23rd Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, July 20-22, 2006

• General Information About the Meeting
• Program Information
• UCD Host Information
• Transportation Information
• Local Accommodations
• Registration
• Information for Posters
• Local Information
• Our Generous Supporters

General Information About the Meeting

Dates of Importance:

Venue:

Program Information

• Conference Program
• Program Committee Chair: Rebecca Morton
• Graduate Poster Committee Chair: B. Dan Wood
• Attendee List
• Note: All meals will include a vegetarian option.

UCD Host Information

• UC Davis
• Political Science Department
• An Interactive Campus Map
• A pdf Campus Map
• The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
• Virtual Tour of Campus
• The Arboretum (adjacent to conference location)
• Davis Wiki
• Davis Graduate Students Helping with the Conference

Transportation Information

• Taxi service is available at the airport, at a cost of approximately $38 from any of the taxi services. Returning to the airport on Sunday, we recommend Checker Cab: (530) 750-7979.
• The Davis Airporter will meet your flight, deliver you to the address in Davis that you request, and allow extra baggage. Phone (530) 756-6715, toll free (800) 565-5153, or click here to make an online reservation.
• The Yolobus Line #42 leaves the Sacramento Airport every hour at 20 minutes after the hour between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. and arrives at the Memorial Union on the UC Davis campus about 45 minutes later. This is an easy walk to the dorms or to the hotels. No reservations are required. Although inexpensive ($1 per person), this bus will not deliver you to a specific address in Davis.
• Supershuttle Airport Transportation operates van transportation between the Sacramento Airport and Davis. For more information, or to make reservation, call (800) 258-3826 or visit their webpage.
• You can also rent a car from Hertz, Avis, Budget, National, or Enterprise. If you are renting a car and staying in the dorms you need to let us know so we can get you a campus parking pass. The hotels, of course, accommodate parking.
• Reile Transportation Services offers door-to-door service. The cost is $35 per person; $50 for two people and $60 for three people. To make reservations, call (707) 451-4816.
• See also the information at the Conference Housing Visitor Guide transportation page.

• The Davis Airporter will meet your flight, deliver you to the address in Davis that you request, and allow extra baggage. Phone (530) 756-6715, toll free (800) 565-5153, or click here to make an online reservation.
• Reile Transportation Services Door-to-door service. The cost is $50 per person, $78 for 2 people and $99 for 3 people. You may make reservations by calling (707) 451-4816.
• Amtrak provides bus and train transportation between the San Francisco Airport and Davis. Call (800) 872-7245.
• You can also rent a car from Hertz, Avis, Budget, National, or Enterprise.
• Greyhound Bus Lines provides transportation to downtown Davis. Tickets are available on the lower level of the South Terminal at San Francisco International Airport. The one-way fare is $14.00. Two mid-afternoon trips are currently scheduled. Schedule and rates are subject to change. For more information, visit www.greyhound.com.

• The Oakland Airport has a Ground Transportation Page.
• Reile Transportation Services Door-to-door service. The cost is $50 per person, $78 for 2 people and $99 for 3 people. You may make reservations by calling (707) 451-4816.
• You can also take BART to the Richmond Amtrak station and then take an Amtrak train from there to Davis for $14.00 one way.
• You can also rent a car from Hertz, Avis, Budget, National, or Enterprise.

Local Accommodations

• The Hallmark Inn (Rooms reserved under "Political Methodology" with ID number 120245)
• Hotel Palm Court (Rooms reserved under "Political Methodology")
• The University Lodge (Rooms reserved under "Political Methodology")
• The Aggie Inn (Rooms reserved under "Political Methodology")

• Driving Directions and Parking. The Tercero complex, which includes Lysle Leach Hall, is located in the central campus area. This map provides directions from the freeways and parking information. On arrival, park in front of the Tercero Commons Check-in area. You will get a parking pass (if you requested one) in your registration package, then proceed directly south and park in Lot 47 (see map).
• Check-in Instructions. On arrival at the UCD campus, go to the Tercero dining commons and check-in at the service desk. Check-in is available from 4PM to 11PM. Here is a map of that general area. You might want to print out the pdf campus map as well. If you arrive after 11:00PM, the service desk will be closed and you need to call 530-752-2900 to have a staff member meet you at the check-in desk.
• Accommodations. The Leach dorms are single occupancy accommodations in either four- or five-room suite configurations with a single shared bathroom. If you want to know what the accomodations actually like like, see the floor plan, and a slide show. General information about the Leach dorms is available from the UC-Davis Housing Page. There is also a Conference Housing Visitor webpage.
• Amenities. Dorm residents will be provided with linens, towels, and soap. All dorm residents get breakfast included in their stay, which include vegetarian items (see the sample menus here).

Registration

Poster Information

• Graduate Student Poster Titles and Abstracts
• Walking directions: From 5PM to 5:30PM there will be setup time for the posters (during the business meeting). At 5PM, walk outside the door from the University Club and go left down the road immediately in front of the building (Old Davis Road). Five minutes later you will see the pathway to the Alumni Center to the left (after walking past the Ornamental Horticulture building). If you hit the stop sign you've gone a little too far but can still turn left and find the Alumni Center.
• UCD will provide a 40 inch by 30 inch posterboard and pushpins. You can use this in either portrait or landscape (the easels will support either orientation of the posterboards). A good poster is seldom constructed from filling the posterboard with standard white 11 by 8.5 inch printouts.
• Instructions for Poster-Givers

Local Information

Facts about UC-Davis

City of Davis

• Davis Street Map
• Other Maps of Davis
• Davis Business Directory
• Davis Restaurant Listing

Morning Coffee:

Exercise:

Here are some favorite bars in downtown Davis:

• Sophia's Thai Bar & Kitchen (go early)
• Cantina Del Cabo (over 50 beers on tap)
• Froggies Pub & Grill (kind of a locals hangout)
• The Graduate (UCD's quintessential undergraduate watering hole)
• Little Prague (a bit more "grownup" than the others)
• G Street Pub (live bands)
• Bar Bernardos (in the Palm Court Hotel)
• Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery (full microbrewery a 5 minute drive from campus)

Napa and Sonoma Valleys

• Interactive map of all Napa Wineries
• NAPAVALLEY.com, WINECOUNTRY.com
• Napa Valley Wine Tours
• Sonoma Valley Wine Tours
• The Napa Valley Wine Train
• List of area wineries
• Hot Air Balloon rides
• Bogle Vineyards (very close to Davis)
• R.H. Phillips Vineyards (very close to Davis)

Our Generous Supporters

• The UC Davis College of Letters and Science
• The UC Davis Department of Political Science
• The UC Davis Institute for Government Affairs
• The UC Davis International Relations Program
• The National Science Foundation
• APSA Political Methodology Section
• Seabright Brewery