Hi all, a reminder: as you book your travel, please let me know.
Thanks On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 6:07 PM Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote: > HI all, > > the discussions with hotels have went in the direction that they would, > generally, like me to submit a credit card number to vouch for possible > cancellations. > > Since I would highly prefer not to take on that risk myself, and at least > in this instance, I would not like to collect any money in advance, I would > advise that everyone who didn't book hotel books it on their own. > > A reminder so you can book more easily: we are going to be in the offices > near Barrow Street. > > Grand Canal Hotel seems to be reasonably priced (compared to others) and > is very, very close by. It's one of the hotels I've been in contact with, > and they offered a decent price for reservation in advance, too (but with > the catch of having to take on risk for non-appearance). > > Other than this, I have not dug deep into hotel pricing. > > Let me know as you book. > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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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