[Battlemesh] Intel Sponsorship

Michel de Geofroy micheldegeofroy at gmail.com
Sat Feb 2 11:42:18 UTC 2013


Cool Insight +1

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Mitar <mitar at tnode.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Yes, I CouchSurferd at Wireless Summit in Vienna and it also worked very
> well. You just have to be frank in advance and say that you will be
> attending an event and have almost no time for the host but that event
> is about this and this. Some people will then decline, but you will also
> find people who will appreciate what are you doing and they will see
> this is as their way of contributing to the cause. So, just bring this
> upfront.
>
> At least I know for myself, when I am hosting, sometimes I do not have
> time for guests. But if I can help and they are even doing things I find
> important, why not just sleep over at my place?
>
> Of course, you will probably have a harder time find the couch. But it
> is possible.
>
>
> Mitar
>
> > On 02/01/2013 06:29 AM, Michel de Geofroy wrote:
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> I agree with Antonio its not prime accommodation :)
> >>
> >> But the reviews seem cool, of course when you are staying for free on
> >> someones couch or floor its not the same as a hotel its more like
> >> camping, but considering that some of the attendants of the Athens event
> >> were on backpackers budget and that for example in Spain unemployment of
> >> the younger generations is at nearly 50% we should give "social"
> >> solutions for people with small means as to keep the WBM as open as
> >> possible.
> >>
> >> my 2 cts
> >>
> >> NB Never tried couch surfing and I am not affiliated with this non
> >> profit organisation,
> >
> > It's interesting to look at the description of the people offering their
> > couch and look for common interests.
> >
> > I couchsurfed only once in Córdoba (a big argentine city) for 10 days
> > during a community FM transmitter production workshop and all went very
> > well. Our host was into permaculture and free software and by
> > coincidence other people that attended the same workshop also stayed at
> > his place.
> >
> > Guido has experience as a host, maybe he can share some insight on the
> > matter... though he may be off-line while he stays in Bolivia.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > NicoEchániz
> >
> >
> >
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