Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:35:26 +0200 (CEST)
- Message No. 3708
From: micha@isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: Re: Offering the organisation of an ATIC-meeting.....
Hi Raymond,
On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Fels R. Th.B. wrote:
> Now I'm curious if there are ATIC-members who would join a meeting if I
> (ore more people) would organise one in The Netherlands.
> What I want to know is:
> Are there members who are interested,
> If so, what kind of sleeping-accommodation is prefered,
> How long should such a meeting last,
> Are you willing to pay some money for a sleeping-accommodation and for breakfast/diner, and how much,
> Do you need technical support,
> Are there other things to reckon with ??
Of course we will join .... :-)
If I summarize the past meetings and take conclusions I would say the
following:
* Location: Either on a campsite which has a big corner for the ATiCs.
Restaurant / small shop included. This allows the people either to go to
the restaurant or cook in front of their tent depending on the money they
want to spend. If the restaurant also allows having "minor" parties
without force for everyone to eat this would be very good (model
"Greece/Wildalpen"). In the NL I could of course imagine parties at the
beach or similar... An alternative would be to have a hut (model
"Glarus/Tuscany") but this means more work to plan and fixed numbers of
participants.
I would not recommended a house with fixed sleeping accomodation
("hotel"), the people are too much divided then to have a common party ->
If I look at the last meetings, people spent at most half of the time on
their bike, the rest was sit & talk ... err dance & drink.
* Duration:
For the duration I would suggest about 3 days of meeting plus time to
travel back. The days placed next to a weekend allows reduction of needed
holiday in the company.
* Time:
The spring of 99 could be a good time. As I heard holiday resources of
most ATiCs are gone for this year :-)
* Technical service:
Fine but not necessary. We are not Ducati riders :-)
So, when do we start :-)))))))))) ?
BTW: I will set up a (closed) list especially for meeting organizers
within the next days.
And of course we are always open for new ideas, so don't see the things
written above fixed at all.
Greets,
--- Micha ---
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