FUDCon Tempe - Overflow hotel info available soon

[Robyn Bergeron]

Just wanted to provide a quick update on this:

As you all know, the primary hotel, the Marriott Courtyard Tempe
Downtown, has given us 5 additional rooms for our block which need to
be filled by today [1]. Because prices will be higher after these
rooms are booked and/or after the 7th of November, some folks have
been asking about a secondary hotel for those who are more
cost-conscious.

I've arranged a $99/night rate with the Four Points Sheraton [2] in
Tempe.  It is approximately a mile and a half from the Courtyard, but
is still technically "just off campus" - across the street from the
southeast corner of campus, on University Ave. / Rural Road.  For
folks walking to ASU Memorial Union on Sunday, it will be
approximately the same distance as walking from the Courtyard;
however, it's quite a walk from the Brickyard building, but to
alleviate that issue the Sheraton will be providing shuttles to those
who need to go to/from the Brickyard on Saturday and Sunday.

Here's what's included:

* Free Airport shuttle service (to/from)
* Free high speed intarwebz
* Free breakfast
* They'll shuttle our folks to/from FUDCon events, though we should
make some effort to coordinate / get everyone on the shuttle
efficiently

We do not have a room block "obligation" - that is to say, we are not
contracted to fulfill a certain number of rooms.  The contact has
already sent me the limited paperwork, which I have sent back, which
basically was "what is the name of your conference / group," and she
is providing me with a group code and direct link for booking
tomorrow.

As soon as I have the full information and link tomorrow I will post
it on the wiki!

-Robyn

[1] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/fudcon-planning/2010-November/00...
[2] http://www.fourpointstempe.com/

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sun, Nov 07, 2010 at 07:47:11PM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote:
>  Just wanted to provide a quick update on this:
>  
>  As you all know, the primary hotel, the Marriott Courtyard Tempe
>  Downtown, has given us 5 additional rooms for our block which need to
>  be filled by today [1]. Because prices will be higher after these
>  rooms are booked and/or after the 7th of November, some folks have
>  been asking about a secondary hotel for those who are more
>  cost-conscious.
>  
>  I've arranged a $99/night rate with the Four Points Sheraton [2] in
>  Tempe.  It is approximately a mile and a half from the Courtyard, but
>  is still technically "just off campus" - across the street from the
>  southeast corner of campus, on University Ave. / Rural Road.  For
>  folks walking to ASU Memorial Union on Sunday, it will be
>  approximately the same distance as walking from the Courtyard;
>  however, it's quite a walk from the Brickyard building, but to
>  alleviate that issue the Sheraton will be providing shuttles to those
>  who need to go to/from the Brickyard on Saturday and Sunday.
>  
>  Here's what's included:
>  
>  * Free Airport shuttle service (to/from)
>  * Free high speed intarwebz
>  * Free breakfast
>  * They'll shuttle our folks to/from FUDCon events, though we should
>  make some effort to coordinate / get everyone on the shuttle
>  efficiently
>  
>  We do not have a room block "obligation" - that is to say, we are not
>  contracted to fulfill a certain number of rooms.  The contact has
>  already sent me the limited paperwork, which I have sent back, which
>  basically was "what is the name of your conference / group," and she
>  is providing me with a group code and direct link for booking
>  tomorrow.
>  
>  As soon as I have the full information and link tomorrow I will post
>  it on the wiki! 
That's fantastic Robyn -- good work.  Hopefully we won't end up with
too many people staying separated from the main group.  But in any
case, it's excellent to have an inexpensive option for people who
couldn't commit to the FUDCon event earlier.

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