ralphmnotes that we should have these discussions in jdev rather than here
ralphm
or at least some of them
ralphm
xnyhps (Thijs) is usually there, too
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Steffen Larsen
Hi, does anybody know if all have booked hotel rooms for FOSDEM/summit?
Steffen Larsen
because one of my friends might need a room for friday/saturday/sunday
ralphm
Steffen Larsen: the only person that might know is Floran Jensen
ralphm
Florian
Steffen Larsen
heh yes
Steffen Larsen
but he's never online anymore
Steffen Larsen
too busy with über I believe
Steffen Larsen
;-)
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simon
Florian works at über?
dwd
He's a taxi driver now.
Steffen Larsen
:-)
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intosi
Will just tried to book a room, and couldn't get one using the link. Would that mean we filled all rooms in the block?
Steffen Larsen
hmmm we had a problem for a week ago where we couldn't book at all.. even though the rooms were there. It was a problem with the hotel booking site. Maybe its the same now.
simon
Steffen - I had a similar problem last year. Ended up phoning the hotel directly and got a better rate (even less than the block booking rate).
Steffen Larsen
simon: he he
Steffen Larsen
simon: yes..the hotel was not cheap at all
ralphm
simon: are you sure it was the same type of room? Including breakfast? Same cancellation policy?
intosi
Looks like the standard rooms are sold out on booking.com.
dwd
I can't remember how long the block deal was for, but I thought we had it longer than this.
simon
ralphm: no breakfast. Perhaps that accounts for the difference. Does the block booking include breakfast?
dwd
Yes.
simon
Excellent. I'll be maxing out on that.
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dwd
Well.
dwd
It's the five-items-or-less breakfast, isn't it.
simon
Sold out? Does MattJ's fan club know he might not be coming?
dwd
He originally wasn't. He may be now.
simon
Well that explains it ;)
intosi
dwd: breakfast is about the only thing I don't like about the hotel.
ralphm
dwd: maybe we should order bacon every morning
Lloyd
5 portions of bacon, yum
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dwd
It's vaguely tempting to see if there's a café that can do a decent breakfast nearby.
intosi
I'll have the bacon covered in bacon with bacon on the side, and add another bacon on bacon to finish it.
intosi
Also, why is my left arm feeling numb?
dwd
So you can pretend it's someone else's?
simon
Looks like there is a bakery right around the corner PAUL BRUXELLES BELL'ART
Rue Froissart 72
1040 Etterbeek
Belgium
simon
bread from there. bacon from A-loft.
ralphm
simon: there is no bacon at Aloft. That's the whole problem.
ralphm
They have the other stuff
simon
Shall I ask Rene to pack a bacon bomb? (https://secure.flickr.com/photos/simontennant/6843836070/ and https://secure.flickr.com/photos/simontennant/6989961621/lightbox/)
fippo
http://hancke.name/jabber/bacon.jpg -- some novotel at the paris CDG airport has those things ;-)
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simon
Has anyone notices the bittorrent equivalent of XEPs? BEPs: http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0000.html
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ralphm
modelled after Python's PEPs, like ours. Makes sense
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MattJ
PEPs pre-dated JEPs?
waqas
PEPs are relatively new
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waqas
Oh wow, apparently I'm wrong. They started back in 2000.
Guess that also kinda shows how long I've been around
waqas
How does being old feel?
ralphm
waqas: come to Brussels and I'll let you experience that
waqas
Ha, I'm skipping this year sadly, but MattJ might make it, you can show him :)
ralphm
feel
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dwd
XSF Dinner booked in for the 1st Feb.
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Simon
MacDonalds again?
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dwd
Simon, You're in McDonald's. The rest of us are in l'Auberge Bréttone. ;-)
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dwd
Folks,
The now-traditional XSF Dinner has been booked at the now-traditional l'Auberge Brétonne, just outside Brussels.
As you're probably aware, the XSF solicits sponsorship for the dinner, so that we can carry on offering an excellent meal entirely free to our members. Sponsors will be thanked (and toasted) at the dinner, listed for all to see on the Summit 15 wiki page, and are welcome to attend in person even if not members. If your company is willing to sponsor, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me, or any other member of the Board.
XSF Members and their partners can, as usual, attend for free.
Don't worry about getting there - we're arranging transport from FOSDEM and back to the Aloft Hotel.
Dave.
dwd
Someone skim that before I send it?
dwd
Then I can get on and post the first sponsor on the Wiki.
fippo
ship it
dwd
bear, Simon ?
bear
+1
dwd
Should we announce sponsors as they come in to the summit@ list as well?
MattJ
+1
bear
I don't see why not - it may spur some others to give
MattJ
(to the text)
Steffen Larsen
wd
dwd
Oh, it's "Bretonne" not "Brétonne".
Steffen Larsen
dwd: what is the normal sponsorship?
dwd
Steffen Larsen, One MILLION Euros.
Steffen Larsen
dwd: one billion…
MattJ
Ten billion, i.e. the XSF could buy Dropbox
Steffen Larsen
but not nest
dwd
Steffen Larsen, It varies. It's typically been proportional to the numbers of XSF members belonging to a company, but not always. There's usually a bit of a fight for the top spot.
Steffen Larsen
dwd: ok
dwd
Steffen Larsen, All the amounts are public; they're posted on the wiki, so you can look at prevoious years (like Summit_13, Summit_11, etc)
MattJ
Steffen Larsen, nope, Nest was $3.2 billion, Dropbox $10 billion
Steffen Larsen
Mattj: but they are prob. worth more now
Steffen Larsen
dwd: ok. I might give a dime or two..
dwd
Steffen Larsen, Nest is worth less, Dropbox is harder to say.
Steffen Larsen
:-)
dwd
Simon, What's your view on announcing sponsors to the list?
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dwd
BTW, added our first dinner sponsor to the wiki.
dwd
(Thanks, &Yet!)
ralphm
&Yet is amazing in so many ways
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ralphm
By the way, I got some practical info for our FOSDEM stand. Pretty much the same as last year.