To be assured of receiving the conference rates, reservations should be made directly with the hotel of your choice. The Westin St. Francis Hotel will serve as the conference headquarters hotel. Conference sessions will be held in the Westin St. Francis Hotel and the Hilton San Francisco. Make your accommodations reservations early. Rooms at the NCORE conference rates will not be available after the reservation deadlines indicated below. Ask for NCORE reservations. A credit card or deposit is required to guarantee a room reservation. All room rates are subject to a 14.08 percent room tax and $5 electric surcharge.

WESTIN ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
The Conference Headquarters Hotel
355 Powell Street, Union Square
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 397-7000

www.westin.com/stfrancis

Single/Double: $179

Reservation Deadline: April 27, 2003

HILTON SAN FRANCISCO
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 771-1400

www.hilton.com

Single/Double: $179

Reservation Deadline: May 26, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO

Cosmopolitan flair, spectacular scenery and cultural diversity make San Francisco one of the top cities in the world!

A metropolis in every sense of the word, it is situated on the tip of a 32-mile-long, hilly peninsula between the Bay of San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean. Its harbor is spanned by two majestic landmarks, the Golden Gate and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges, and pierced by four islands, Alcatraz, Angel, Yerba, Buena, and Treasure Island. San Francisco is the most culturally diverse county in the nation, where the proportions of major racial and ethnic groups are closer to being equal than in any other U.S. County. A city of many cultures, diverse cuisine, cable cars, landmark architecture, and some 43 hills, and about as many ethnic neighborhoods and special districts. San Francisco's compact 47 square miles are surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, providing numerous vistas, vantage points, and visual delights. "The city" (as it is known) has a temperate marine climate that is almost perpetually springlike, with temperatures seldom above 70 or below 40 degrees. Principal attractions include Fisherman's Wharf, Downtown Union Square, Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, Japantown, The Mission (Hispanic), Golden Gate Park, Alcatraz, Fine museums, world class performing arts events, and the home of the world's best restaurants.