Lol, the fancier hotels are *out* of town. :) There are a few fancy ones in
town, especially around the international conference centre (CTICC), but
they're so uppity I can't stand them. Don't think they're value for money
either, the CTICC isn't.
My favourite fancy hotel is in Newlands, walking
Hi Gunnar
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Gunnar Wolf gw...@gwolf.org wrote:
Hi Bernelle,
That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public
transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or
share
private taxis back.
This brings another questions:
Hi,
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 03:46:42PM +0200, Bernelle Verster wrote:
[...]
I am wondering if we should also consider trying to get a deal with rental
car companies, and doing some sort of 'internal Uber', where the people who
really want to, can rent a car as long as they offer trips to
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:16 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org
wrote:
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ti...@debian.org [2015-01-27 15:05
+0100]:
That sounds a good idea. Interested people would definitely be
able to organize shifts in the wikipage once we have some cars
available.
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ti...@debian.org [2015-01-27 15:05 +0100]:
That sounds a good idea. Interested people would definitely be
able to organize shifts in the wikipage once we have some cars
available. This has happened with private attendees cars in the
past.
I am afraid no global
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 03:16:11PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ti...@debian.org [2015-01-27 15:05 +0100]:
That sounds a good idea. Interested people would definitely be
able to organize shifts in the wikipage once we have some cars
available. This has
Bernelle,
On 27/01/15 11:01, Bernelle Verster wrote:
Right, but I worry more about the daily trips that attendees will make.
It would be silly to stay in town and commute daily to the debconf
venue, in my opinion... We are only considering venues with very close
accommodation.
I did
also sprach Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ti...@debian.org [2015-01-27 15:26 +0100]:
Hmm, right. Or maybe having some generous local car owners who
would be comfortable sharing theirs :)
Or an affordable deal with the student-run shuttle service and some
rules around it. We all know how ATM works ;)
--
also sprach Martín Ferrari tin...@debian.org [2015-01-27 11:53 +0100]:
We did obtain quotes for 'dinner shuttles' - 14 seater buses to be used
ad hoc, see
https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Bids/Cape_Town/Potential_Venues#Transport_jottings
Right, but I worry more about the daily
Bernelle,
On 27/01/15 10:38, Bernelle Verster wrote:
That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public
transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or
share private taxis back.
Do you know how much would be the cost of a taxi at night to get from
Hi Bernelle,
On 26/01/15 17:38, Bernelle Verster wrote:
https://www.uct.ac.za/students/services/jammie/maps/vac/
The one to town is to the Hiddingh campus.
This is currently the holiday schedule until 31 January so gives you a
good idea of off peak times.
If I read correctly, this means
Hi Richard
That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public
transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or share
private taxis back.
We did obtain quotes for 'dinner shuttles' - 14 seater buses to be used ad
hoc, see
Martin,
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Martín Ferrari tin...@debian.org wrote:
Bernelle,
On 27/01/15 10:38, Bernelle Verster wrote:
That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public
transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or
share private
Hi Martín (2015.01.27_17:14:51_+0200)
I meant that many people like to go exploring after the talks are over,
maybe to sample the local beer production, or to have dinner in a nice
restaurant, etc.
There are many options in town, but as Bernelle said, also scattered all
over the rest of the
Hi Bernelle,
That is correct. People tend to not want to take any form of public
transport after dark in South Africa. Students usually drive here or share
private taxis back.
This brings another questions: If walking after dark is dangerous, and
people don't take public transport either
Hi again, Bernelle :)
We did obtain quotes for 'dinner shuttles' - 14 seater buses to be used
ad hoc, see
https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/Bids/Cape_Town/Potential_Venues#Transport_jottings
Right, but I worry more about the daily trips that attendees will make.
It would
Hi Gunnar (2015.01.27_15:28:26_+0200)
This brings another questions: If walking after dark is dangerous, and
people don't take public transport either after dark, how safe are
taxis? For context: Many people in my country (Mexico) rely on having
the phone number of a known taxi base, as they
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:57 AM, Stefano Rivera stefa...@debian.org wrote:
This is not yet known. They do usually run on a reduced schedule during
holidays, though.
Can you document this schedule?
Richard
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On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Bernelle Verster bernel...@gmail.com wrote:
The Jammie shuttle person was very positive in his reply and requested a
meeting, but I didn't want to schedule a meeting before the bid decision.
Understandable, but getting to/from UCT Upper Campus to the city is a
Hi
https://www.uct.ac.za/students/services/jammie/maps/vac/
The one to town is to the Hiddingh campus.
This is currently the holiday schedule until 31 January so gives you a good
idea of off peak times.
Stefano, I'm busy with a big deadline. Could you please archive these times
if necessary, as
Hi Richard (2015.01.18_02:13:13_+0200)
Will the Jammie buses run while we are on site? If not, could we rent
those when need be?
This is not yet known. They do usually run on a reduced schedule during
holidays, though.
SR
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Hi Margarita (2015.01.17_19:52:09_+0200)
So, instead of this piece of unhelpful information, I'd like to
request that you add information as to how to get to and from the
venue, both for the airport and for going into the city center.
The bus sentence has been removed, and the public transport
Hi
The Jammie shuttle person was very positive in his reply and requested a
meeting, but I didn't want to schedule a meeting before the bid decision.
It works in our favour that we don't need exclusive use of the Jammies,
so I expect we would be able to run on term time schedule for possibly a
Hi,
For the UCT venue (the first choice venue) the current location
information says:
Venue is about 7 minutes from the city centre, by car (no traffic).
45 minutes walk to the nearest bus stop. The venue is free, so budget
for nightly chartered bus is reasonable
45 minutes to the bus stop is
Hi Margarita (2015.01.17_19:52:09_+0200)
For the UCT venue (the first choice venue) the current location
information says:
Venue is about 7 minutes from the city centre, by car (no traffic).
45 minutes walk to the nearest bus stop. The venue is free, so budget
for nightly chartered bus is
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Margarita Manterola
margamanter...@gmail.com wrote:
Venue is about 7 minutes from the city centre, by car (no traffic).
45 minutes walk to the nearest bus stop. The venue is free, so budget
for nightly chartered bus is reasonable
Will the Jammie buses run while
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