<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Chick Tower <<a href="mailto:c.e.tower@gmail.com">c.e.tower@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> And hurry if that's what you want to do. The room block is almost full, if it isn't already full. For some reason, the hotel gave us a maximum number of rooms; I suspect that just means the max number that can get the Penguicon rate, but that anyone can rent any remaining rooms.</blockquote><div> Nope, there ARE no other rooms in the hotel that are available to be rented by con goers, other than thru the con. The max was given because the hotel has a standing commitment for pilots and such for the top N floors of the hotel. ANY other hotel reservations will end up going to our hotel liason for room allocation. Even if you call Corp HQ and have a room 'reserved'; if it's not on the con's list, you won't get it. At the GLLUG meeting last week, someone (so many new faces...well, okay, 'new' means 'since we left the sandwich shop' to me) informed us that his reservation was the last one; so the Crowne is sold out. We DO have an overflow hotel, and it IS the one right next door, soo....still lots of room. The Pit? It's...cozy at times. I'd bring a sleeping bag and you'll be sure to get some space, though. If there existed a situation where there was literally NO room to sleep, you'd be found a place. </div></div> -- Peter Smith <a href="mailto:psmith.gllug@gmail.com">psmith.gllug@gmail.com</a>