XSF Discussion - 2014-01-14

Morning folks.

Anyone had any word from Florian?

Ive heard from him 2 days ago

He was still waiting for a response from the hotels

[11:11:14] Florian Jensen: ALOFT BRUSSELS SCHUMAN -          20/25 Lofts from 29/01 – 03/02/2014 -          Week rate (29+30/02): 165 euro per room & per night -          Weekend rate (31/01+01+02/02): 75 euro per room & per night -          Breakfast included served at the re;fuel -          Supplement of 10 euro for a double room

nice

Mail forthcoming?

but any code for getting discount?

it seems like the same prices tough..

Not yet; that's just the offer Florian has.

Steffen Larsen, The weekday rate isn't reduced; the weekend rate is (from €125)

okie

great dave. So there will be mailed a code etc.?

because I need to book soon

I *entirely* sympathise.

We all do.

And FWIW, I'm like to get this done and dusted by the end of today; Florian's on it.

dwd: right on!

And when I say "by the end of the day", I mean in a few minutes, thanks to Florian. :-)

ha ha

great

He seems busy at the moment! :-)

when do you guys arrive? wedensday evening or thurday morning?

Wednesday evening for me.

yeah I was thinking the same

And then I'm heading off Sunday.

otherwise I had to get up early at thurday…

I'm considering flying in on Thursday morning. Saves me a hotel night.

Though the plane won't land until 10:10, so I'll be late.

dwd: yes true, save a night at hotel, but give me a headache

Arriving Thursday morning, flying out Monday afternoon

I don't want the stress of trying to arrive on time on Thursday.

Lloyd, Yes, that kind of thing. You flying from Cardiff?

Ok. So maybe we could start at 10 oclock thurdays instead of 9

Actually flying up from Munich, we have a buddycloud hackathon in the Alps for a few days before the summit.

Steffen Larsen, I think our official start is actually 10:00 anyway, isn't it?

dwd you can get 6:40am flights from Bristol direct

dwd: ok, I thought we said 9

ok then I might take the morning flight

let me browse a bit

Lloyd, Ah, OK. Though it's only 0600 from CWL, and gets me four flights onto my frequent flyer.

Lloyd, I don't *think* I can drive CWL->Bristol in 40 minutes. :-)

dwd: Cardiff -> Bristol ~45 minutes. Either longer in the Car or the air. Plus they've increased Wales tax again.

I cant remember.. how far is the hotel from the airport?

or do people come to diegem directly from the airport

Steffen Larsen, The hotel? A reasonable way. But Cisco Diegem is right next to the airport, I think.

Steffen Larsen, https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cisco+Systems+Belgium,+De+Kleetlaan,+Diegem,+Belgium&hl=en&ll=50.888795,4.469805&spn=0.076019,0.070295&sll=50.887008,4.468174&sspn=0.152043,0.140591&oq=Cisco+Systems+Belgium,+De&t=h&hq=Cisco+Systems+Belgium,+De+Kleetlaan,&hnear=Diegem+Machelen,+Flemish+Brabant,+Flanders,+Belgium&z=14

Steffen Larsen: Ensure you don't turn up with only 50 euro notes, grumpiest taxi drivers in the world.

Any idea how much a taxi from the airport to Cisco is?

dwd: I think I paid 14 euro last time, but that was with a detour to get change and I was too tired to argue

its about 4km away

try über. :-)

google says 3.9 km

Steffen Larsen, I'm told they don't operate there.

but the address for cisco is: Cisco Systems Belgium, De Kleetlaan, Diegem, Belgium . Right?

De Kleetlaan 6/B, 1831, Belgium

okie perfect. I'll put it in the wiki if its not there

so people can find it.

Can I write that we start 10 o'clock as well?

I believe we have the room from 0900. Ralph mentioned 0900 for 1000 start; but I'm hesitant to call that definitive; it's really up to Kev.

ok

dwd: The room's been sorted now?

for cisco, yes I think

I... thought so.

Excellent.

When do we have the room until in the evening?

Though I can't recall seeing that it had been, just that it definitely would be. Perhaps I should check...

This I do not know.

That seems potentially useful information for time planning.

:-)

I'd have thought that gathering at 9 but starting in earnest at 10 on Thursday and 9 on Friday would be sensible enough.

Kev: yes

I don't think starting later than 10 would be sensible - we'll spend the morning not getting anywhere anyway, with introductions and schedule and stuff.

So we'll have to behead anyone who arrives late :)

Thanks.

kev: oh, you're planning for a meeting longer than 15 minutes?

I don't think there's any way to avoid it :)

fippo, On a busy day, he'll stretch to almost half an hour, you know.

We're missing a day for the dinner still, aren't we?

I was assuming Saturday.

Kev: Friday or Saturday

Saturday would be ideal.

Friday would also be fine.

I'm just trying to arrange what else I need to do while I'm there.

+1

Thursday would be inconvenient :)

yes. Then we can only drink orange juice ;-)

Thursday is good for those not staying for FOSDEM, Friday is better for me :)

Lloyd: true

There are people not turning up until Friday, too, so swings and roundaboutns.

s/typo/notypo/

Kev: your the chief in command. Choose a date, and people will show up. :-)

That isn't true for the meal.

I think I got nominated to 'chair' the meetings during the summit days, but I certainly don't have responsibility for logistics of the meal or anything (which is sitting with Florian, I think).

Friday is the FOSDEM beer thing, so wouldn't work.

so saturday for the dinner might be best

And as far as responsibility goes, that's probably resting with Ralph, though I'm trying to shoulder some of it.

good idea

dwd: I've been (and still am) travelling today

dwd: I thought we had already settled dinner for Saturday and gave this suggestion to Florian?

ralphm, That seems likely.

If you didn't say anything, he will most likely assume it's going to be Saturday anyway.

didn't we have saturday for years already?

ralphm, I'm pretty sure that we agreed Saturday, and asked Florian to work on that.

ralphm, We changed day in, erm, 2012.

I think.

dwd: no http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/index.php?title=Summit_11

I think I researched this last year, too

Wasn't it Thursday last year? I may be wrong, my brain was, erm, not performing at 100%

It was.

(on Thursday, cannot judge how well your brain was functioning)

I would not necessarily be opposed

I think there was something with the venue not being open on certain nights

In 2011 it was on Sunday

so hmm, maybe we don't have a default

So on 2012, we changed day to Saturday.

http://logs.xmpp.org/xsf/140108/#20:59:29

Oh, yes.