[Air-L] IR14 and the political situation

Peter Timusk ptimusk at sympatico.ca
Sun Oct 13 12:34:17 PDT 2013


Thanks for bringing this forward for discussion Stine. I was also wondering about this as a Canadian traveling south. The only extra thing I would like to visit besides considering bringing my skis is the Museum of Art and may be the science and tech museum and the park it's in.  

> From: baym at microsoft.com
> To: kkontour at gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:28:13 +0000
> CC: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] IR14 and the political situation
> 
> The extension of funding to make Rocky Mtn National Park open ends before AoIR meets though, so unless the govt reopens I wouldn't count on that.
> 
> Stine, I don't think you and other international visitors have any reason for concern. We will see a lot more after the 17th but I'd expect if anything, your money's going to be worth even more. And no one is talking about effects like shutting down air travel.
> 
> Airplane inspections on the other hand...
> 
> Nancy
> ________________________________
> From: Kyle Kontour<mailto:kkontour at gmail.com>
> Sent: ‎10/‎13/‎2013 3:24 PM
> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] IR14 and the political situation
> 
> Actually, Rocky Mountain National Park is open because the state government
> kicked in the funds to keep it open. It's only about an hour and a half
> away!
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Mark D. Johns <mjohns at luther.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Unless you are planning to visit a national park or national monument
> > while here, you probably won't notice much difference. Some border
> > agents may be a little less hospitable than usual because they are
> > being forced to work without pay at present, but most will be their
> > normal, cheerful(?) selves.
> >
> > However, if our "leaders" allow the country to go into default, we
> > have no idea what will happen. But my guess is that not much will
> > change initially, and you'll be safely back home before the sky starts
> > falling here.
> > --
> > Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Communication Studies
> > Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > "Get the facts first. You can distort them later."
> >     ---Mark Twain
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Stine Gotved <gotved at itu.dk> wrote:
> > > Hello fellow aoir-heads - especially you located in the US.
> > >
> > > In 10 days, we'll meet up in Denver, and I really look forward to IR14.
> > However, could you please tell if there is anything in the present
> > political situation that I as a foreigner ought to prepare for? Do I for
> > example need to bring loads of cash or do I run the "risk" of being stuck?
> > (I actually like that prospect better than most!)
> > >
> > > I'm not really alarmed - on the other hand, it's very hard to follow
> > (not to say understand) the details in the administrative shut down. Please
> > share your thoughts on the subject, in regard to the upcoming conference.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Stine
> > >
> > > Associalte Professor
> > > The IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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