After more googling I found that greyhound offers more reasonable time buses (12:30pm). Anyways, more info on recommendations on transportation would be appreciated :)
On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 11:25 PM Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I was wondering, when would I have to book the hotel by to get that > rate? > > Also, I notice Sandusky seems to be a bit difficult to get to. Google > seems to suggest I should take a airplane to Cleaveland, and then take a > 3am amtrack train (no reasonable time choices) from there to Sandusky. Is > that really the best travel option? > > -- > Brian > > On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 5:01 PM Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via > MediaWiki-l <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ATTENTION MEDIAWIKI ADMINS, DEVELOPERS, AND USERS! >> >> APRIL 1-3, 2020 --- SANDUSKY, OHIO USA >> >> We are excited to announce EMWCon Spring 2020, the Enterprise MediaWiki >> Conference [0], happening from April 1-3 in Sandusky, Ohio USA. The >> conference will have two days of talks followed by a one day Create Camp. >> There will be many opportunities to interact with others using and >> developing MediaWiki. >> >> Quick Link: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2020 >> >> == WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW == >> >> If you know you're going to attend: >> 1. Please add your name to the unofficial attendance list [4] and watch >> that page for more detail on registration. >> 2. Book your room today [3] >> 3. Registration for EMWCon is coming soon, so WATCH the EMWCon Spring >> 2020 page to get notifications of updates in advance of future >> announcements. >> >> == IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROPOSE A TALK == >> >> Please propose your talk on the event page [1] as soon as possible, >> including a title, a brief description, and your name. >> * If your presentation is accepted, we'll contact you to get a short >> abstract of your talk >> * Check out the "CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS" section below for more >> information >> >> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PREVIOUS EMW CONFERENCES, PLEASE SEE [2] >> >> If you have any questions please feel free to email me at: >> * [email protected] >> >> Thank you for your interest and I hope to see you in April 2020!!! >> >> Sincerely, >> The EMWCon 2020 organizing committee >> * Richard Evans (General Chair) >> * Yaron Koren (Registration Chair and Principal Sponsor) >> * Cindy Cicalese (Program Chair) >> * Others to be announced (let us know if you want to be part of the >> organizing team) >> >> == CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS == >> >> If you are using MediaWiki + some important combination of extensions, we >> would love to have you as a speaker. >> >> We are looking for speakers to provide 20 minute talks that address any >> combination of the following questions: >> * Tell us about your enterprise wiki application -- What version are you >> running? Which extensions matter most to you? >> * Tell us what business domain it serves -- Private Industry? Non-Profit? >> Government? >> * Tell us what you use it for and how - Content Management? >> Documentation? Resource Planning? Compliance? >> * Tell us what technical and implementation successes and challenges can >> you tell us about? - Availability? Confidentiality? Integrity? >> * Tell us what cultural successes and challenges can you tell us about? - >> Reach? Engagement? Training? >> * Tell us what administration and lifecycle successes and challenges can >> you tell us about? >> * Tell us how MediaWiki fits in to your organization's mission and vision >> and what your plans are for your MediaWiki site going forward >> >> All presentations will be recorded and made available after the >> conference. >> >> == FUN FACTS ABOUT EMWCon 2020 == >> >> * This is the 5th meeting of this group, however it is the 1st time we >> will be meeting in an actual large-scale conference venue >> * "The Kalahari" in Sandusky is an all-in-one, family-friendly >> hotel-resort-conference venue. >> * Conference attendees will get family sized rooms at discounted rate of >> ~ $105 US per night (versus the normal > $200 advertised resort rates) >> * Conference attendees and their families will get full-run of the >> world's largest indoor water park included with their room bookings >> * Sandusky is known as "The vacation capital of the north" >> ** ref: https://www.shoresandislands.com/local/central-shores >> ** The conference venue is located across the street from NASA's Plum >> Brook Station, where NASA Orion Spacecraft is presently being tested for >> the Artemis-1 mission to the moon. >> >> == NASA TOUR == >> >> A tour of NASA's Plum Brook Station is being organized and will be >> included with the general registration at no extra charge. >> >> * ref 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s39Kl0ruj1Y&t=1m26s >> * ref 2: >> https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2019/orion-to-face-simulated-rigors-of-space-in-last-major-testing-before-artemis-i >> >> == References == >> * [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2020 >> * [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2020#Talks >> * [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon >> * [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2020#Accommodations >> * [4] >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/EMWCon_Spring_2020#Unofficial_conference_sign-up >> >> /Rich Evans >> https://riot.im/app/#/user/@revansx:matrix.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> To unsubscribe, go to: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
