Retreat

Now that I’ve been looking into other venues - which are $$$! Maybe we SHOULD consider shifting to December (I can do Dec 6&7 or Dec 13&14) since we may be able to get the reserve for one of those weekends….

Hi all,
Unfortunately, the James Reserve is NOT available to us for Nov 22-23.  :(  I put up a fight, but it was to no avail. That weekend was perfect for me, so I think that my vote would be to try and find a new venue, rather than change the date (although I’m open to whatever). I’m afraid, though, that I’m out of suggestions for locations. One thing I would say is I think its important for us to leave San Diego. When you’re too close to home its just a bit to easy to decide to go home to sleep (or run errands or whatever) and not really feel as committed to a “retreat”.

If anyone else has a suggestion of where we might go for the weekend, I’ll be happy to follow up on it. This is disappointing, but it’s the company, not the setting, that’s going to make this a great weekend, so I’m sure it will be terrific where ever we end up going!

cheers
Chris

Friday Afternoon/Night: optional arrival -  Cabin/Tent accommodations
Saturday Morning: breakfast
Saturday 10 - 4: Workshop
Saturday 4 - 5: Short nature hike
Saturday evening: dinner (hot dogs? chili?)
Saturday night: Cabin/Tent accommodations
Sunday morning: breakfast, hike

The James Reserve was donated to the University of California in 1966, by Harry and Grace James, and is a “living laboratory” in the University of California’s Natural Reserve System. The reserve is an active field site, including extensive teaching use of the site by university-level courses in biology, botany, animal tracking, earth philosophy, zoology, ecology, others.  The site is open for research, teaching, and academic retreats to all UC students, faculty, and staff for $5 per night.

Overnight accommodations at are provided at Trailfinders Lodge and include 6 bedrooms for up to 25 persons; great room for dining and meetings; kitchen with four burner stove and two refrigerators; 2 bathrooms with showers; wood stove and gas heating; campfire ring, outdoor barbecues, tent camping area can accommodate 10 persons; weather station; remote sensing lab and databases; vertebrate study skins, herbarium, insect collection; workshop; and trail system.

Hi all,

Please follow the link below to take a brief (6 question) survey about your planned participation at the Dcog-HCI Lab Retreat. This is so that we can make sure we have the correct reservations and can plan food accordingly.

James Reserve Retreat Survey

Thanks!

Hi All - Chris here. Whitney did not realize, when she posted this, that I had already submitted a request to reserve the weekend of Nov 22-23 for us. I will let everyone know when I hear back from them. Note that we can change our reservation up until 24 hours before the date, so that weekend is not set in stone. I just thought it would be good to grab it while it was still open. But do stop by the James Reserve website to check it out. Very cool place…

This is the online form that we need to fill out to make a reservation…. posted here so we know what we need to know!

If you click the image (twice?) it will enlarge so the fields become readable… (sorry, I know it’s a little janky)

When? where? what to eat?