Thanks for the minutes Clauz. <br><br>It is a pity to not be able to stay all the day (including night) in the hackroom, because as we know the night is the most appreciated hacking time :-P<br>Is it possible to have a hackingroom inside the Hotel?<br>
<br>Cheers<br clear="all">--<br>./p4u<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 1:47 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:clauz@ninux.org">clauz@ninux.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Here it is. I am sorry if I am misspelling Greek names...<br>
<br>
- Battlemesh 5 will be held in the center of Athens<br>
<br>
- we can use a room at the local university that contains ~100 people<br>
and where we can put some tables for the LAN space. Drawback: probably<br>
we cannot stay there until late night/morning<br>
<br>
- the aproximate fee (to be confirmed) will be of 70-80<br>
euros/participant. Something like 70 euros if you book in advance, 80 if<br>
you book late<br>
<br>
- there is an hotel that can host us at a very good price. It can<br>
contain up to ~60 people, but we are authorized to use sleeping bags<br>
(yes, without being kicked out)<br>
<br>
- to deploy the nodes we can use the rooftops [are there sockets on the<br>
roofs?] and the inside of the university buildings and also ask people<br>
around the place if we can use the sockets in their houses (Greeks are<br>
very hospital and open-minded, especially in that area)<br>
<br>
- for eating: in the surroundings there are plenty of places, however<br>
we can arrange something for the lunchs with the university's facilities<br>
or with a place that is popular among students (and very cheap). Some<br>
arrangements where attempted to order pizza for every participant, but<br>
no pizzeria is willing to make a discount<br>
<br>
- for drinking: there is the university cafeteria, where we can find<br>
coffee at a good price<br>
<br>
- we might have a social event (i.e. lamb) at the hackerspace, which is<br>
about 30 minutes away by bus<br>
<br>
- there is a group of 6-8 villages, including Sarantaporo, in<br>
Tessaloniki, 4-6 hours by bus from Athens, that have invited us to visit<br>
them for the time of a weekend (they are busy working the rest of the<br>
week). They have a ~100 nodes, ~400 users mesh network deployed and they<br>
invited us also to use their infrastructure for the battle. As we don't<br>
have the time to prepare and perform a battle there in less than a<br>
weekend, the proposal is to extend the battlemesh timespan from the 24th<br>
of March to the 1st of April, i.e. including another weekend at the<br>
beginning, to visit Sarantaporo, exchange ideas and know-how, eat lamb,<br>
and then begin the actual battlemesh in Athens from the 26th of March.<br>
The visit to these villages should cost ~20 euros for the whole weekend<br>
(essentialy the cost of the bus, as we can stay at people's houses)<br>
<br>
- deadline to prepare the announcement: January 7, 2012. After that the<br>
Greek organizers will be busy with university stuff<br>
<br>
- things to put in the announcement:<br>
* fee (we need to know exactly how much will the hotel charge)<br>
* dates: 24/03 -> 01/04 including visit to the villages or 26/03 -> 01/04<br>
* price for the weekend at Sarantaporo<br>
* location of the hotel<br>
* account for the money transfers (we can ask ELAC, which is an<br>
organization that organized some open source related events - such as<br>
Mozilla stuff - in Athens)<br>
* transportation<br>
<br>
- we might have some sponsors: red bull, pc engines<br>
<br>
- it would be good to record the talks during the event, and also to<br>
have maps of the buildings and of the surroundings<br>
<br>
- we need to understand if we can deploy an open access point for<br>
Internet access, or if we need some password or whatever to access the<br>
university network<br>
<br>
- having a closing party somewhere in the last weekend would be great<br>
<br>
- for what concerns the foneras, they are somewhere between Brussels<br>
and Paris. As it seems that nobody is driving to Athens, they should be<br>
shipped ~two weeks in advance to Greece<br>
<br>
- we need a protocol-neutral testing team to design and perform the<br>
tests for the battle<br>
<br>
If you want to add and correct please feel free to do so.<br>
<br>
Thanks to everybody for the great job, and especially to Nefeli and the<br>
other Greek folks for hosting us!<br>
<br>
ciao,<br>
Clauz<br>
<br>
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