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Re: Dinner - suggestion



Hi everybody,

On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Eli Marmor wrote:

> Well, since my name was mentioned, I'll say this:
> 
> There is a technical problem in attaching installation party and
> a restaurant meeting. But there is still a similar idea: Some of
> the cheaper places for conferences (I think Kfar-HaMaccabia), are
> willing to host conferences for free, and to charge you per meal,
> when it is not a "must" to have a meal. One of the conferences we
> set at AMIX (Igud Mishtamshei UNIX BeIsrael Za"l), was in this
> format. This format has the following benefits:
> 
> 1. It combines the technical issues with the gastronomical issues,
>    as Hetz suggested/wants.
> 2. It steps us a big step forward (finally, having a real
>    conference, like a real Igud Mishtamshim!).
> 3. It fits the free vision of Linux (i.e. In contrast to normal
>    conferences, which cost hundreds of dollars (500-600 NIS), you
>    may come and don't pay anything, as long as you are not too
>    hungry and/or don't have your sandwiches from home  :-)
> 4. Since we have a problem to charge money (we are not an Amuta),
>    this idea solves us this problem too.
> 
> It will be easy to prepare the technical program of the day, and
> many of us will volunteer to give lectures. It will be harder
> (but still possible) to bring a keynote speaker. It will be
> impossible to bring a foreign VIP keynote speaker (as in real
> conferences), but who cares.

If we decide on making this in haifa, I can set up a place for a
conference in the Technion, totally free of charge, with a
computer-attached viewer, connected to a Linux/windows machine. There's a
nice restaurant nearby (called "De Jour"). Kosher, No meat in the
evenings.

What do you think, fellas?

Shachar

P.S. Don't flame me about that particular restaurant. I know what you
think... :)

Shachar Tal
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