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I request everyone to chime in. I have a room at the Hampton Inn but will be happy to move closer if possible. <span style="font-size: 10pt">Michael will not be able to attend.</span><div><br></div><div>I have attached the current contact list from the shared Dropbox.<br><div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Ramu<div class="mb_sig"><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">---------
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 3/10/2023 8:00:11 AM, Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
Yes, Ramu, you are correct.
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<div>I assume we have to call the hotel. The Hilton Honors website or the hotel website did not show any rooms at the State rate.</div>
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<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 3/9/2023 5:04:09 PM, Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu> wrote:</p>
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I am looking forward to hosting you in Lafayette! I recommend booking your hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn near the Cajundome. The address is below, and they have confirmed with me that the state rate should be available to you as state employees. (Sorry,
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We will be meeting at the LITE Center, which is right across the street from this hotel. The address there is below.<br>
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I will have lunch ready for everyone. If you will not be attending or you have dietary restrictions or preferences that I should know about, please drop me an email.
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> B. Ramu Ramachandran <ramu@coes.latech.edu>; Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [La-cgs] Hotel rooms in Lafayette</span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Thank you, Ramu! I am wondering if ULL has any arrangements with local hotels. Mary will probably let us know soon.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">With regard to the agenda, Here are the slots that we potentially have:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u>March 23</u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">12:00 Lunch/Welcome</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">1:45 โ 2:30</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">2:45 - 3:30</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">3:30 โ 4:15</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">4:15 โ 5:00</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u>March 24</u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">8:30 Breakfast/Welcome</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">9:00 โ 9:45</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">9:45 โ 10:30</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">10:45 โ 11:30</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">11:30 โ 12:00 New Officers/Planning Ahead</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">May be we can start slotting in topics to get an agenda going. We also traditionally have a session on โCSGS (and CGS) Updateโ.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Sanjay</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#461D7C">Louisiana State University Shreveport</span></i><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#461D7C">Office: (318) 797-5247 Fax: (318) 798-4120</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>B. Ramu Ramachandran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] Hotel rooms in Lafayette</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;color: black">We are looking forward to meeting in Lafayette, LA starting around noon on March 23, and finishing around noon on March 24. It seems that the Hilton Garden Inn
at the Cajundome is booked up. I could not get a room there for less than $250/night (and, at that, I will have to impersonate military personnel). The Double Tree appears to be sold out. I did manage to get a room at the Hampton Inn at the State rate of $96/night.
It is a fair distance from the campus. I recommend you grab a room somewhere fairly soon.</span></p>
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