[Air-L] IR14 and the political situation

Mark D. Johns mjohns at luther.edu
Sun Oct 13 13:06:17 PDT 2013


Both of those museums appear to be private foundations and not
dependent on federal funding, so they should not be affected by the
shutdown (though weird connections do turn up in odd places, such as
special exhibits funded by federal grants, etc.)
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Mark D. Johns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA
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"Get the facts first. You can distort them later."
    ---Mark Twain


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Peter Timusk <ptimusk at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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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