FOSDEM 2005

FOSDEM 2005 happened on 26/27th February in Brussels. A bunch of DebianUK people went, leaving at some point on Friday 25th, consuming a huge amount of beer, and returning either Sunday evening or Monday morning.

People

Name

Nick

Preferred Departure

Preferred Return

Share hostel room?

MorayAllan

moray

Friday PM

Monday

Edward Betts

edward

Friday whenever

Sunday late / Monday AM

JonathanMcDowell

Noodles

Friday whenever

Sunday evening

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

SteveMcIntyre

Sledge

Friday AM

Sunday late / Monday AM

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

JonMasters

jcm

Friday whenever

Sunday evening

Robert McQueen (alas probably not...)

Robot101

Friday PM

Monday AM

Nat Morris

nat

Friday Morning

Monday Morning

David Pashley

JD

Friday Morning

Sunday evening

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

Paul Sladen

sladen

Friday Midday

Sunday late / Monday AM

JeffSnyder

Phate/je4d

Friday PM

Monday AM

Wookey

wookey

Friday sometime

sunday evg

Jonathan Riddell

Riddell

ScottJamesRemnant

Keybuk

Friday whenever

Sunday or Monday

Yes

Daniel Glassey

glasseyes

Friday sometime

Monday

Matthew Garrett

mjg59

Friday 12:30ish

Monday

Daniel Silverstone

Kinnison

Friday sometime

Sunday evening

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

Robert Kendrick

rjek

Friday sometime

Sunday evening

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

Hanna Wallach

stargirl

Friday PM

Monday AM

Dominic Hargreaves

Dom

Friday AM

Sunday evening

Yes (Booked as group 1, see below)

Dafydd Harries

daf

Friday PM

Monday AM

Will Hargrave

flange

Friday AM

Monday PM

Mark Hymers

mhy

Friday 13:00ish

Monday 15:00ish

Transport

Eurostar seems to be the preferred choice. the £59.00 return option is available under multiple guises (see below); however there's a limited (and shared) quota on each departure at that price; After that it's £69.00, £79.00 ...

The 10:43 on Friday seems to be £29.50, but returns on Sunday night at 17:56 or 20:25 are £49.50. I can't see anything later. - JD

The 10:42 on Friday seems to have gone up to £39.50 now, so you may as well leave at 14:42. - Robot101

Means

Direction

Time

Takers

Eurostar

Outward

Friday 10:43

Paul Sladen, JonMasters, JD, Dom, Will Hargrave

Friday 12:41

Matthew Garrett, JonathanMcDowell, Hanna Wallach

Friday 14:42

Friday 16:39

Dafydd Harries

Friday 18:11

Friday 19:13

Return

Sunday 17:01

Sunday 17:56

Sunday 20:25

JD, JonathanMcDowell, Dom, JonMasters

Monday 09:56

Dafydd Harries

Monday 12:58

Will Hargrave, Hanna Wallach

nat: I'm probably flying from Bristol on Friday at about 9ish like the last 2 years.

moray: I'm flying from Edinburgh, like I did last year.

Sledge: I'll be driving from Cambridge; it's a relatively short and easy trip, and with 4 in the car not too expensive either (comparable to the train, at worst). The following 4 people will be in the car:

We should be in Brussels ~18:30 on the Friday, and need to leave again ~18:00 on Sunday. If people have kit they'd desperately like taken from Cambridge to Brussels or back, let me know.

Accomodation

Any ideas?

JD: Youth hostels about 15EUR a night. Conference hotel has been around 50GBP a night.

Riddell: KDE have booked http://www.laj.be/html/en/hostels/brel/aubergesbrel_en01.htm

jcm: http://wiki.fosdem.org/tiki-index.php?page=FreeSleeping_and_Internet_in contains a list of the people staying with the Mind guys in Leuven, home of Stella Artois, and also of a certain Embedded Linux company held in high esteem.

Group 1 accomodation booking

JD, Kinnison, rjek, Sledge, Noodles and Dom are booked into http://www.laj.be/html/en/hostels/brel/aubergesbrel_en01.htm

Atlas hotel

mjg59, moray, daf, stargirl and mhy have all booked to stay at the Atlas hotel, http://www.atlas.be/

Beer

Place to meet on Friday?

Paul Sladen: There's a semi-unorganised drink-fest IIRC. Not to be missed.

Details at http://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2005-February/001907.html

JD: usually drinks on the top floor of the Le Roi d'Espagne on the Grand Place. Can't miss it; it's the one with the stuffed horse. Probably go for food before.

jcm: Le Roi is the place to be on Friday night. Photos are available in my gallery: http://photos.jonmasters.org/FOSDEM2004/012_Le_Grand_Place_4

Other people

KDE http://www.kde.me.uk/index.php?page=fosdem-2005

Photos

jcm: http://photos.jonmasters.org/FOSDEM_2005

Sledge: http://www.einval.com/gallery/FOSDEM2005

Magni's, including ones of debian-uk people: http://www.geekhouse.no/Gallery/fosdem2005?page=2

Dom: http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/photos/albums/events/200502_fosdem/

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