[Peace] Fwd: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?

Tue Nov 7 13:46:47 CST 2006

Joan--we had our first conference there and went through all the bldgs and 
rooms.  because of our #s the 2nd floor space worked best.
We probably need space for 150 plus.

>From: "Joan Nelshoppen" <jnelshoppen at insightbb.com>
>To: "'Siobhan Kolar'" <siobhankolar at hotmail.com>,<brussel4 at insightbb.com>, 
><kmedina at uiuc.edu>
>CC: peace at lists.chambana.net
>Subject: RE: [Peace] Fwd: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
>Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:31:42 -0600
>
>My apologies.
>
>The space I will be using (church basement - a large space) is accessible.
>I assume the church above would be, because of Sunday services.  The first
>floor of the foundation, with several meeting rooms and a medium sized 
>space
>(with lots of heavy wooden tables- probably cannot be stored) is 
>accessible,
>even though there are stairs in the middle, because of the mini-elevator
>that goes up and down those few steps.
>
>I guess what is NOT accessible is the second floor of the foundation which
>is a large open space.
>
>It would kind-of be a pain to have stuff in both buildings (in order to 
>take
>advantage of the large basement room) but it might be doable if nothing 
>else
>is found.  My apologies for steering you wrong.  Someplace all in one
>building would be better.
>
>
>
>Have you considered the Unitarian Universalist Church on 309 W Green St?
>I'm not sure how much space you need but it was renovated a couple years 
>ago
>and has a good sized fellowship hall as well as the sanctuary and several
>meeting rooms.  It is accessible, in a sense.  There is an elevator that
>goes to both floors but it requires a key and a small amount of training 
>for
>someone to help with those using it.
>
>Contact info:
>Office manager is Karen Hsu.  Phone number is 217-384-8862.  Her hours are 
>9
>to 1 weekdays.
>
>I have no idea how to locate suitable UI campus spaces.
>
>Good luck,
>Joan
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net
>[mailto:peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Siobhan Kolar
>Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:49 AM
>To: jnelshoppen at insightbb.com; brussel4 at insightbb.com; kmedina at uiuc.edu
>Cc: peace at lists.chambana.net
>Subject: RE: [Peace] Fwd: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
>
>Joan--any insights MOST welcome.
>How is McKinley accessible though--they told us the elevator cannot be used
>to get to the 2nd floor.  I can re-contact them though if you are saying it
>can be?
>
>
> >From: "Joan Nelshoppen" <jnelshoppen at insightbb.com>
> >To: "'Morton K. Brussel'" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>,"'Karen Medina'"
> ><kmedina at uiuc.edu>
> >CC: 'AWARE peace' <peace at lists.chambana.net>
> >Subject: RE: [Peace] Fwd: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
> >Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:33:24 -0600
> >
> >Not to quibble here but if you take another look at McKinley 
>Presbyterian,
> >you'll find it is completely handicap accessible, both the foundation and
> >the church.  There is also a lot of space there.  The biggest problem is
> >that there is there is no parking lot.  That's okay if the event is on a
> >weekend because there would be FREE parking in two nearby UI parking
> >garages, each less then a block away.  There is also metered parking.
> >
> >
> >
> >I'm holding an event there in December and have found the staff 
>incredibly
> >wonderful to work with.  You may want to take a second look.
> >
> >Joan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> >From: peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net
> >[mailto:peace-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Morton K. Brussel
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:54 AM
> >To: Karen Medina
> >Cc: AWARE peace
> >Subject: [Peace] Fwd: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
> >Importance: High
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi Karen,
> >
> >
> >
> >What do you think about this? Can we get U. space for such an event?
> >
> >
> >
> >Mort
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: Siobhan Kolar <siobhankolar at hotmail.com>
> >
> >Date: November 7, 2006 10:45:46 AM CST
> >
> >To: brussel4 at insightbb.com
> >
> >Subject: Re: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
> >
> >
> >
> >Great--can you give me some contact information for them or tell me who 
>to
> >contact about that?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>
> >
> >To: Siobhan Kolar <siobhankolar at hotmail.com>
> >
> >Subject: Re: [Aware] venue for ICPJ conference in March?
> >
> >Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:09:59 -0600
> >
> >
> >
> >I believe that your last entry is the most promising; we do have student
> >AWARE members, and they ought to be able to commandeer University space,
> >perhaps in the Illini Student Union building, but possibly in others as
> >well.
> >
> >
> >
> >---mkb
> >
> >
> >
> >On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:22 PM, Siobhan Kolar wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> >Laurel had been in communication with Jan and Durl Kruse--not sure if you
> >are getting this, Kruses' but I'm emailing about venues for the 
>conference
> >if we were to have it in Champaign. The 2nd ICPJ conference we are 
>planning
> >for March 31.
> >
> >
> >
> >So far this is what we have found--
> >
> >
> >
> >Ill Disciples Foundation - too small
> >
> >
> >
> >Post office space - probably also too small in terms of breakouts and a
> >main
> >gathering space
> >
> >
> >
> >YMCA- not accessible
> >
> >
> >
> >Union --main rooms we might use are booked
> >
> >
> >
> >McKinley - not accessible
> >
> >
> >
> >Does your group have any other venues we might check out? Are there 
>active
> >student groups that could help us hold the event on campus?
> >
> >
> >
> >Siobhan Kolar
> >
> >630-845-9418
> >
> >
> >
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