Re: FOSDEM

[Graham J Lee]

On 27 Feb 2007, at 09:40, hns@computer.org wrote:

> I also liked to be there very much! Great time to discuss and get new
> contacts.

<aol>What he said.</aol>

> > > Thanks to all who organized this event and thanks to Gerold for
> > > sponsoring the dinner!
> >
> > > Hope to see you at next FOSDEM!
>
> My impression  especially after your Developer's workshop to discuss
> future directions is very important. So, why not have a developer's
> meeting in between? E.g. twice a year? One time in February at FOSDEM
> and one time in late September after vacation season (incl. to plan
> organization of the FOSDEM meeting)?

Definitely sounds like a good idea...perhaps we should get something  
going on the wiki?  Perhaps I should get an account on the wiki :-)

> > :-( I wasn't there... buhuhuh... couldn't get any airplane tickets...
> > sh*t...
> >
> > Oh well, time to work on next year's fosdem then :-)
>
> Maybe, we could even find sponsors for such a developer's meeting.
> Let's assume that there are 10 people coming. Cost would be
> 10x50 EUR for accomodation (Hotel, Conference room)

:-)  Remind me to get the URL of the hotel you use...I reckon if  
you're looking at using a hotel in or near a well-connected city then  
€60 per person/night is a low-end guess with €100 being closer to the  
mark, unless GNUstep dev meetings are particularly cosy affairs ;-) 
[*].  Add another €150 for a small conference room for a day.

[*] Of course that's just because you said hotel...I suppose that  
using something like a University campus you could get cheaper and  
September is still University vacation season (erm, it is here anyway).

Cheers,
Graham.