Re: GUADEC 2k7

[Martyn Russell <martyn imendio com>]

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 17:21 +0700, Ross Golder wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 09:59 +0100, Paul Cooper wrote:
> > ----- Martyn Russell <martyn imendio com> wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > 
> > > For me this is what could have been better:
> > > 
> > > - Distance from GUADEC to the villa needed to be closer.
> > 
> > This could be a problem for us - our plans for accomodation (Uni of Birmingham) is about 5 miles from the venue (Conservatoire). However I would plan to have evening events around the accomodation (in Selly Oak, which is cheaper) rather than centre of town (more choice but more expensive).
> > 
> 
> If that's the only option, perhaps we could consider hiring a minibus
> for the week, and doing shuttle runs in the morning/evening, and charge
> a quid a head (or however much the petrol/hire costs break down to) -
> unless there's already decent public transport that is. Just a thought.

What ever we do, we have to make sure it is at least as often as it was
in this years GUADEC and preferably a route that doesn't go round the
houses :)

The taxi support should be better when we are all drunk though ;)

-- 
Regards,
Martyn