1. Meeting Schedule, Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7:00):
Tuesday, July 24 10:30 am – 5:30 pm Wednesday, July 23 9:30 am – 5:30 pm Thursday, July 24 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
2. Meeting logistics:
To provide the best hybrid meeting experience, all participants should join the virtual meeting in Microsoft Teams, including those attending in person. Please have Teams installed before the meeting; you can download it for free here.
2.1 On-site attendance
The meeting will be held in the Spruce room of Building 7, 15675 NE 36th St, REDMOND, WA 98052, on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. Building 7 is located located at the southeast corner of 156th Avenue NE and NE 36th Street. If you take the footbridge across 156th Avenue NE from the west side of the road, Building 7 will be the first building on the left. The lobby entrance is at the east corner of the building—see the circled "7" in the following image:
Teams meeting: When joining the Teams meeting (see below), select “Don’t use audio”.
Parking: There is a large underground parking complex under Building 7 and adjacent buildings. Entrances to the garage are located on 156th Avenue NE at the first traffic light south of NE 36th Street, or on NE 36th Street just east of Building 7. Inside the garage, visitor spots will be marked. It is a large complex, so look for signs to park near Building 7. There are stairs and elevators to get to the surface. Vehicles need to be registered at the lobby — the receptionist will ask for plate number, make, model, color, and year of the vehicle.
Public transit: Building 7 is conveniently located close to the Redmond Technology Station on the Sound Transit #2 Light Rail line that goes between South Bellevue and downtown Redmond. You can cross 156th Avenue NE at surface level or take the elevated footbridge that ends next too Building 7.
Note that the light rail line does not yet connect to Seattle or SeaTac airport. If travelling from SeaTac Airport, Sound Transit bus route 560 connects to downtown Bellevue, where you can transfer to the light rail.
There are also several Sound Transit or King County Metro bus routes between the Microsoft campus and downtown Seattle.
Hotels: see below for some hotel options.
2.2 Online attendance
Use the Teams link details below for all meeting days.
People planning to join the meeting should notify the chair in advance (see contact information below) and should set their Teams profile to show their full name. You will not be admitted if the name appearing in the Teams lobby isn’t recognized.
Join Teams Meeting
Or join by entering a meeting ID in Teams:
Meeting ID: 237 887 372 716
Passcode: SDLaWz
Or call in (audio only):
+1 323-849-4874 (Los Angeles)
Passcode: 667 601 708#
Find your local number
3. Meeting timeline (approximate):
When the agenda document has been posted, a link will be provided.
4. Hotels
The Extended Stay America and the Element or Aloft hotels are close to the Microsoft campus and the meeting venue — about 10- to 15-minutes walk. Downtown Redmond is a short light rail ride from the Microsoft campus, has plenty of evening time restaurants and other amenities, and there are hotel close to the Downtown Redmond or Marymoor Village light rail stations.
Here are some hotel options in the south Redmond / north Bellevue area within a 10-minute drive:
- Extended Stay America, 15805 NE 28th St, Bellevue, WA 98008
- Element Seattle Redmond, 15220 NE Shen St Suite 100, Redmond, WA 98052
- Aloft Seattle Redmond, 15220 NE Shen Street, Redmond, WA 98052
- Sonesta Select, 14615 NE 29th Place, Bellevue, WA 98007
- Fairfield Inn, 14595 NE 29th Place, Bellevue, WA 98007
- Residence Inn, 14455 NE 29th Place, Bellevue, WA 98007
- A Cascade View B&B, 13425 NE 27th St, Bellevue, WA 98005
Here are some hotel options in downtown Redmond close to light rail stations:
- Redmond Inn, 17601 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052
- Residence Inn Seattle East/Redmond, 7575 164th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
- Seattle Marriott Redmond, 7401 164th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
- Hilton Garden Inn Redmond Seattle, 16630 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA 98052
- Archer Hotel Redmond, 7200 164th Avenue NE, Redmond, WA 98052
5. Contact information:
- Peter Constable (petercon at unicode dot org)
- Craig Cummings (craig at unicode dot org)