SR-SIS SC on Lesbian and Gay Issues Reception (open to all)

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Sunday, July 26 - 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: 
Hotel Helix

Sponsored by: LexisNexis & Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

The 2009 annual reception will be held at the Hotel Helix, 1430 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 20005, tel. 202-462-9001, http://www.hotelhelix.com/. We will have the Helix Lounge and the abutting patio. You may take a virtual tour at http://www.hotelhelix.com/html/meeting-facilities-dc.asp#. There will be a cash bar for those interested, and the standing committee will provided bottled water. The reception will be on Sunday night, July 26th, from 8-11 pm, and there is a suggested donation of $15 at the door. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Alan Holoch Memorial Grant fund, which provides travel and registration grants for SR-SIS members active in the Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues. If you'd like to support the scholarship fund, but you are unable to attend the Standing Committee Reception, please send your tax deductible donations, payable to AALL, with Holoch Grant in the subject line, to AALL, 53 W. Jackson Blvd., Ste 940, Chicago, IL 60604. We would like to thank our sponsors - LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer - for making this event possible. Also, the Hotel Helix has generously donated a door prize of a free night's stay.

RSVPs are requested but not required, as they would assist us in planning for the reception. It would be helpful if you could notify us of your intention to attend by contacting Meg Butler, 2009 Chair of the Standing Committee, via email at mbutler@nyls.edu.

The Hotel Helix is a 10-15 minute walk from the convention center: Take Massachusetts Avenue NW westbound to Thomas Circle NW, proceed north (to the right) on 14th Street NW, turn left onto Rhode Island Avenue NW. You can also reach it by the DC Circulator bus (http://www.dccirculator.com/): From the front of the convention center take the Georgetown line to 14th street NW, transfer to the Woodley Park line and exit at the first stop at P Street NW, walk south one block and turn right at the Caribou Coffee onto Rhode Island Avenue NW, cost for the ride is $2.00, or $1.00 with a SmarTrip™ card.