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I forwarded this to the group for Josie:
Joseph
asked me to bring this to the group every month or so until the
conference happens. He said that way any new members that join in the
meantime will have the earliest notice available in case they might
want to go.
As
far as the proposed research trip to SLC for NEXT YEAR - 2006, I spoke to Ruth Gomez
Schirmacher (Librarian and Latin-American Consultant International
Reference) in SLC when Mickey Garcia
and I were there in September. Ruth helps George Ryskamp put the
Hispanic conference together each year. I told her we (the Ranchos Group members) were
interested in attending next years
conference and she liked the idea. We also met with Jonathan
Walker at the library. He is a very nice person and helped us
tremendously! He had some very good tips that would be very helpful
to all of us when we do our research on "familysearch.org".........We
spoke to the Director of Sales and Marketing for the Best Western Salt
Lake Plaza Hotel which is located right next door to the library and he
can give us a good rate of $80.00 per room (for 2 people) and just a
few dollars more if you want 3 or 4 people per room........This is very
convenient! Being right next door makes a lot of difference if the
weather does not cooperate! There is also another place a couple of
blocks away that is a little less in cost and is nice also for people
who do not mind walking a little. There is a trolley that one can
catch just as short distance from that hotel and ride up to the
library....and this is free. These are the only two places I
recommend. The rest are a little farther away but are ok also. The
nice thing about the Plaza is that the Sales Manager will let us have a
small refrigerator (upon request at no extra charge) so one can keep
sandwich fixings, snacks, etc. and run to your room for a quick lunch
and get right back to researching! The Plaza Hotel also has a
restaurant. The FHC library has a snack room but I have not been
there. I guess they have vending machines and tables...... A lot of
people will snack in their room and eat one meal out so it does not get
boring! The LDS library also will give you a "pass" so you can go to
their cafeteria (a short walk away) and have breakfast or lunch at a
very nominal cost! Ruth got us passes to eat there and the cost is
much more reasonable than at the Plaza Restaurant and the choices are
tremendous! You can have anything from a sandwich to a full
meal.......a lot of healthy choices too!
The Director of Sales at the Plaza hotel
said he would set aside a block of rooms for us. He needed an idea of
how many rooms we might need and I told him I had no idea at the
present time but that I would let him know soon. The conference is
usually around the middle of October. Just
to give you an idea this year the exact date for the conference was
Saturday, Oct 15 and the year before the conference was Saturday, Oct
16. I plan to call Ruth Gomez Schirmacher to see if they have
an agenda for next year. I would like to know if
anyone is interested in attending next year. This
does not obligate you but just gives us an idea of how many rooms to
set aside. Each person would be responsible for their own travel
arrangements and hotel reservations, etc. I will give more details a
little later as I know more. Right now I
just would like to have an idea of how many are interested in going
next year.
The number
of days you stay is up to you........some
may want to stay longer than others.
No matter how long we stay to do research
it is never enough, right? :-)
P.S....I
know a good many of the group members live in California. If we can
get 15 or 20 of us to fly our of the same airport we MIGHT be able to
get a group rate. Let me know if you all are interested in this and
I'll contact a travel agency.
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