Meetup in the Netherlands - Saturday July 30th, in Breda!

[Yveaux]

I've created a planner in Doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/pttgx7rnc7h55myq
Please pick the dates when you're available, so we can converge to a date!

@GertSanders @AWI @TimO @TheoL Could you help picking a date, guys?

@damme Why did you fill in the planner, as it seems you can't join at all?

[TheoL]

@Yveaux Super. I filled it in as soon as possible.

I already figured out, that the southern of Rotterdam would be the best place. So somewhere between Breda and Eindhoven seems to be the center.

I don't want to plan out the complete meeting, but my suggestion is to come up with a list of things we can do. That will make it easier to pick a place where we can meet. I can't wait to finally meet you all.

[27maximilian]

I would also be interested. But I didn't fill out the doodle because my schedule for the next month is not fully set yet. So it doesn't make sense to accommodate my preferences for the date as they might change.

I would just wait for you to set a date and then join if I am available, if you don't mind. South of Rotterdam would be perfectly fine for me. I would only suggest to meet somewhere close to a train station as some people (me included) might not have a car.

Regarding things to do, a workshop-like meeting in which people present their projects might be nice. I saw something similar in the OpenHAB forum.

[TheoL]

@27maximilian Near a train station is great suggestion. If needed I can pick some people up.

We have to think about how we can arrange the workshop. If people come by train, it might be hard for them to bring along their projects.

[scalz]

too bad I'm living a bit too far...7-8h by car..but that's mostly because my planning is too much tricky for this year..I would have come and been the french guy speaking frenglish :laughing:
But I hope to see you guys in future, next time ;)
have fun :)

[TheoL]

@scalz I would love to meet you. Maybe next time, we can do it in Belgium. ;-)

[Yveaux]

I had a quick look for a meeting place near the city center of Eindhoven, and all I could find were the commercial conference places.
These places will easily charge E 40,- per person, which is above budget IMHO.
So, if either of you knows an inspiring place which can easily be reached by public transport, then please let us know!
Another option is to move away from city centers to a more rural location, but then we'll have to carpool.

[TheoL]

@Yveaux Maybe there's a seats to meet somewhere in the area. I look it up later on. Also don't know if you care about soccer and PSV. But if so congratz. Didn't see that coming ;-)

[GertSanders]

De maand mei komt stilaan aan een einde. Juni komt er aan. Is er al zicht op een locatie in de buurt van Rotterdam (lijkt de consensus te zijn) ?

[sincze]

Count me in. ;-)

[BigDog]

count me in :)

reken maar op mij lijk me leuk
hoor wel als er een locatie is :)

[Yveaux]

@BigDog location seems to be the problem so far. Finding a meeting shack is either very expensive, or away from a city center. If somebody in the south knows of a good meeting place (or has a big garden :relaxed: ) then please let us know.

[sincze]

@Yveaux how many people are we looking at (location Breda)

[Yveaux]

@sincze 8 to 10 max, I think. But even less have filled in the planner I set up.

[BigDog]

@Yveaux 8 a 10 peoples max and afcourse on route of public transport?

[Yveaux]

@BigDog I'm not sure about public transport. I'll come by car, don't know about the rest. Maybe some can carpool to eliminate the public transport requirement.

[sincze]

@Yveaux We have a central station nearby., and bus stops.
However I need an amount of people ;-) that we expect hahaha to figure out if we can host this meeting at the location I have in mind.

[sincze]

@sincze whaha I see 10 people max okay ???

[Yveaux]

@sincze don't ask me for confirmation :bowtie:
I'm just guessing an amount based on the replies in this thread. Anyway 'registration' is still open, if you want we can just limit the maximum at 10 - the first 10 register can join!

[sincze]

@Yveaux For the moment I have a go on the location. 10 min walk from Breda CS. have to work on the details but I have a location available. with demo possibilities.