[OSGeo-Discuss] Green light: OSGeo Hacking event in a monastry near Bolsena (Italy)

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Dear all,

I'm happy to inform you that the hacking event in Bolsena will take  
place! Enough people have confirmed their participation for me to  
decide to make the booking :-)

Those participating, you will need to make and advance payment of 100  
Euro to me to guarantee your place. Please contact me privately by  
email so we can arrange that. I've no problems if you later need to  
change as long as you make sure there's someone taking your place :-)

For what the food concerns, there will be a cook who will serve  
breakfast, lunch and dinner for 30 Euro per person per day.

We'll discuss other technicalities as they come up, i.e. assistance if  
you need to rent a car, organize to travel together, public transport  
etc... Please feel free to use the WIKI page for that or create a sub  
page.

There's still space for more people. I will soon add a floor plan so  
that rooms can be organized. Some rooms are single bed, some have two  
beds so people have to share the room and there are a couple of rooms  
with double beds.

You can sign up here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/OSGeo_Hacking_event

Very much looking forward to this!
Cheers,
Jeroen

>
> Dear all,
> I've been thinking of getting an OSGeo "hacking" or code sprint  
> event setup in an Italian monastry. Friends of mine take care of the  
> place which is overlooking Lago Bolsena and offers space to 25  
> people in small bedrooms :-) . Its probably one of the coolest  
> places for such an event. Quiet, isolated and serene. There's a good  
> wireless and wired internet connection, although I wouldn't bet my  
> hand on it if we all start to download satellite images. It should  
> be perfect for SVN, IRC and mail.
>
> The cost would be about 200 Euro per person for the week (food not  
> included, we can organize that separately). There's a large kitchen  
> and large dining space. Obviously since the weather most likely  
> permits, we would eat outside overlooking the lake.
>
> Have a look yourself, including looking at the photo gallery:
>
> http://www.conventobolsena.org/
>
> Where: http://tinyurl.com/2t6zby
>
> Are people interested in such a thing? Looking at availability of  
> the place, best would be June or possibly in May (not always  
> available!).
>
> If there's enough interest, I can start getting people to sign up  
> and get a booking done. There would be 7 days time, so it can also  
> be divided into smaller time chunks that are occupied by different  
> projects.
>
> Let me know, greetings from Rome,
> Jeroen
>