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American Society of Indexers (ASI) 
31st Annual Conference 
  
Racing Into the Millennium 
June 9-13,1999 
Crowne Plaza Union Station  
Indianapolis, IN
 
Registration feesRegistration | Conference Hotel 

Conference Registration Fees 
Registration 
Postmarked 
Before May 9
Registration 
Postmarked 
After May 9
Registration and General Conference Fee (Comprehensive)  
Includes: 
General Session Presentations on Friday and Saturday 
All food functions on Friday and Saturday, including: 
    Panel Presentation on Friday at Lunch 
    Awards Reception on Friday at ArtsGarden 
    Awards Banquet at Arts Garden 
    Saturday Morning Town Hall Meeting Breakfast 
    Closing Lunch with Joe Queenan 
Admission to Vendor Hall 
Admission to Networking Suite 
List of Registrants 
Logo Gift 
Eligibility to Register for Roundtables and Workshops 
ASI Member $225 $255
Non-ASI Member* $350 $380
Comprehensive Less Awards Banquet 
ASI Member $205 $235
Non-ASI Member*  $330 $355
Guest Friday Lunch  
Guest Friday Night Awards Banquet    
Guest Saturday Lunch 
$30 
$30 
$30
$30 
$30 
$30
Wednesday Night Take Me Out to the Ballgame $7 $7
Roundtables on Wednesday and Thursday **  $25 $30
Workshops**  Tier 1 (half-day)  
    CD-ROM Indexing 
    Indexing Skills for Technical Communicators 
    Indexing Legal Materials 
    Marketing for the Shy 
    Polishing the Product 
    To Whom Are You Talking?
ASI Member  $55 $65
Non-ASI Member*  $65 $75
Workshops**  Tier 2 (half-day) 
    Basic Indexing with MACREX 
    Embedded Indexing 
    Introduction to MACREX 
    Moving Beyond the Basics with CINDEX 
    New Users of CINDEX for Windows 
    Opening Windows on Your PC 
    SKY Index Professional 
    What's In a Name? 
ASI Member  $65 $75
Non-ASI Member $75 $85
Workshops**  Tier 3 (half-day)  
    Exhaustivity of Indexes 
    Thesaurus Development 
ASI Member  $75 $85
Non-ASI Member*  $85 $95
Workshops**  Tier 4 (full-day)  
    Basic Indexing 
    Online Help Indexing 
ASI Member $95 $105
Non-ASI Member* $105 $115
Workshops**  Tier 5 (full day) 
    Web Indexing 
ASI Member  $175 $185
Non-ASI Member*  $185 $195
* Non-ASI Members may pay for ASI membership and use the ASI member rates 
 
** Anyone attending workshops or roundtables must pay for the conference registration fee. 
    Workshops and roundtables are limited and will be filled on a first-received basis 
    of the completed registration form and complete registration fee. 
 
Conference Registration 

Please enclose payment in full with your registration. The registration fee must be paid by all attendees. Partial payments cannot be accepted. Make checks or money orders payable to the American Society of indexers and mail to P.O. Box 39366, Phoenix, AZ 85069-9366. Credit card payments will also be accepted. Please include your card number, expiration date and signature. 

Further information can be obtained by e-mail at Info@asindexing.org

Hotel reservations must be made separately with the hotel

Refund Policy 

Requests for refunds must be made in writing to Bonnie Parks-Davis, Registrar. All refunds are subject to a $25 processing fee. Full refunds will be issued for requests postmarked prior to April 1. A 50% refund will be issued for requests postmarked between April 1 and May 15. Requests postmarked after May 15 cannot be honored. Refund checks will be issued within 6 weeks after the end of the conference. 

Change Policy 

Requests for changes must be made in writing to Bonnie Parks-Davis. No phone calls will be accepted. All requests for changes are subject to a $10 handling fee. 
 

Conference Hotel  

Crowne Plaza 
123 W. Louisiana Street 
Indianapolis, IN 46206-2186 
1-800-2Crowne, or 317-631-2221 
Fax 317-236-7674 

Hotel reservations must be made directly with the hotel, not as part of your conference registration. The conference rate is $99 plus 11% tax. This rate is guaranteed through May 11, 1999. Reservations made after this date are not guaranteed the convention rate. Hotel reservations may be made by calling the reservation department directly at 317-631-2221 or 1-800-2CROWNE World Wide Reservations. All you need to say is that you would like to make a reservation for the American Society of Indexers (ASI) meeting and give your dates of stay. Also available at a higher rate are authentic Pullman Train Car Rooms and Crowne Plaza Level rooms. 
 
NOTE: The conference hotel is sold out for Wednesday, June 9. We still have space available on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at the $99 rate. It is being held through May11. 

The Crowne Plaza is referring people to the Holiday Inn North at 317-872-9790. This is the nearest Holiday Inn. It is possible that some transportation can be arranged if enough people are staying there.

Other hotels with some space include

The Residence Inn, 350 W. New York Street, 317-822-0840 at $139

Hampton Inn Downtown, 105 S. Meridian St., 317-261-1200 $109

Embassy Suites Hotel Downtown, 110 W. Washington, 317-262-8100 at $169

Radisson Hotel City Centre, 31 W. Ohio St., 317-635-2000 $139

Days Inn Downtown, 401 E. Washington St., 317-637-6464