cc: Ray Bradley <rbradley@geo.umass.edu>, J.dearing@liverpool.ac.uk,  Lorius@glaciog.grenet.fr, marie.jose@itn.hv.se, r.battarbee@geog.ucl.ac.uk,  Frank Oldfield <frank.oldfield@pages.unibe.ch>,  Niklaus Schranz <niklaus.schranz@pages.unibe.ch>
date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 16:04:39 +0100
from: Keith Alverson <keith.alverson@pages.unibe.ch>
subject: Shonan Village Ammenities
to: Scientific Steering Committee:;

Dear SSC members and guests,

  Enclosed are some details on the Shonan Village location for the
upcomming IGBP congress and PAGES SSC and Synthesis meetings.

1) The complex is in a tranquil, remote site with a beautiful view, however
the nearest village is a half hour bus ride away. There is a
grocery/nick-nack store about a 5 minute walk from the main complex.

2) There are three dining facilities which we will be using. As a general
rule two will serve western food and the third will have a choice of
western or japanese. Special meals will only be served at one of them. If
you are vegetarian or have allergies of any kind, please send the
information to Sheila Lunter at the IGBP office (sheila@igbp.kva.se)

3) There are no bars anywhere on the complex. There are some 'sitting
areas' with beer vending machines. In light of this, you may be interested
to know that six bottles of wine per person can legally be imported into
Japan. The official pages tax rate on such imports is at least one bottle
of wine from your home country to be redistributed by the IPO staff during
a PAGES social event at the congress (people from non wine producing
countries will be asked to sing and dance).

4) There are no banking facilities at the center (no cash machines either).
Therefore you need to change money at Narita airport at the latest.

5) The hotel costs and meals will be covered. Travel will be reimbursed
from the PAGES office in the standard manner. If you need a travel advance,
or are unable to receive your reimbursement as a bank transfer, contact
Niklaus Schranz (schranz@pages.unibe.ch)

6) Local travel information and further program details have been added to
the Congress webpage.

 http://www.igbp.kva.se/congress
 User name: congress
 Password: 65yada!

See you in Japan,

Keith


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Keith Alverson, Science Officer         e-mail: alverson@pages.unibe.ch
PAGES International Project Office      Phone: +41 31 312 3133
Brenplatz 2,  CH-3011                  Fax: +41 31 312 3168
Bern, Switzerland                       Internet: http://www.pages.unibe.ch/
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