The Austin Summerfest event actually starts on Friday evening, 08/07, with outdoor tailgating in the parking lot, and lots of social interaction. Admission is $10/person at the door on Saturday. No admission charge for the outdoor portion of the event. Website is found at http://www.austinsummerfest.info/ . 
Talk-in will be done on the Austin 146.94 repeater, negative offset as normal. Please note that it uses a tone of 107.2, but tone is not required.
Location is on the south side of Austin, TX, in a new hotel (not same location as previous year), the Austin Marriott Airport South at 4415 South IH 35, on the northbound side of IH-35, just before you get to St. Elmo. There are 5 hotels in a row, but this is the hotel on the north end of that grouping. Here is a MapQuest map to the new location.
New info: Posted on 11 June 09.
The double sided, Summerfest 2009 Flyer is posted here.
Hospitality Room – Event Sponsored on 5th Floor
In the meantime, local San Antonio Hams, Shane NS5D and Chuck WB5FWI, are doing their annual “thing” by hosting an informal hospitality room for ARES members (and probably almost any other ham that finds the room) inside the Marriot.
Sorry for the crossposting but important info if you’re attending the Austin Summerfest this weekend and wish to go to the ever-popular Hospitality Suite.2009’s Summerfest Hospitality will be in the Concierge Lounge (essentially the entire the 5th floor). It is only accessible by using the center elevator, which goes to rooms and the 5th floor. The left elevator goes to rooms only and the right elevator goes to the parking garage. There will be a radio and table provided for volunteer Talk-In NCS’s comfort.Main talk-in on 146.94(-) and 444.1(+)There’s much more room and no way to “lock the door” during off-times, so we will have someone in the Suite at all times.—Jeff Schmidt N5MNW“Mighty Nice Weather”n5mnw@arrl.net
Here is what Shane had to say…
Hello everyone,Once again, Chuck WB5FWI and I will be hosting an unofficial South Texas ARES hospitality suite at Summerfest on Friday, August 7th, from 4pm to 8pm. Appetizers, sodas and brewskies (be prepared to show id if you look underage) will be served.This is your chance to meet your ARES counterparts from other districts and compare notes in a very relaxed, friendly environment. RACES, MARS, REACT, other EMCOMM groups and unaffiliated hams are also welcome.I will leave the room number with the Summerfest talk-in on the day of, and will also instruct the front desk to give it out. Ask for “ARES hospitality suite”. We’ll also be listening on 446.175 simplex.DISCLAIMER: Our hospitality suite is not really a suite. It is just a regular room with the furniture rearranged. Not to be confused with the official Summerfest hospitality suite, which probably really is a suite and I’m sure will be good for at least 2 flags. 🙂73,Shane NS5D
