Logistics

Here is the final round of information for the October CSG workshop/meeting to
be held October 4th through 6th, 1999 at Stanford University.

Conference Hotel:
The workshop/meeting will be held at the Hyatt Rickeys.  The web address
is http://www.hyatt.com/pages/s/sjcria.html,  the direct hotel number is
1-650-493-8000 or you can call the Hyatt reservation center at
1-800-233-1234.
They have reserved a block of 50 rooms for us for Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday nights.  In addition there are 30 rooms available for Wednesday
night.  PLEASE HAVE YOUR RESERVATION IN BY THE CUTOFF DATE OF
SEPTEMBER 3rd.  The rooms are at the discount rate of $176.00 per
night for single, $201.00 for double, $226.00 for triple.  Standard
Business plan is $20.00 additional and Tower Business plan is $30.00
additional.  Their regular rates are $214.00 to $244.00 per night.  If you
would like to come in for the weekend before the meeting they will extend
the group rate to you.  You should also ask if there is a better rate as
sometimes on weekends they have a special rate.

Guestrooms reserved for the Stanford-Common Solutions Group will be held until
September 3, 1999.  Any reservations not booked by this date will be on a
First-come, first-served basis at the best available rate.

Airport Transportation:
The hotel does not provide transportation; they suggest you make a
reservation on an airport shuttle (see "door to door van service" at
the following URLs) or take a taxi if you are not going to rent a car.
The nearest airport is San Jose International Airport, about 15 minutes
from the hotel.  See http://www.quickaid.com/airports/sjc/stop/sjc0700.html
for transportation.  San Francisco International Airport is about 25 minutes
from the hotel; see http://www.quickaid.com/airports/sfo/stop/sfo0700.html
for transportation.

Conference Meals:
Group lunches and dinners will be provided on Monday and Tuesday.  Box
lunches will be provided at the close of the CSG meeting on Wednesday.
Continental breakfast will be provided for all three days.

Thank-you, please feel free to contact me with any questions
or concerns you may have.

Karen W. Kitchen
Administrative Associate for CITI, University of Michigan
519 West William St. , Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4943
734-763-2929, Fax 734-763-4434, Email kwk@umich.edu