[Kde-finance-apps] Spring meeting

[Alvaro Soliverez]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de> wrote:
> On Monday 08 February 2010 19:40:24 Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Thomas Baumgart <thb at net-bembel.de> wrote:
>> > On Monday 08 February 2010 16:44:09 Thomas Baumgart wrote:
>> >> On Monday 08 February 2010 15:30:03 Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>> >> > Hello all,
>> >> > Could you all make it if we had the meeting on April 23rd-25th?
>> >> > Otherwise, we just leave it for April 30th - May 2nd and we start
>> >> > booking flights and hostel.
>> >>
>> >> Would be OK for me.
>> >>
>> >> > > Thomas, do you think it will be hard to get accomodations in
>> >> > > Frankfurt for May 1st? Can you phone one of the hostel and ask
>> >> > > whether they are expecting a full house that weekend?
>> >>
>> >> What is your preference at this point? The hotel around the corner of
>> >> our office runs at 59 EUR a night. There's another one at 49 a night
>> >> which is a 20 minutes walk from the office. One could always call a cab
>> >> though. Would that be an acceptable rate for everyone or should I look
>> >> for cheaper ones?
>> >
>> > I hit the send button too early.
>> >
>> > Above price info is for the single room. Doubles run at 74 / 64 for the
>> > room, so that would lower the rate per person if you want. In all cases,
>> > breakfast is *not* included and runs at 19 EUR a person (which is a bit
>> > expensive in my eyes)
>> >
>> > Found another hotel: double room 60, single 40 EUR a night (incl.
>> > breakfast) This one is located in the town I live and has free internet
>> > access (don't know if WLAN or a terminal). We would need a cab, but I
>> > know the boss of the local cab company and could try to make arrangements
>> > to keep the rate at a reasonable rate. Also, I can take 4 people in my
>> > car.
>>
>> How about a hostel? I remember spending a few nights in
>> Jugendherbergens in Germany and they were not bad at all, specially
>> for only 3-4 nights.
>
> Good point. They even have meeting rooms for groups. I am not sure about
> internet access. Usually they 'only' have a fixed terminal. I'll check some
> of them in the area.
>
> They usually have the following packages:
>
> * bed and breakfast
> * bed and breakfast, dinner
> * bed and breakfast, lunch, dinner
>
> The last one only makes sense if we meet at the location.
>
> Another option could be for you to stay at the Frankfurt youthhostel and we
> meet at our office.
>

If possible, I think this one looks like the most attractive
possibility. The hostel probably won't have the things we need for a
meeting, like a whiteboard or projector, and a wifi with good enough
bandwidth to stand the attack of a bunch of geeks.
Also, if it's close to downtown, we can go around the city more easily.

I think double or quad rooms are ok, depending on the amount of people
we are. I counted 7 people so far who are going to need a room. (Klaas
and Thomas live close enough not to need a hostel)


>> I dunno if they are that much cheaper, though. I don't think we can
>> get a student discount anymore. :D
>
> Price for Frankfurt B&B would be (single room) 41,50, (double room) 36,50.
> Four people or more per room run at 23,00.
>
> Price for Bad Homburg B&B would be (single room) 36,90 (double room) 33,40.
> Four people or more per room run at 24,90.
>
> All prices in EUR. Also, one requires a membership (don't know how that works
> for foreigners - have to ask) and we need to pay for a meeting room. I did
> not check the availability for any of the dates yet.
>
>
> Update on the membership: I could get a group membership card from the local
> sports club, so that is not necessary for you guys.
>

Great!

> And for all, that don't know what I am talking about:
> http://www.jugendherberge.de/en/
>