ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N2174

          Local Arrangements for the Minneapolis 2020 Meeting


The joint WG5/J3 Minneapolis meeting in 2020 will take place as follows:

Date:  June 22 - June 26, 2020

Place: Cray/HPE facility in the "Offices at MOA"
       2131 Lindau Lane 
       Suite 1000 (10th floor) 
       Bloomington, MN 55425

       Bloomington is a suburb immediately south of Minneapolis.  MOA
       is the "Mall of America" which is a large shopping mall to
       which the Offices at MOA are physically attached. The Cray/HPE
       offices are on floors 7-10; The meeting rooms are all on floor
       10, which is the floor that does not require special access
       cards. The large conference room, for plenary, has a table with
       seating for 30. Two smaller rooms in the same area are reserved
       for subgroup meetings.

Local Host: Bill Long (longb@cray.com or longb@hpe.com)

Air Travel: If traveling by air, fly into the Minneapolis St. Paul
            International Airport (airport code MSP). The airport is a
            major hub for Delta Airlines, though has service from
            other airlines as well. Direct daily flights are available
            to/from Tokyo (Haneda), London (Heathrow), Amsterdam, and
            Paris, as well as most major cities in the US and Canada.
            Additionally, Condor offers flights from Germany, and
            various other locations in Europe, to MSP.

Ground Travel: The Minneapolis-St. Paul area has a system of light
               rail trains. The Blue Line has stations in both
               terminals at the airport and also at MOA. Taking the
               Blue Line train from the airport to MOA is the most
               efficient method to get to the meeting and hotel
               location. Especially because road construction is
               scheduled for the summer of 2020 for the highway that
               accesses the airport.  The MOA and Airport are quite
               close to each other, and MOA is the southern terminus
               of the Blue Line. (The northern end of the line is in
               downtown Minneapolis. If you end up there, you went the
               wrong direction.) More information about the Blue Line
               is at

               https://www.metrotransit.org/metro-blue-line

	       Airport to MOA travel time is about 12 minutes. The cost
	       is less than $3.

Hotel: A block of rooms is reserved at the JW Marriott hotel at MOA.
       This hotel is also attached to MOA and is located next to the
       meeting offices. Both are located on the north side of the
       Mall.  Internet access is included in the price. The link for
       reservations is

https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1576010227097&key=GRP&app=resvlink

       The cutoff date for making reservations at this special group 
       rate is May 29. 2020. 
       
       The hotel and the Offices at MOA both have easy access into the
       North food court that is part of 3rd floor of the MOA.

MOA: The Mall of America is a large (500+ stores and an amusement
     park) shopping Mall.  There are many restaurants, including 2
     food courts with fast food. There are also numerous sit-down
     restaurants. More information is available at
     https://www.mallofamerica.com/.
       

Weather: June in Minnesota is generally mild, though thunder storms
         are possible. Snow in June is unlikely. With the Blue Line
         station locations and the connections to MOA for both the
         hotel and offices, it should be possible to attend the
         meeting without ever going outside. So weather should not be
         an issue.

Event: It is expected that there will be a group dinner during the
       week, probably on Wednesday. Additional information will follow
       when arrangements are settled.

Questions: Contact the host, Bill Long, at longb@cray.com or
           longb@hpe.com.