SLotman, It's very difficult to have any MSX meetings near Maracanã Stadium. Talk is cheap, show us the place... We have UERJ (university), which isn't exactly cheap to rent a room or two, to a MSX meeting. We used a room in the Physics' Institute in 1998, and it wasn't exactly pleasant to us... And the rules to hire any government's space (UERJ belongs to the Rio de Janeiro's state) to a particular event changed. I tried the school where my wife works, it's in Vila Isabel, close to Maracanã Stadium (and a hospital too), but her boss told her that today is nearly impossible.
In the beginning of 2013, people from SESC Engenho de Dentro (which rents a room for us with a reasonable price) told me that they won't rent that room anymore, due to changes in the room's shape. So, we started again to find another place to have our MSX meetings, the MSXRio. I found a very nice school, near Maracanã. It's a secondary school (Colégio Graham Bell), a bit more expensive than SESC Engenho de Dentro, but it's near metro and train stations, and close to Maracanã Stadium. We had 2 meetings there, in 2013. But the teachers' co-op which manages the school are in a quarrel with the union who owns the school. As the director said to me, maybe by the end of 2014 we can have the MSX meeting again in Graham Bell, but it's too difficult to talk about dates. Finally, we got a big room in SESC Madureira, which is far from the centre (even more far than Engenho de Dentro), but maybe it's the best place that we'll have since 1997. And it's close to most of the MSX-freaks' homes. So, if anybody wants to hire a MSX meeting during the World Cup in Rio, please tell me, I think I can handle a fifth meeting in SESC Madureira. Our dates are: 15th February (Saturday) 2nd and 3rd May (Friday and Saturday, after Labor Day - holiday). 18th October (Saturday) RetroRio (which is like MSXRio but it's not MSX restricted) will be held in the same place by 16th August. Hope everybody can come to one of our meetings, even Slotman, who are always too busy to attend any MSX meetings. =) We won't have any meetings during the World Cup. Maybe I'll be in Europe during this period. (And I'm going to Netherlands too! =D) If anyone wants to manage this meeting, be my guest, amaze me. ;-) Hmm... That's all. Best regards, Ricardo. Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro - r...@email.com.br ICQ: 3635907 - GTalk: ricardojpinhe...@gmail.com Ecclesia Reformata, Semper Reformanda 2014/1/5 The MSX Files <msxfi...@icongames.com.br>: > Some years ago, I posted on MSX.org about doing an "international" MSX > meeting, during the world cup, so people in Brazil for the WC could meet us > "Fudebas". > > The idea I proposed was to take the small break in the World Cup after the > 'groups stage' is over (usually a week, so tourists can see the country) and > do the event somewhere near Maracanã Stadium, so it would be somewhere easy > to be found by tourists... > > ...the idea was not very well received, and some points raised were actually > very good: mainly prices in general (usually during world cup prices are > much higher than normal for flights, hotels, etc) - and the huge ammount of > people attending to the world cup, making it difficult to get anywhere. > > I then gave up on the idea. If someone wants to do it, then by all means, do > it - the way my year started, I'll probably be too busy - maybe even to > attend to an MSX meeting :( > > > At 10:13 PM 05/01/14, you wrote: >>Hi everyone, >> >>Who among you will come to Brazil for the FIFA World cup 2014 ? >> >>On June 13, we will have the match of Spain x Netherlands in Salvador, a >>bit far from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro... >> >>We will also have Argentina, England, France, Italy, Japan and South Korea, >>all MSX-ish countries. >> >>Perhaps a good opportunity to personally meet. Or for you collectors to buy >>Brazilian MSX computers and cartridges. >> >>Regards, >> >>Werner >>_______________________________________________ >>MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) >>Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx > > SLotman > MSX Files & Megaram Project ( http://msx.icongames.com.br/ ) > MSX Search Xpert ( http://msxsearch.icongames.com.br/ ) > _______________________________________________ > MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) > Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx _______________________________________________ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
