[Air-l] IR 2.0 Friday Evening Dinner Info/Offer

[Logie]

Colleagues -

We need to establish an accurate "head count" for the Friday evening 
dinner by noon Thursday of this week. As stated on the conference 
website, this dinner is not included in the conference registration 
fee, and requires a separate $25 registration. We now need those who 
may have overlooked the separate registration to register for the 
dinner, if they (you) so desire.

If you have already registered for dinner, you should have received 
confirmation from Professional Education & Conference Planning 
(unless you did so too recently to have received confirmation via 
return mail). For those still "on the fence," please know that we 
cannot guarantee that dinner tickets will be available for those who 
choose not to register/pay until their arrival at the conference. We 
have advised all who are planning to pay their conference fee upon 
arrival in Minneapolis to register on the website in order to secure 
their space at what is proving to be a popular event. The same advice 
applies to the dinner.

If you have not yet registered for the dinner, but DO wish to attend, 
please proceed to 
http://pware.com/index.cfm?eventdisp=02-2703&clientid=2383
and click on the "Participant Registration for Friday Evening Dinner" 
link. Once there, you will be able to register yourself and any 
guests. You do not need to pay by credit card, and you may still pay 
upon your arrival, should you need to do so. Please complete dinner 
registrations by noon Thursday (that's CST, United States time for 
our overseas colleagues).

If finances (or their lack) present the sole obstacle to your joining 
us forthis meal, the Association has determined to purchase a limited 
number of dinner tickets for people who otherwise would not be able 
to attend. These funds will be distributed to the following "priority 
pools" of individuals (who must already be registered for the 
conference) on a first-come-first-served basis.

POOL 1. Graduate students traveling from outside the United States
POOL 2. International travelers OR Graduate students traveling from 
within the United States
POOL 3. All others.

Please forward a request for consideration to "dinner at logie.net" with 
a subject line which lists your name and your pool (e.g. "Subject: 
John Logie, Pool 3"). No additional information is needed. If 
selected, you will receive a dinner ticket along with your conference 
badge upon your arrival at the conference.

NOTE: REPLIES POSTED TO THE AIR-L LIST WILL NOT RECEIVE TICKETS. ALL 
REQUESTS MUST BE SENT to "dinner at logie.net" BY THURSDAY at NOON CST.

Best,

-- 
John Logie
Internet Research 2.0 Conference Coordinator
Department of Rhetoric
University of Minnesota