Hi all I'd like to help. I live near the german border in Switzerland by Lake-Constance. Just tell me what to do. I don't have a car so I'm tied to public transportation.
Bests, Joël 2016-09-21 19:13 GMT+02:00 John Darrington <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 05:38:44PM +0200, Darshit Shah wrote: > Last I heard, we were looking into the Linux Hotel in D??sseldorf for the > next GHM. But I'm not sure what happened about it. > > That was considered some years ago. But for PR reasons we should not hold > GNU > events at the "Linux" hotel. > > I completely agree that having such a deal where we can mix accommodation > and conference expenses would be a great benefit for everybody. Although > as Christian pointed out at one of the discussions during GHM 2016, it > might make the event out of bounds for a few people. Not everyone paid > the ???50 per day but instead only paid for the cost of accommodation > which can be far cheaper. It would be one item to consider. > > In previous years the FSF has made available a small fund for subsidising > people > who would otherwise be unable to attend, and so far as I know this fund is > still > available. Also, I think that most people would not object to paying (say) > 5EUR > over and above the cost of the venue in order to support such people. > > If you do have any ideas for locations of such hostels, please do share. > > There are plenty such places advertised in the internet. For example have a > look > at http://gruppenunterkuenfte.de We just have to decide on something > suitable. > > > The biggest issue, as I see it - is finding someone willing to organise it. > I can help, as I did in 2014 - but others would need to do their bit too :) > > J' > > > -- > Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. > PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 > fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 > See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. >
