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Subject: UBL TC meeting 1-5 November 2004 in Santa Clara
Hello UBL TC,
As stated earlier, our TC meeting November 1-5 will take place at
Sun's campus in Santa Clara, California, near San Jose. Here are
some meeting details to aid you in planning.
HOTELS
Since I am more or less local to Santa Clara (I live about 50
miles north in Berkeley), I don't have any useful personal
information regarding hotels. Here is a list of the hotels
that our SunU people recommend for people taking courses at the
Santa Clara facility:
Biltmore Hotel
http://www.hotelbiltmore.com/
2151 Laurelwood Road
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-988-8411
Embassy Suites
http://www.embassysuites.com/
2885 Lakeside Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-496-6400
Four Points By Sheraton
http://www.fourpointssvl.com/
1250 Lakeside Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
408-738-4888
Residence Inn by Marriott - Silicon Valley 1
http://www.marriott.com/sfosn
750 Lakeway Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
408-720-1000
The Westin
http://www.westin.com/
5101 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
408-986-0700
One of our managers who works in Burlington (near Boston) but
visits Santa Clara frequently recommends this inexpensive
alternative:
Homestead Suites Sunnyvale/Santa Clara
http://www.homesteadhotels.com/minisite/default.asp?hotelCode=suv
1255 Orleans Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
408-734-3431
His rating is "not a top hotel by any means, but comfortable."
It's not as close as the others, but since you will need to
rent a car anyway, this probably isn't important.
An extensive list of area hotels put together by the Santa
Clara Convention and Visitors Bureau can be found at
http://santaclara.travelhero.com/index.cfm/state/CA/city/SANTA_CLARA/aid/416/index.html
MAPS
Attached are a map of Sun locations in the San Francisco Bay
area (bayarea.pdf) and a map of the Santa Clara campus with
directions (sca.pdf). The TC plenaries will be held in the
Meeting Room above the Agnews Historic Auditorium; this is the
building shown as SCA03 on the Santa Clara map. The breakouts
will be held in The Library at The Mansion; this is the
building shown as SCA07 on the Santa Clara map.
AIRPORTS
As shown on the Bay Area map, the Santa Clara campus (SCA) is
much closer to the San Jose Airport (SJC) than it is to the San
Francisco Airport (SFO). But since you will have to rent a car
anyway, this difference is not as important as the fact that
SFO has more nonstop connections while SJC is often less
expensive. Generally speaking, SFO is a better choice for
international flights, and SJC is a better choice for flights
originating in the U.S., but you should check both sets of
alternatives before deciding which one to use.
It is also possible to use the Oakland Airport (OAK), which is
mysteriously omitted from the Bay Area map but is located
roughly across the bay from SFO. Since OAK is as far away from
the meeting as SFO but has as few connections as SJC, it is
generally not a good choice for Santa Clara, but it might be
worth checking for bargains.
DIRECTIONS
Better directions than the ones on the Santa Clara map can be
found in Eve Maler's notice to a SAML meeting last year
(thanks, Eve!); I've copied them here:
Sun Microsystems Campus
Santa Clara (SCA), CA 95054
"The Auditorium" SCA03 4030 Palm Drive
"The Mansion" SCA07 4070 George Sellon Circle
Because the campus is new it is not on many internet map
searches yet. We are located on the old Agnews
Developmental Center campus (Lafayette St. / Montague
Expressway / Agnew Drive) that still shows on some maps.
Also, there is apparently a "Palm Drive" down south of 101
in Santa Clara proper -- don't get confused! The Sun SCA
campus is NORTH of 101. It looks like MapQuest is correctly
pinpointing the SCA03 Auditorium...
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=4030+Palm+Drive&city=santa+clara&state=ca&zipcode=95054&homesubmit=Get+Map
Directions from San Francisco Airport, SFO (35-90 minutes
depending on traffic and time of day):
Take 101 south, approx 23 miles. Exit at San
Tomas/Montague Expressway and follow exit signage for
Montague Expressway which will have you looping up and
back over 101 on Montague. Follow Montague approx 1/2
mile (go straight through one traffic signal). Montague
will go up a slight hill. At top of rise, exit right down
descending exit ramp to Lafayette Street. Turn right onto
Lafayette street, go under Montague and straight thru
first traffic signal. Take right at second signal into
the campus at Palm Drive and follow the signs to the
Auditorium SCA03 / Mansion SCA07. [Note from the SunU
staff: "Resist the temptation to go faster than the
posted speed of 40 mph. Police with radar regularly
patrol this stretch of road!"]
Directions from San Jose Airport, SJC (10-20 minutes):
From the airport terminals follow the signs to Guadalupe
Parkway north to Freeway 101 north. approx 1.6 miles Exit
San Tomas/Montague Expressway and bear right to merge
onto Montague Expressway. Follow Montague approx 1/2
mile (go straight through one traffic signal). Montague
will go up a slight hill. At top of rise, exit right down
descending exit ramp to Lafayette Street. Turn right onto
Lafayette street [see warning above], go under Montague
and straight thru first traffic signal. Take right at
second signal into the campus at Palm Drive and follow
the signs to the Auditorium SCA03 / Mansion SCA07.
from Oakland Airport, OAK (45-60 minutes):
From the Airport terminal follow the signs to I-880
[Nimitz Fwy] South approx 27 miles. Exit at Montague
Expressway [South-West] continue approx 3 miles. Turn
left on Agnews (DeLaCruz is to the right), a new Safeway
and gentrified strip mall is on the corner. Turn Left
into the campus and follow the signs around to the other
side of the campus to Palm Drive and Auditorium SCA03 /
Mansion SCA07.
MEALS
Coffee service will be provided each morning, but for lunch we
will carpool around the campus to the "gentrified strip mall"
referred to in Eve's directions above.
AGENDA
As usual, the meeting agenda will be provided a week or two
prior to the event.
REGISTRATION
I need to know who's coming so that I can make security
arrangements. Please send me mail (off the list) to let me
know whether to expect you. As always, observers are welcome
if notice is given in advance.
Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC
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