North American Reunion November 9 through 11, 2001 Royal York Hotel, Toronto Canada THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL is Toronto's historic hotel. When it opened in 1929 it was the largest hotel in Canada and the tallest in the British Empire. The Royal York has character that extends beyond your standard big city hotel providing hospitality to royalty, presidents, "personalities" and 40 million more ordinary mortals.  Our hosts would like you to enjoy visiting our city and we think the Royal York is a very good base from which to do so. The Royal York was selected as the venue for our North American Reunion because: 1. Location. There is direct access to an extensive system of underground shopping malls as well as direct underground access to the subway at Union station. By subway you can reach all major downtown destinations. You can travel around, do your shopping without getting hot, cold or wet, without even going outside.  In November of last year, we were enjoying a glorious Indian summer with bright sunshine, 10 to 15 degrees centigrade at midday, with pleasantly brisk evenings and the last of the fall colours. The Royal York is also within easy walking distance of the theatre district, the Sky Dome Stadium, the CN Tower, the Air Canada Centre (hockey) and many restaurants. 2. The character of the hotel and its excellent facilities. We decided that our reunion hotel had to be able to seat a very large group for a dinner-dance in one room with a proper dance floor rather than the usual nightclub postage stamp dance floor. This the Royal York can provide. Alumni should have the space to waltz the night away before the party moves upstairs. 3. The price. We think the price of the guest rooms very reasonable for a first class hotel in a major city. These are the confirmed $CDN November 2001 rates for our reunion. Canadian Pacific (single or double occupancy)     $169 CDN (US$ 110) - Reduced - Canadian Pacific rooms are very comfortable, but the hotel is also offering for those who wish more space or would like to share a room with others: Pacific Premier (single or double occupancy)    $295CDN (US$ 203) Luxury Suites from      $499CDN (US$ 344) Notes: A third person sharing is an additional $20 CDN per night. The Royal York will extend these room rates to include 2 days before and 2 days after the official reunion dates, depending on the availability of space. There is a 5% Provincial Hotel Room Tax (PST) and a 7% Federal Goods and Services Tax (GST). If more than 75% of the alumni at the reunion are non-Canadians (which we think likely) you will be excused the GST. The $US rates will change as the exchange rate with the $CDN changes. The $US rates quoted reflect the present exchange rate.   You can make reservations now. When you do please say you are attending the Ecolint in America Reunion. This will get you the rates quoted above. We urge you to reserve early, the sooner the better, because downtown Toronto hotels fill up at weekends with people attending conventions, going to the theatre, sporting events. The address of the Royal York is: 100 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 1E3   Tel: 1-800-441-1414 (USA & Canada)          (416) 368-2511 (Other countries) Fax: (416) 368-2884 Web site: www.royalyorkhotel.com   We recognize that some alumni will wish to stay at other hotels, but we hope as many as possible will choose the Royal York. The more who stay at the Royal York the more benefits flow to the reunion in reduced charges or no charges for some of the facilities we will use. All the planned activities of the reunion will take place in and around the Royal York. Interested in sharing a room? Send a message to our online forum. Put the date of the reunion in your diary. Book your room. Tell your friends who do not receive e-mail. We will be sending out a snail-mail notice but the sooner people know about the reunion the better.  We will be back to you soon with more information about the registration, the programme, and about theatre, ballet, opera, concerts and movies. Yes, Toronto is a good movie city.