From Miles.Ellis@Educational-Technology-Resources-Centre.oxford.ac.uk Mon Oct 9 09:23:55 1995 Received: from oxmail2.ox.ac.uk (oxmail2.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.1]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA02568 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 09:23:34 +0100 Received: from vax.ox.ac.uk by oxmail2 with SMTP (PP); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 09:22:59 +0100 Received: from 163.1.85.1 by vax.ox.ac.uk (MX V4.1 VAX) with SMTP; Mon, 09 Oct 1995 09:22:54 +0100 X-Sender: MELLIS@vax.ox.ac.uk Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 09:23:49 +0100 To: sc22wg5 From: Miles.Ellis@Educational-Technology-Resources-Centre.oxford.ac.uk (Miles Ellis) Subject: (x3j3.1995-388) San Diego Meeting info for WG5 and X3J3 The following message was inadvertently sent by Ted Terpstra to the X3J3 email list and not to the WG5 one. Apologies to X3J3 members for the fact that they will now receive it again! > > >X3J3 and WG5 Meeting Attendees: > >It is only a month until the X3J3 (Nov 13-17) & WG5 (Nov 6-10) >meetings here in San Diego. Please make your reservations directly >with the hotel. It would be helpful in planning if you would drop me >an e-mail to also let me know that you are attending. > >The management of the hotel will be hosting a wine and... party for >attendees and friends on Monday, November 6 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. >If any friends will be attending this, it would be helpful if I know >that also. > >For those spending the weekend of Nov 11 & 12 in San Diego, the >hotel management is willing to schedule bus shuttle service to many >of the attractions in the area such as the San Diego Zoo, Sea World, >the Wild Animal Park, the O.J. Courthouse, the beaches.... > >The weather in San Diego in November (see the Web pages for more >precise info) will be nice. High temperatures in the 70's F. can be >expected. SOme hardy souls even swim in the ocean in November. It will >be cool at night in the 50's. This is my first year in San Diego and >I have found it delightful. Since April, it has not rained and the >high temperature has been between 75 and 85 every day. Outdoor >swimming pools are used here year around. > > > >Travel and Booking Arrangements > >The meeting will take place at the following location: > >Ramada Inn San Diego North >5550 Kearny Mesa Road >San Diego, California 92111 >USA > >Telephone: +1 800 447-2637 (from within USA or Canada only) or > +1 619/278-0800 > Fax: +1 619 277-6585 > >"The Ramada Inn is located in the heart of San Diego at the corner of >Highway 163 and Highway 52. It is a peaceful Oasis, featuring 150 newly >remodelled rooms and suites surrounding a lavish heated pool and spa on 5 >acres of tropical grounds. The hotel also provides a quiet restaurant, a >lounge featuring night-time entertainment, and an in-house travel agency." > >Complimentary amenities are stated to include deluxe continental breakfast, >free airport shuttle, free parking, a free fitness facility, and an >invitation to the Ramada Business Club. > >Note, however, that the hotel is not downtown or in a tourist area. There >are many restaurants within walking distance of the hotel, although >sightseeing will best be done by car. > >Reservations: > >Telephone, fax and postal details are shown above. >The special room rate for delegates is $59.00 (+10.5% hotel tax) for 1-2 >persons; to obtain this rate delegates should ask for the "FORTRAN" rate. >Larger suites are not available but adjoining connecting rooms can be >requested while booking. >(If there are any problems, you should indicate that the meeting is being >organised through Ted Terpstra of General Atomics.) > >Travel Arrangements: > >If travelling by air, you should fly into San Diego International Airport - >American, Continental and United all fly there from various places. Call the >hotel from the airport and they will arrange to have the complimentary >shuttle collect you and take you to the hotel. (The next nearest airport is >Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, which is 120 miles away - or 2.5 >hours drive down a clogged freeway!) > > > >You may want to check out the San Diego, California world wide web pages: > > http://www.sannet.gov > > http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/sandiego.html/ > > > >Local Contact: > >Ted Terpstra >General Atomics >3550 General Atomics Court >San Diego, CA 92121-1194 > >Telephone: +1 619 455-4188 >FAX +1 619 455-4515 >Email: terpstra@gav.gat.com > > > >Ted Terpstra > >Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory >at General Atomics 619/455-4188 "Everything should be >San Diego, CA 92121-1194 simplified as much as possible >terpstra@gav.gat.com and no more." - Albert Einstein > ======================================================================= Dr Miles Ellis CCCCCCCCCCC Director: Educational Technology Resources Centre C C University of Oxford, 37-41 Wellington Square C E Oxford OX1 2JF, ENGLAND C T C R Telephone: +44 1865 270528 Fax: +44 1865 270527 C C Email: Miles.Ellis@etrc.ox.ac.uk CCCCCCCCCCC =======================================================================