Hi all How many people do you expect? Here's a link to the youth-hostels suitable for bigger events. The debconf-15 was in Heidelberg.
http://www.jugendherberge-bw.de/de-DE/Gruppen/Tagungen-Seminare This is a youth-hostel near my place, there are rooms for groups but rather small I think: http://konstanz.jugendherberge-bw.de/de-DE/Portraet Bests, Joël 2016-09-21 19:36 GMT+02:00 Joël Krähemann <[email protected]>: > Hi all > > I'd like to help. I live near the german border in Switzerland by > Lake-Constance. Just tell me what to do. I don't have a car > so I'm tied to public transportation. > > Bests, > Joël > > > 2016-09-21 19:13 GMT+02:00 John Darrington <[email protected]>: >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 05:38:44PM +0200, Darshit Shah wrote: >> Last I heard, we were looking into the Linux Hotel in D??sseldorf for >> the >> next GHM. But I'm not sure what happened about it. >> >> That was considered some years ago. But for PR reasons we should not hold >> GNU >> events at the "Linux" hotel. >> >> I completely agree that having such a deal where we can mix >> accommodation >> and conference expenses would be a great benefit for everybody. Although >> as Christian pointed out at one of the discussions during GHM 2016, it >> might make the event out of bounds for a few people. Not everyone paid >> the ???50 per day but instead only paid for the cost of accommodation >> which can be far cheaper. It would be one item to consider. >> >> In previous years the FSF has made available a small fund for subsidising >> people >> who would otherwise be unable to attend, and so far as I know this fund is >> still >> available. Also, I think that most people would not object to paying (say) >> 5EUR >> over and above the cost of the venue in order to support such people. >> >> If you do have any ideas for locations of such hostels, please do share. >> >> There are plenty such places advertised in the internet. For example have a >> look >> at http://gruppenunterkuenfte.de We just have to decide on something >> suitable. >> >> >> The biggest issue, as I see it - is finding someone willing to organise it. >> I can help, as I did in 2014 - but others would need to do their bit too :) >> >> J' >> >> >> -- >> Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. >> PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 >> fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 >> See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. >>
