Re: 3rd Language Creation Conference dates & LCS membership now open

I don't see any mention of housing arrangements (unlike at Berkeley); has
anyone looked into nearby hotels?

Jeff

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:33:18 -0800, Language Creation Society
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>REGISTER & GET MORE INFO AT:
http://conlang.org/lcc3/register.php
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>The conference will be held on the Brown University Campus in
>Providence Rhode Island March 21-22, 2009. Traditional conference
>sessions and literary readings are limiting for the kinds of broad
>interaction that we would like to foster so we are planning on several
>types or participation, so that everyone will be able to contribute:
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>We have been lucky to be able to schedule the conference in the
>Brown/RISD Hillel House, and as we overlap with the Brown vacation, we
>have access to the building as a whole, meaning that we have room for
>posters, presentation sessions, impromptu meetings, and formal
>readings. We will even be able to enjoy the garden, weather
>permitting!
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>Providence is a frequently overlooked gem. The Rhode Island School of
>Design (RISD) is an art school with a great small museum; Brown has
>some great library collections, and a beautiful campus; Benefit
>street, a few blocks from the conference location, has one of the
>highest concentrations of restored colonial homes in the country;
>Johnson and Wales University downtown has a fantastic cooking and
>hotel school, so that good food and restaurants are abundant, and the
>presence of university students also means that there's good food
>cheap for those on a budget.
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>We are accepting proposals and suggestions for sessions (tell us what
>you want, even if you can't do it all yourself, as we may be able to
>make it happen) immediately. We will be updating the site and sending
>further announcements with more practical details and program news.
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>If you would like to participate - with a full talk, mini-talk about
>your language, workshop, poster, etc - please let us know  at
>lcs@conlang.org.
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