Some other good piece of news: today I got a preliminary confirmation
for the venue. I'll get the details at the end of the week.
I also checked with the Alt Hotel (~5 mins walk from the venue) and
participants would be able to book at a reduced rate (140* CAD per room
per night instead of 160)
Oops, I realize now that I sent this only to foundation-list
instead of sending it to foundation-announce. Anyway, let's consider
this as a reminder for everybody interested to put down their names on
the "/Participants" page!
Having more names in there will increase the likelihood of the event