yeah i'm intrested i live in brasschaat (in the north of antwerp) 2012/5/25 Ward De Ridder <ubuntu...@warddr.eu>
> Hello All, > > I can tell you from last year that I had a great time there. Food was > good, and the atmosphere was great! > > I think this is a great time to put some new life in ubuntu-be, as it has > been very silent lately. > > If some of the participants would like to get to know Antwerp before the > braai I can always give you a tour around Antwerp. I'm not a guide, but I > study in Antwerp for 3 years now so I can show you the tourist things like > The Central Station, the "boerentoren", the cathedral, the MAS (Museam aan > de Stroom), ... > I can also try, if anyone is interested in that, to find someone to open > up the hackerspace (we don't have enough keys / alarm codes to give one to > every member) in Antwerp around noon, and give you a tour there. We have a > lot of Linux systems running there, and there's a giant tux somewhere. > > If you don't like my ideas no problem, I'm just trying to think about how > to give you an entire day of fun in a beautiful city, Antwerp :D > > Ward > > > On 05/22/12 15:22, Jan Bongaerts wrote: > > Summertime, and the living is easy... > > Most of us probably remember what braai means. > For the new ones amongst us, a braai is a barbecue. Except that a barbecue > is for ignorant Americans or Australians. > Braai is doing it properly, like proper South Africans. I am half South > African (actually got a passport the other day). > > Last year we had loads of fun. > Last year's report can be found here: > https://wiki.edubuntu.org/BelgianTeam/SocialEvents/Braai > > I have a suggestion: > we can use the opportunity to have a IRL meeting beforehand. Council > members, what do you think? > We could coordinate some new ideas, and perhaps refresh or shuffle the > Council. > > I therefore made up a Doodle where you can do two things at once: choose > a date, and say if you'd like to attend an IRL meeting beforehand. > > here's the link: http://www.doodle.com/ga4hbghzni4m3mgx > If you like the braai but have no interest in the meeting, just select the > 'braai at 18h' only. > > Of course, we can discuss the idea via this mailing list as well. If the > general opinion is not to have an IRL meeting, I can easily remove the > option from the Doodle. > > I suggested some dates in July on the Doodle. If you do like the idea > but are not available on any of these dates, please do let me know. I can > easily expand the Doodle to suit other people's diary. > > Cheers, > Jan. > > P.S. I have attached last year's message just to get you into the vibe. > > (the following message contains South African slang. If you are lost in > translation, there are plenty of web sites that will help you out with it. > Google is your friend. The Wikipedia list is kak, don't bother) > > Howzit! > > As promised I'll be organising a lekker South African braai at our place. > > How will this braai work? > Basically anyone is invited, but we do have a logistic limit of 10 to 15 > people on our terrace. The weather needs to be dry for the occasion. If it > rains, we need to shift the venue or the date. I have access to pretty > accurate forecasts so I can tell you at least a day in advance. > > South Africans are very casual with their braai. If you happen to have a > friend that wants to come along last minute, he/she is welcome to join. > "Your friends are our friends too." > Because of this, the logistics are just as casual. We do cater for those > who want it. We'll have to shop for it ourselves and anyone can just ask to > buy something for them as well. > Many people prefer to bring their own 'dop en tjop'. Then they know > they'll like the meat that's on the fire, and the booze that is available. > We will have the basics: lager beer, wine, cola, water, and salads and > snacks. We will have braaivleis according to our own taste. If you wish we > should cater for you, by all means, just let us know. There may be some > boerewors if we can get hold of some. We usually get some sosaties and > chops from the local butchery. > > You can try your skills on our vuvuzela's if you wish. (Don't give your > opinion now. It will all change once you have a few 'doppe' in you.) > > We usually start our braai early. We get together from about 5pm onwards, > and the fires are usually started at around 7pm (actually after sunset, but > this is not recommendable in summer in Belgium). > It gives us enough time to praat kak, have some snacks, and drink! They > have a saying: Meestal is die mense gaar voor die vleis gaar is. (Usually > the people are 'cooked' before the meat is cooked). > Starting early has the added advantage that the party is usually over well > before midnight, and you still have the opportunity to catch the last > train. No need to drink and drive. > > But if you don't smaak going home that night, we always have a spare bed > or two, and you are welcome to just kip until the morning. > > Obviously there is no dress code for the occasion. Most people come in > shorts and plakkies if it's warm enough. > > So kom maak 'n draai en kuier saam met ons. We're going to have a moerse > party. > > Cheers, > Jan. > -- > Microsoft programs are like Englishmen. They only speak Microsoft. > > > > > -- > ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be > >
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