Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 16:10:52 -0500 (EST)
From: "VASKEN HAGOPIAN; VASKEN@HEP.FSU.EDU; 850-644-3734"
 <VASKEN@FSHES3.HEP.FSU.EDU>
Subject: US HCAL Meeting Feb 13,14 in Tallahassee Fl


To:      UC CMS HCAL
 
From:    Vasken Hagopian and Andris Skuja
 
Subject: US CMS HCAL Meeting in February 1998
 
The next US CMS HCAL meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday February
13 and 14, 1998 in Tallahassee, Florida.
 
AIRLINE TICKETS: Ticket prices vary a lot, but if you purchase soon and stay
Saturday night, the cost should be below $300 from almost anywhere in the
USA and probably no more than $600 from Europe. Please reserve and get ticket
soon as February 16 is a Federal Holiday (Washington's Birthday) and low cost 
tickets may disappear. Tallahassee is served by Delta Airlines (with most 
flights via Atlanta) and US Air with most flights via Charlotte, NC. 
Delta uses only jet airplanes.
 
 PURPOSE: 1. PPP1, review where we are for the Pre-prototype construction.
          2. Test beam at CERN.
          3. Preparation for the NEXT Lehman review.
  
The meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday at the Physics Department
(Keen Building) room 503 (5th floor) of Florida State University. The room has
video conferencing equipment connected to an ISDN line. We can use this 
equipment with advance notice. There are plenty of computer terminals and work
stations.  
 
AIRLINE INFORMATION

Some samples of air fares: 
 
AIRFARE from Chicago to Tallahassee: (Departing Chicago Thursday,2/12 and 
returning Sunday 2/15)
 
Coach Fare - no restrictions - $849.00

21 day advance - $245.00 - must stay over Saturday night - nonrefundable

 7 day advance - $554.00 - must stay over Saturday night - nonrefundable
 
All major car rental companies are located at the airport. The Hotels are
close enough that cars are not needed to come to the meeting and as usual 
with most campuses, parking will not be easy on Friday (no problem on
Saturday). 

Taxi from the airport to the hotels is about $15.00. If you let us know in
advance we can pick you up on Thursday afternoon or evening.
 
Please make reservations for the hotels and you need to guarantee if
arriving after 6 pm.
  
HOTEL:
 
Twenty-five rooms have been blocked at:  (20 singles / 5 doubles)
 
      Travel Lodge Motel (recently renovated)   
      681 West Tennessee Street (within walking distance of Physics Dept.)
      Tallahassee, FL 
 
      Rate:  $42.00 (single or double)
      Rooms blocked under Physics HCAL Meeting for this rate.
      Rooms will be held under the block until Tuesday, February 3, 1997.
 
      **NOTE**  850 is the new telephone area code.  If it does not work use 
                the old 904 area code.

          (850) 224-8161 
      Fax (850) 222-5688
 
Other Hotel Near Campus
 
      Ramada Limited University  (has a bar)
      1308 West Brevard          (within walking distance of Physics Dept.) 
      
      Rate: $36.00 (tell them you are visiting FSU Physics Dept.)
      (850) 224-7116
      
 
Maps from the airport to the Physics Department and hotels are available 
upon request.  Please e-mail your name and address to Kathy Mork at 
[Mork.@HEP.FSU.EDU] and she will mail one to you.  
 
For planning purposes, please e-mail your name, date/time of arrival and
name of hotel to [Mork@HEP.FSU.EDU].
 
The HEP group coordinator at Florida State University is Mrs. Kathy Mork.
Her telephone number is 850-644-6809, FAX 850-644-6735 and Email
Mork@hep.fsu.edu OR FSUHEP::MORK.
 
 Vasken Hagopian
 Department of Physics
 Florida State University
 Tallahassee, Florida, 32306-3016
 
 Email  VASKEN@HEP.FSU.EDU (or FSUHEP::VASKEN), 
 Tel 850-644-3734
 FAX 850-644-6735