> He will hold a block of 10 rooms, if I can guarantee that they (or most of > them) will be booked, and let him know by 6pm tonight (it's about 1:45 pm > now). The rate will be $199. $200 a night? Though this is right next to the LoC in the middle of DC > So I'd like to take a very quick straw poll -- if you are reasonably certain > that you'll book, let me know immediately. If several of you respond > affirmatively I'll tell him to block the 10 rooms. Couldn't say either way without talking to people who hold purse strings :( but if that's the price, then that's the price. Where did people go (Jannifer?) last time? > the hotel rooms are selling fast. If we did it the following week > instead we could get rooms for $130. I'm not suggesting we change the > date, but if enough people are interested, we could think about it.) The following week would be okay for me so long as people didn't mind my partner hanging around for meals and such, as I could just fly on home afterwards rather than fly back to the UK and then out again. Rob -- ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([log in to unmask]) ,'-/::::. http://www.o-r-g.org/~azaroth/ ,'--/::(@)::. Special Collections and Archives, extension 3142 ,'---/::::::::::. Nebmedes: telnet: nebmedes.o-r-g.org 7777 ____/:::::::::::::. WWW: http://nebmedes.o-r-g.org:8000/ I L L U M I N A T I