well, we usually do a group photo at the end, and if you have your
camera I won't have to bring mine... :)

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Karol Nowak <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to have a camera with me. If you plan on giving talks in
> "Wesnoth room" or making important announcements - let me know so I
> can bring something capable of making historical footage in HD. ;-)
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:29 PM, Nils Kneuper <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi everybody!
>> Just one week left till FOSDEM 2011 starts. Because of this a short reminder
>> regarding stuff you should make sure to bring if you want to join:
>>
>> 1) Stuff you should not forget to package:
>>  - Bring Euro coins (2, 1, .5, .2 and .1)! The reason is simple: Close to the
>> hacking room is a vending machine that is a little cheaper than the official
>> sale of drinks at FOSDEM and the drinks are cooled. The problem: you need 
>> coins
>> to feed it! Beside this buying tickets is cheaper when getting them from the
>> machines available at basically every station. When buying from the driver 
>> you
>> pay a little more.
>>  - Don't forget your laptops plus power supplies if you plan on hacking.
>>  - Since network access at FOSDEM is a little, uhm, erratic you might 
>> consider
>> getting yourself a git checkout so that you can continue hacking and saving
>> stuff even when network ain't available for a while. For instructions on 
>> getting
>> a git checkout of the wesnoth tree, have a look at the wiki [1].
>>  - Don't forget to take your mobile phone with you and take the power supply 
>> for
>> it either.
>>  - Some people should take power extension cords as well as some multi 
>> outlets
>> with them. That is I will take some with me and mordante might take some with
>> him, too. Though if you are coming over to FOSDEM by car you might want to
>> consider putting some into your trunk.
>>
>> For those staying at 2go4 (valid for most participants):
>>  - Don't forget to package a towel. The booked beds include sheets, but not
>> towels, so you got to bring those yourself.
>>  - Consider packaging a padlock, too. Some of the rooms got lockers, but 
>> those
>> got no lock included, for those you need a padlock. Last years room had no
>> locker, the year before there were lockers in the room. Better safe than 
>> sorry,
>> so bring some padlocks if you want to lock stuff in.
>>
>> 2) The list of normal talks is already/finally available at the FOSDEM 
>> website
>> [2] (not as pdf, will probably be out later...). You might want to have a 
>> look
>> at it to get an idea what there will be besides Wesnoth.
>>
>> 3) As the last years we will most likely conquer the first row of the hacking
>> room AW1.115. So if we don't meet before, you should be able to find some
>> Wesnoth people there.
>>
>> 4) We will most likely meet already Friday afternoon/evening and have dinner 
>> at
>> the same Greek (hey, great country name, so close to 'geek'... ;) ) 
>> restaurant
>> we were at over the last years. Prices were affordable and food was good. At 
>> [3]
>> you can find a link with approximate google maps coordinates. It should be at
>> this street and the coordinates should be correct +-50m.
>>
>> 5) All people with access to the hidden moderators forum should have a look 
>> at
>> the list of phone numbers [4] and save some of those so that you can easily
>> call/message some of the others (makes coordinating a meeting a lot easier!).
>>
>> 6) Those who have no idea how some of us look can have a look at the 2008 
>> group
>> photo [5]. Of the people shown in the photo at least boucman, grzywacz, 
>> Ivanovic
>> and Mordante plan to participate in this years FOSDEM. Maybe even Sirp will 
>> be
>> there, who knows... IMO it would be a good idea if someone coming over to 
>> FOSDEM
>> could bring a (usable) digicam so that we can make a new photo.
>>
>> 7) For those who have no idea how weather will look this weekend: I don't 
>> know
>> it either. You should check the weather forecast shortly before... Okay, you 
>> can
>> also have a look at [6] to get a rough idea...
>>
>>
>> More information about what we want to do at FOSDEM as well as some maps and
>> stuff about transportation is available in the wesnoth wiki at [7]. 
>> Additional
>> topics for discussions are welcome. Those interested can eg test Wesnoth on 
>> the
>> Pandora [8] (yeah, I'll bring mine!).
>>
>> Looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible,
>> Nils Kneuper aka Ivanovic
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.wesnoth.org/GIT-SVN
>> [2] http://fosdem.org/2011/schedule
>> [3]
>> http://maps.google.de/maps?q=50.845731,4.35312&num=1&t=h&sll=50.846281,4.354727&sspn=0.112791,0.256119&ie=UTF8&ll=50.84571,4.353142&spn=0.00148,0.001741&z=19
>> [4] http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=283311
>> [5] http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=283649
>> [6]
>> http://www.weather24.com/16days/r/Brussels/R%C3%A9gion+de+Bruxelles-Capitale/Belgium/BE0BR0029
>> [7] http://wiki.wesnoth.org/FOSDEM2011
>> [8] http://www.openpandora.org
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Karol Nowak
>
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