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FOSDEM 2005

[http://www.fosdem.org/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 ...

Yoof-26 fare for people still with hair
Leisure-Saver, need to stay one Saturday night away, or two nights during the week (non-changeable etc)
Leisure-Saver, but booked 21days in advance (also non-changeable etc)
OAP, fare for people without hair, anyone feel like trying this on?

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:

Sledge
Wookey
Daniel Silverstone
Robert Kendrick

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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-[http://www.fosdem.org/2005/ FOSDEM 2005] is happening on 26/27th February in Brussels. A bunch of DebianUK people are likely to be going, leaving at some point on Friday 25th, consuming a huge amount of beer, and returning either Sunday evening or Monday morning.
+[http://www.fosdem.org/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.
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-|| '''Name'''       || '''Nick''' || '''Preferred Departure''' || '''Preferred Return''' ||
|| JonathanMcDowell || Noodles    ||                           ||                        ||
|| RobertMcQueen    || Robot101   || Friday PM                 || Monday AM              ||
+|| '''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 Mc''''''Queen (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         || ||
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-Eurostar seems to be the preferred choice.
+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 ...

  * Yoof-26 fare for people still with hair
  * Leisure-Saver, need to stay one Saturday night away, or two nights during the week (non-changeable etc)
  * Leisure-Saver, but booked 21days in advance (also non-changeable etc)
  * OAP, fare for people without hair, anyone feel like trying this on?

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
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-||<|6> Eurostar ||<|3> Outward     || a          ||              ||
|| b          ||              ||
|| c          ||              ||
||<|3> Return      || a          ||              ||
|| b          ||              ||
|| c          ||              ||
+||<|11> Eurostar ||<|6> 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 ||              ||
||<|5> 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:

 * Sledge
 * Wookey
 * Daniel Silverstone
 * Robert Kendrick

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.
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+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/
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+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/