Dutch Apolyton Meeting: Utrecht, 28 November

Locutus · October 26, 2003, 08:38

As is by now tradition, we want to organize a Dutch Meeting during the HCC Dagen again this year (for those interested in the HCC Dagen themselves: http://www.hccdagen.nl). Tradition dictates that we organize the Meet on Friday evening, that would be Friday 28 November 2003 in this case. The location is somewhere near the Jaarbeurs and the Central (Train) Station in Utrecht. That's about a month away so it's time to see who wants to come and to determine at what time and location exactly the meet will be.

I already reserved a whole day off from work and don't have any worries with my study either (exam week and no exams on that day), so I'll be there and everything's fine with me, time- and location-wise.

So who else is coming? Also, at what time do we want to start and does anyone have any good suggestions on what bar/restaurant/whatever exactly we want to have the Meet?

List of people who may or may not attend:
(I contacted most of these people by PM; if someone's not on this list but should be informed of this meet, let me (or them) know)

(Almost) certain:
Locutus
Zopperoni
CapTVK
germanos

Likely:
Paul
DeathByTheSword
atawa

Possibly:
Franses
Dr. Stiby
Flandrien
BigFurryMonster
Gilgamensch
panag
aahz_capone

Unlikely:
Mercator
alva
DeepO
Lemmy
Hueij

Certainly not:
Maniac
sprudl
Dry
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Lucilla
Tamerlin

Unknown:
Bas
Trajanus
Saint Marcus
CyberShy
Panzer
Ribannah
Tarquinius
georges bonbon
S. Kroeze
Major Guz
Aidun
Colon
pacman
Mark123jansen
M. Darkheart
shade
AJ Corp. The FAIR
WackenOpenAir
Martinus Magnificus
August Borms
Allard HS
Azrael
Nacht
(Anyone else who's interested)

Zopperoni · October 26, 2003, 08:43

I don't think I'll visit the HCC Dagen this year, but I'm sure I can be at the meeting in the evening.

Franses · October 26, 2003, 10:26

Will try to be there but I am not sure yet.

Paul · October 26, 2003, 10:29

I'll probably be there.

Spiffor · October 26, 2003, 10:51

Wow, I didn't know there were so many Dutch on 'Poly

Locutus · October 26, 2003, 10:57

That's not even everyone

Just the most prominent/active ones (and the ones who actually bothered to read their PMs of the last Meet

)

But to be fair, this list includes a good number of Belgians as well (and even 2 French and a German poster who already informed me they were interested beforehand).

Mercator · October 26, 2003, 11:09

Not sure... Probably not, but I'll make up my mind a few days before.

If I do go, any time and location is good.

alva · October 26, 2003, 11:59

I doubt it since there's a (good) chance I'll be in Paris around the 8th of december and too much is too much.

germanos · October 26, 2003, 12:26

Possibly.

Stairway to Heaven owned by the infamous Henk Westbroek is not far from the Jaarbeurs, and has more atmosphere then the place you guys went last year.

In any case, I hope more people show up then last time. I think we had a handfull of people on the 'almost certain' list, but never made it.

So guys, and the occasional girl, if you really have no idea wether you will make it, say so

We spent an hour waiting for the "almost certainly's" to show up

.

Locutus · October 26, 2003, 12:48

Well, if the place is not too much like the owner, that sounds okay to me

Can you eat there as well, or is it just a bar?

Waiting for the 'almost certains' wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't for the horrible weather and the fact that the place we picked was a bit too small and crowded (and we couldn't eat there)...

DeepO · October 26, 2003, 12:56

I doubt I'll be able to make it (date isn't perfect for me, close to deadlines at work), but keep me informed.

Have a great time!
DeepO

Lemmy · October 26, 2003, 13:23

unlikely for me, like all the previous meetings

Maniac · October 26, 2003, 13:29

Ik heb elke vrijdagavond van 17.30 tot 19.30 uur les Publiek Recht van Vande Lanotte, dus al mijn vrijdagavonden dit jaar zijn zowat om zeep...

Met andere woorden, 'k zal hoogstwaarschijnlijk niet kunnen komen.

CapTVK · October 26, 2003, 13:45

As the HCC forms part of my annual expeditions, plus there is a public conference on open source as well, put me on the list.

CapTVK is reporting for duty!

Dr. Stiby · October 26, 2003, 14:07

Since I live on an approximate 5 minutes walk from Jaarbeursplein, I should be able to make it. You can put me on a possible list.

DeathByTheSword · October 26, 2003, 16:37

i might make it...looks like fun...but havent seen much names that i know it will partially depend on that...

Flandrien · October 26, 2003, 17:14

Er is hier nog een Apolytoner van uit Stekene, niet ?
Misschien kunnen we carpoolen.

DeathByTheSword · October 26, 2003, 17:18

duh...ik helemaal in het engels lu...praten

....maar kan ook natuurlijk in het nederlands praten...damn...moet echt ff wat meer koffie gaan drinken...val in slaap

Locutus · October 26, 2003, 17:25

Flandrien,
Moet ik dat lezen 'zeker', een 'waarschijnlijk', een 'misschien' of nog anders?

BigFurryMonster · October 27, 2003, 09:20

Nice idea! I'm tempted to attend... Will it be in the evening, or in the afternoon too ?

Zopperoni · October 27, 2003, 09:29

Evening.

IIRC, we held it around 1930 last year. Maybe we should try something earlier this year, 1800 or so.

Locutus · October 27, 2003, 09:57

Yes, I wanted to suggest around 18:00 as well. That will give us a bit more time (especially since experience shows that a lot of people show up later than the official starting time anyway), which would make it more worthwhile for those coming from far (Belgium, or even France). That might be a bit of a problem for CapTVK if he has a stand on the HCC Dagen, but he can of course always join us later on the evening.

But I myself will most likely be available all day, so if some people would want to meet up in the afternoon already, I would be open to that as well. I've never really been to Utrecht before (not counting the CS area

) but I hear it's a beautiful city, so maybe we could explore the city. Or we could attend the HCC Dagen (I'm still undecided on whether or not I want to go there). But such things should kept seperately from the actual Meet, I think.