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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