On Sunday September 11 2005 4:03 am, Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > Time to move this to it's own thread with a distracting title (or > we'll get too many people interested in trying that ale :-) Yeah, I thought right after I sent my last one that I shoulda changed the subject first... > > addi wrote: > > On Saturday September 10 2005 5:07 am, Ferdinand Soethe wrote: > >> >> But I should warn you, so you're not shocked if you meet me, I'm > >> >> actually a she. :) > >> > >> I think we are getting a little distracted from the real issues here: > >> DO you brew good beer of don't you? And will you bring some to SD? > > > > Yes, back to the point, I do brew good beer, assuming that you like good, > > hearty ales of the IPA, bitter, stout variety and/or european wheat ales > > (I'm not a big fan of American Wheats). > > My only frame of reference really are German beers, but I'm curious > ... Well most German beers are lagers and while I like them (especially a good Marzen) I am not into brewing them as they have more complicated needs. As for wheat beer, I'm talking weissbier/hefeweizen (Weihenstephaner is considered a classic standard). I love dunkel weizen and wiezenbock but haven't gotten around to brewing them myself yet. > > > since I don't think a > > pressurized keg of beer is likely to go over well with the airlines. :) > > Yes, I was wondering about that. Given the current state of things you > might end up getting free accommodation for a long time ;-) > > > You know, I find this very tempting. I would love to really be able to > > contribute more to the project and a face-to-face sit down would > > really get a > > manual off to a good start. > > Yes and having people come there just for the purpose of doing that > would probably keep me from going kayaking instead :-) > > > I don't think I can afford to actually go to the conference itself > > (airfare, hotel AND the conference is a bit steep for me) but I may be > > able to come out for a few days and do a "Social and Expo Pass" if they > > offer it. > > Conference Fees: > > Well, last ApacheCon the Hackathons were scheduled the days before the > conference so everybody could participate. And even though I'll > probably have to do my half day tutorial during that time, that would > still leave us quite some time to get things started. > That is ideal for me since I can come out for a long weekend instead of taking off most of the week.
> If we found a free meeting place somewhere in SD we could even arrange > for some open-for-all meetings before or after the conference. In > Stuttgart the technical college was kind enough to host us, perhaps we > could find something in SD as well? > > Who else is interested in joining this effort or attend a more general > meeting? Diwaker? > > Accommodation: > > If it doesn't have to be a hotel, check out > http://www.hospitalityclub.org/. It's a free hospitality exchange and > works great for finding you a place to sleep for events like this. I > just checked, there are 112 hosts in SD at this time, so accommodation > should not become a major expense. In fact, I'll do that for the days > that my accommodation is not covered by the conference budget. Ah now that is cool. I have signed up. I think between inexpensive accomodations and the timing of a long weekend, I can probably do this trip pretty easily assuming no major things come up. Besides who can say no to a few days in SD in December (when it is cold and wet at home)? - Addi
