On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 09:59:22PM -0400, kendall(at)clarkparsia.com
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I have, and it's quite nice, but it borders the east side of DC which is not as
nice (am I wrong?).
Really, no offense intended and I apologize if I upset you with my comments.
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Huh? I'd go there! I just wouldn't invite 300 people from all over the world
there. 
But again that is just me. Please, do not *not* offer your space because of 
something I said ;-) 
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:56:24PM -0400, Kapil Thangavelu wrote:[...]

Yup, and it was one of two locations that were seriously considered for
the conference itself. However like I said:

1. I didn't like its proximity to the east side of town (but that could
just have been an oversight on my part, apologies *again* to Kendall Clark
of Clark & Parsia).

And perhaps more importantly:

2. The only dates available overlapped with the Presidential Election.
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Excerpts from Alex Clark's message of Thu Apr 24 06:05:27 -0400 2008:[...]

No, it's fine. But thx for saying this. If you haven't been over here
recently, you could be under a misimpression. But I've lived around
here since 2003 and it's quite nice.
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Yes, obviously I had nor have no idea whether it was otherwise
feasible. To be honest, I don't think the Convention Center itself is
a great place for this conf. I was just pointing out that the hotels
in this area are nice, some are reasonably priced, and it's a
perfectly good area to recommend to arbitrary visitors.

Cheers,
Kendall

Excerpts from Alex Clark's message of Thu Apr 24 05:54:29 -0400 2008:[...]

Yes, I think so. But it's not a big deal.
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You didn't offend or upset me, I just want to defend the honor of my
'hood! :>
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You should come over for a visit. The East End is the shit these days,
all the way down to NOMA.
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Heh.

Cheers,
Kendall