike Cherry | large | yes | yes | none | Oct 20, 8:10pm United | Oct 24, 8:40am United | |
Judy Blake | medium | yes | yes | none | |||
Doug Howe | large | yes | no | none | Oct 20, 440PM United, Montreal | Oct 23, 240PM United, Montreal | |
Mary Dolan | medium | yes | yes | none | |||
David Hill | x-large | yes | yes | none | |||
Victoria Petri | medium | yes | no | none | Oct 20, 3:18 p.m. Northwest | Oct 23, 11:54 a.m. Northwest | |
Eurie Hong | medium | 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 | Oct 20, 5:40 pm American Airlines | Oct 23, 8:00 am American Airlines | ||
Brenley McIntosh | medium | yes | none | Oct 20, 5:40 pm American Airlines | |||
Tanya Berardini | medium | yes | none | Thurs, Oct 23, 1:30 pm departure | |||
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 | XL | yes | no | none | Oct 20, 3:18 p.m. Northwest | Oct 23, 11:54 a.m. Northwest | |
Edith Wong | medium | yes | yes | none | Oct 20, 8:10pm United | Oct 24, 8:40am United | |
Amina Abdulla | small | yes | no | none | 20th Oct, 8.10pm | 23rd Oct, 11.55am | |
Seth Carbon | large | yes | no | none | 20th Oct, 8.10pm | 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 | medium | yes | no | none | |||
Ingrid Keseler | medium | yes | no | none | Oct. 20 6:35 PM Continental | ||
Linda Hannick | medium | no | no | ||||
Pankaj Jaiswal | large | no | no | ||||
Karen Christie | large | no | no | ||||
Li Ni | small | no | no | ||||
Ben Hitz | xtra-large | no | no | ||||
Rama Balakrishnan | Large | no | no | ||||
Rob Nash | XXL | no | no | ||||
Mike Livstone | XXL | no | no | ||||
Stacia Engel | M | no | no | ||||
Val Wood | S | no | no | ||||
Susan Tweedie | M | yes | none | ||||
Ruth Lovering | M | no | no | ||||
Rachael Huntley | Medium | no | no | ||||
Emily Dimmer | Medium | yes | yes | Oct 20, 1945 BA-95 | Oct 26, 2045 BA-94 | ||
Dan Barrell | Large | yes | no | none | Oct 20, 1945 BA-95 | Oct 26, 2045 BA-94 | |
Petra Fey | Small | yes | no | veggie | Oct 20, 6:00 PM AA | Oct 22, 6:35 PM AA | |
Scott Durkin | XXL | yes | no | none | Oct. 20 6:28 PM United | Oct. 23 6:00 AM United | |
Varsha Khodiyar | Small | no | no | ||||
Ramana Madupu | medium | yes | no | veggie | Oct. 20 6:28 PM United | Oct. 23 6:00 AM Air Canada | |
Paul Thomas | medium | yes | yes | none | Oct 20, 8:10pm United | Oct 24, 8:40am United |