I received a response from one of the hotels already and they wish to know what type of rooms we'd like (single, double, triple). I assume we want double at most!
If you are willing to share a room please let me know asap, since that may save us all some money. On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:40 Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote: > Small updates (therefore I won't be making a separate blogpost): > > - Fred has confirmed the trip. If anyone else plans to join, let me know. > - I've just sent out an email to three hotels here in Dublin, so naturally > I'm waiting for responses. These are Grand Canal Hotel, Clayton Hotel > Cardiff Lane (formerly Maldron), and O'Callaghan Hotels. > - While looking at hotels, I've spotted that Grand Canal Hotel is > currently reasonably priced for these dates. Clayton is also within range > of reason. > - Are you willing to share a room? Please let everyone know (reply to > discuss-gnustep@); it may be a way to save money (for example, 'twin > room' in Grand Canal is priced similarly to a 'double room'; 'triple room' > is rather reasonable as well). > > Looking forward to seeing you all. > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm happy to announce *dates are now Oct31-Nov1*. Further changes should >> not be happening. >> >> List of *confirmed* (or mostly confirmed) *participants* is a bit short, >> but still interesting: >> - Riccardo Mottola >> - Stefan Bidigaray >> - Gregory John Casamento >> - Scott Christley >> - Richard Frith-Macdonald >> - Ivan Vucica >> >> More notes: >> - Fred Kiefer has mentioned interest in joining, but I have made a >> mistake of not sending him the personalized email everyone else received, >> so I am apologizing and correcting this now. >> - I have not received responses from some receipients either. If you plan >> on joining, you'll of course be welcome even if you mention this on the day >> of the meetup -- but it would be awesome if everyone knew you're coming. :-) >> >> *If you plan on joining, please let me know*. It would be outstanding to >> meet more developers and users, and share knowledge, experience and plans >> for the future. >> >> *There are no specific plans* yet, aside from the GPG keyparty. >> Personally, I'm thinking of preparing a migration path towards Git and >> Gerrit, which could then be presented and proposed for adoption at the >> meeting. (I'd prepare it so that it could be executed with a few clicks.) >> >> Other than that, I have received a proposal to *consider this a chance >> to get together* and less of a meeting to do talks. I don't disagree. >> But, if there is interest in sharing knowledge, I think that can only be >> appreciated and should be encouraged. Effective sharing of knowledge may >> require preparation by sharer and focus by recipients, which is why I'm >> mentioning talks. But, I'm fine with either situation -- I'm looking >> forward to a get-together. >> >> >> >> Since I've had to travel this week related to studies, I did not get >> around to contacting hotels for possible discounts. I will endeavor to do >> so next week. From the few conversations I had, I do not really expect >> we'll get a significant discount, but I'll try to see what I can do. >> >> Thanks, >> >> - Ivan >> > >
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