Re: An update on GNUstep Meetup 2015: Emails, hotels, dates and more

[Fred Kiefer]

I am still a bit undecided, but currently tenfing more to joining the
meetup. I would prefer the November date, but don't let that block the
other weekend.

Fred

Am 08.09.2015 um 22:33 schrieb Richard Frith-Macdonald:
> 
>> On 8 Sep 2015, at 21:13, Ivan Vučica <ivan@vucica.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Welcome to the first update in a while. Here's some important news.
>>
>> Confirmation of attendance
>> I would like everyone to be able to receive updates, even if they filter out 
>> discuss-gnustep@ and do not follow the blog. I will therefore be manually 
>> sending a small email to everyone who has expressed interest via Doodle to 
>> confirm the email address, in order to avoid any filters people may have set 
>> up for GNUstep mailing lists. I will contact even those who have later 
>> mentioned there is low chance of them actually managing to attend.
> 
> Yes I’m planning on coming.  Almost certainly my wife too (perhaps with 
> teenagers) to enjoy visting Dublin.
> 
>> I would suggest some solutions:
>> - Try to aggressively book multiple people in one room. (I would try to 
>> organize this anyway.)
>> - Move the meeting to a week after, Oct 31-Nov 1. (I am told this weekend is 
>> rather empty, so we may get lower pricing by default, and possibly lower 
>> block pricing.)
>>
>> In the aforementioned email I will send individually, I plan on asking if 
>> the interested person would find the Oct31-Nov1 weekend equally acceptable.
> 
> Yes I can manage that weekend too.
> 
> Looking forward to it.