On 7. Juli 2014 17:19:50 MESZ, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> writes: > >>> On 7. Juli 2014 16:24:34 MESZ, "Janek Warchoł" ><janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>It's been almost two years since the Waltrop 2012 LilyPond Meeting, >in >>>>which i had the pleasure to participate. What about organizing >>>>another meeting this year? >>>> >>>>- who'd be interested? >>>>- where? (David, are you interested in being the host again?) >>>>- when? (i suggest 15-17 August) >>>> >>>>If the meeting will take place within 1500 km from Warsaw (e.g. at >>>>Waltrop) and there will be at least 4 other participants, count me >in >>>>:) >> >> I'll be definitely unavailable Aug 10-24. This doesn't mean that >other >> dates would work, but that's what I can say right now. > >The Waltroper Parkfest <URL:http://www.waltroper-parkfest.de> runs from >August 29th to August 31st. It is an excellent diversion for >accompanying guests and participants, though no participants actually >were inclined to go there in 2012. For German-speaking participants, >let me quote > > Das Waltroper Parkfest findet 2014 an den letzten drei Augusttagen > statt. Highlights des Ostvest-Kulturspektakels auf vier Bühnen sind > Auftritte von Juli, Hennes Bender, Brings und Too Strong, sowie eine > gemeinsame Show der NDW-Stars Markus, Geier Sturzflug, Hubert Kah > und Fräulein Menke. > >Putting the meeting in parallel with the Parkfest in a similar manner >as >last time would place it on August 28th to September 2nd, with the >start >and end days mostly being for arrival and departure.
That woukd make it considerably more likely for me. I even know that I could "park" my kids in that period. > The disadvantage >is that the availability of external accommodation may be strained >during the Parkfest so one should book soon enough if that is desired. >Camping on our premises is possible, and we can accommodate a number of >people in the house, particularly if they have sleeping bags of their >own. > >> Apart from that I have an idea about a beautiful and appropriate >> location in Stuttgart I could ask for. > >I don't know about "appropriate" but the surroundings here _are_ rather >scenic. Judging from the last meeting, nobody can bother with going >outside anyway as long as the Internet is up. And we've more than >doubled our bandwidth as compared to last time when it was at 1Mbps. I'm not going to push my sugestion (as I don't even know if it would actually be available). It was meant as a response to Janek's question *if* you'd be ready. Urs > >This year's bird sightings on the premises include cuckoos, great tits, >white wagtails, green woodpeckers, black redstarts, barn swallows, >spotted flycatchers, magpies, yellowhammers, buzzards and a number of >others. > >If there is sufficient interest, I'd be quite willing to host another >meeting. Waltrop is north of Dortmund in the Ruhr area. _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
