MithraCon XII
Conference registration fees cover expenses including conference room, refreshments and a limited amount of photocopying while at the Yale Library.
In addition, you'll want to register as soon as possible for your room at the Courtyard Marriott at Yale. Be sure to mention MithraCon when you register so that you can receive the group rate ($178.08 per night including tax). Unless we get enough rooms reserved, we will have to pay the full rate! So please reserve early.
Hotel registration: Register by March 11 to get the conference rate by calling (203) 777-6221. (The national reservation number will not get you the lower rate.)
Conference registration: Individual registrations are $30 to Jan. 31, $37 from then to Feb. 28, $45 thereafter. Con registration and checks should go to Dr. Jane T. Sibley, PO Box 123, Haddam, CT 06438.
What to Bring
-- Conference dress is casual, though some people bring a nicer outfit for dining out. New Haven in April can be chilly and windy, so be prepared.
-- To make the most of your time at the library, it may be worthwhile to search its catalog beforehand and make notes of books you want to find.
-- Bring materials for any presentations you may wish to give to the group. Presentations are not required, but are a good way to test works in progress, start discussions on subjects of interest, and inform and delight your fellow participants. Presentations should be no more than 30 minutes.
For those of you coming from the Boston or New York areas: take the train to New Haven's Union Station; there will be plenty of cabs there who will be more than willing to shlep you and your gear the mile and a half or so to the hotel, which is almost on the Yale campus. Check in is 3 p.m., but if you get there earlier, you can leave your stuff with the front desk, and then maybe meander across the street to the huge Barnes & Noble bookstore or some of the other shops. Bus service to New Haven is also an option. If you need to call a cab, the number is (203) 777-7777.
-- Bring $10 for your Yale library stacks pass plus money for meals, photocopying and any shopping you may wish to do (including purchases from fellow conferees). Yale Art Gallery admission is a voluntary $5.
-- Merchant goods if you wish to sell to fellow conferees. Merchant space is free and will be secured during non-conference times so that merchants need not choose between participating and guarding their products.