[Kde-pim] [Kde-pim-meeting] Time for the next PIM Autumn sprint.

[Volker Krause]

Hi,

On Friday 23 August 2013 00:42:51 Mark wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Daniel Vrátil <dvratil at redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 09 of August 2013 20:29:03 Mark wrote:
> >> Hey folks,
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> >> We also need a host. If you are willing to host us, could you let me
> >> know the dates that work for you? I'll add them to [2] and try to make
> >> a most optimal match between those and the doodle result.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > the Red Hat office in Brno, Czech Republic is available for us. We don't
> > have beer like kdabians but we have a football table too! :) We can have
> > two big rooms which can be merged to one even bigger room, both with data
> > projectors, some flipcharts and whiteboards, coffee and a nice view over
> > Brno.
> > 
> > *Quick summary*
> > 
> > o Location:
> >   - next to a tram station
> >   - ~15 minutes by tram from city center
> >   - hotel 5 minutes walk from the office
> >   - night buses every 30 minutes - no need to walk from pub!
> > 
> > o Hotel (that we usually recommend to visitors)
> > 
> >   - 5 minutes walk from the office
> >   - 46€/night for single room (incl. breakfast)
> >   - 59€/night for double room (incl. breakfast)
> > 
> > o Travel:
> >   - direct flight from London Standsted or Luton to Brno Airport (then 30
> >   
> >     minutes bus to city center)
> >   
> >   - flying to Vienna Airport, then taking a bus that goes every 2-3 hours
> >   
> >     from the airport terminal directly to center of Brno (~2 hours, 12€)
> >   
> >   - flying to Prague, then getting across Prague to train or bus station
> >   
> >     (~1 hour, have to change lines several times) and then by a bus or
> >    
> >    train to Brno (~2.5 hours, ~8€).
> >   
> >   - EuroCity trains Berlin->Brno, Vienna->Brno or Budapest->Brno
> > 
> > o Other
> > 
> >  - good and cheap beer :)
> > 
> > If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Dan
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thank you very much for that very generous offer!
> Jos was having some other options in Germany so i have to get back to
> him to see how we stand there.
> I'il come back to you once i know more and that will be as soon as possible.

I'm a bit surprised to see 
http://kdeblog.mageprojects.com/2013/08/24/pim-autumn-sprint-searches-for-host-in-germany/ after Dan's offer. Especially the reasoning "most PIM hackers 
are living in Germany" doesn't match what I see in the Doodle poll. There's 
only 3/16 people on there living in Germany, and while I don't know where 
Michael lives, at least Thorsten and I live quite a bit apart, so the travel 
costs will incur even for a location in Germany. And from what I see above, 
Brno easily beats Berlin in hotel costs.

With the date moved to November after both Qt Dev Days now I can of course 
check again if our office is available, I just want to make sure we aren't 
still stuck in the past when KDE PIM indeed mostly involved Germans ;) That's 
luckily over, the team is much more diverse now.

regards,
Volker

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