Arisia '08

Arisia Relaxacon!
YOU’RE INVITED!!!

What: A Weekend-Long Get-Away
Who: All Arisia Volunteers, Staff, & Program Participants
Where: Hilton, Dedham (just outside of Boston), Rm 336
When: June 8-10, 2007
Cost: $15/weekend or $10 Friday or Saturday

Arisia is having a "Relaxacon" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxacon) This is an opportunity for all of us to get together without having to do any real work.

Activities Include:

SMOFing
ConSuite (with food and drinks)
Movies (Perhaps a marathon Hugo Nominees viewing session?)
Pool and Jacuzzi (until midnight just for us)
Tennis, Racketball, Basketball, Exercise Room, Jogging
Hotel surrounded by wooded conservation grounds
Local trips & hikes to Blue Hills & other sights
Nearby shopping, restaurants, movies, & golf

The festivities begin at 5pm on Friday.  The Con Suite is 336.

PLEASE JOIN US!!!

This is meant as a get together for Staff, Volunteers, and others interested in Arisia. We expect there to be lots of talk about SF, SMOFing, and food / drink. People might also want to bring some light games to play. Think of it as a big Consuite or Staff Den. We hope to be able to arrange free WiFi access especially in and around the Consuite. Jack Dietz will be in charge of the Consuite. If you are interested in helping out with that, please let us know.

In order to provide food / drink for a Consuite, the cost is $15 for the weekend or $10 for Friday or Saturday. Sunday is free as it is a half day, and we're having the Arisia Corporate meeting at the hotel at 2 PM on Sunday. This would be a good opportunity to come and see an Arisia Corporate meeting for those interested in getting more involved with running Arisia. Children under 5 are free and between 5 and 21 are half price. No babysitting is provided, so parents are responsible for their own children.

We have negotiated a room rate of $99 per night plus tax for 1-4 people at the Hilton Dedham Hotel (including 3 days before and after the Relaxacon for those who really want to get away). There is free parking. The hotel has a Jacuzzi and heated indoor swimming pool which will both be available until midnight especially for us. There are tennis, racquetball, and basketball courts. You can also work out with exercise equipment or jog on a lovely outdoor trail. The hotel is surrounded by wooded conservation grounds. Nearby there is plenty of shopping and restaurants on Route 1, as well as a large National Amusements movie theater and golf nearby.

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The hotel is easy to get to from Rt. 128/I-95 and there's a commuter rail station (Dedham Corporate stop on the Franklin line) that's a five minute walk from the hotel. The hotel is also a short ride from the Rt. 128 Amtrak station.

Hilton Boston/Dedham
25 Allied Drive
Dedham,  MA 02026
Phone: 1-781-329-7900

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=25%20Allied%20Drive%2C%20Dedham%2C%...

To get to the hotel  take Rt. 128/I-95 to exit 14. The exit will read East St., Canton St. 

From: Rt-128 North, Take the second right onto Allied Drive.
From: Rt-128 South, Go 3/4 around the rotary and exit onto Allied Drive.

To book a hotel room, you can call 1-800-HILTONS (445-8667) and ask for the Arisia block at the Dedham, MA Hilton or start from http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/ddhdhhf_ari/index.jhtml . Rooms booked at the Arisia rate may be canceled up until 4 PM on the day of arrival. The web site says our room block has expired, but you can ignore that message and use the hotel's web site to reserve a room at the discounted rate.

But, I'd still encourage people to make their hotel reservations ASAP anyway. You can always cancel them, the hotel just might sell out, and the more reservations we have the easier it will be to deal with the hotel....

To register for the Relaxacon itself via PayPal, you can go to http://2008.arisia.org/RelaxaconReg (please be sure to fill in the “Name of Membership” field during checkout, especially if buying more than one membership) or pay when you show up.

If you have any questions please email arisia.relaxacon@gmail.com.