Dutch/Belgian Apolyton Meet: Amsterdam, 6 September 2003

[Locutus]

Zop and I briefly hinted on this in a thread in the Community forum, but we would really like to organize a Dutch Apolyton meeting sometime this summer.

This way we could celebrate our victories in the football prediction poules, but that should be more of an excuse than an actual theme, if you ask me: we (or at least I) would like to have as many people as possible to show up!

So, who's up for it? And any ideas on location/event? And of course, when are you available?

Zop mentioned 2 ideas for location: a theme park and Amsterdam Tournament (friendly football tournament between Ajax, Inter, Galatasaray and Liverpool on 1 and 3 August). I'm open to both, but I'd like to hear other suggestions as well. For one thing, I would also like to suggest Amsterdam itself: a fun place to be and always something to do...

As for dates, I'm available the entire month of July and the first 2 weeks of August (I have some re-exams in the 2nd half of August; it might be possible to arrange something then on specific days, but I'd really rather not).

(Sorry for the delay, Zop, I was a bit busy when I said I'd post the thread and forgot about it later)



Edit: (August 12) The Meet will be held in Amsterdam on September 6. Exact time and place TBD.

List of people who will be there:

(All but) certain to come
Locutus
Zopperoni
panag
Tarquinius
Hueij
atawa
Trajanus

Might be coming
germanos
Major Guz
Bas
Provost Harrison
CapTVK
alva
Dry
Barley
Lucilla

(All but) certain NOT to come
BigFurryMonster
Mark123jansen
Maniac
S. Kroeze
Paul
pacman
DeepO
Ecthelion
Mercator
Boddington's
Franses

Unknown
Ribannah
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Panzer
Lemmy
Saint Marcus
Aidun
georges bonbon
CyberShy
(Anyone else who wants to come)

[Az]

Come to the London meeting.

[Locutus]

I considered that, but I'm not sure I have the financial resources Plus, it'd be even better to do both

[Zopperoni]

I work in July. I'm probably going to request fourteen nightshifts and some evening shifts, which makes it an utterly useless month to go do something.

However, I'm free in August.

As far as the ideas are concerned. I can arrange discounts for the Amsterdam Tournament (don't know exactly how much) and for Six Flags (6 euro discount per ticket).

In both cases, I'll need to order tickets in advance, which would require me to ask for payment in advance from people who want to come.

[Locutus]

*Dutch mode*
Discount tickets sound good
*/Dutch mode*

[Paul]

I'm interested. I work at a school so I have a lot a free days during summer vacation.

[Mercator]

Locutus made me post here...

I might be interested, but I'm pretty broke, so it would also kind of depend on how expensive those things would actually be.

But... just wondering... would there be any interest in Lowlands (last weekend of August)?

[Locutus]

So I did

I'm not really a concert-visitor myself, but if others are interested... but first I'll need to check my exam schedule, I'll see if I can do that tomorrow.

[alva]

Why not try to included a couple of Belgians..., there are a couple of them around too

[Bas]

No chance that I'll be able to make it, guys. Not in july or august anyway.

[Locutus]

Alva: Excellent idea Everyone who wants to come is welcome. The 'Dutch' part only means that it'll (probably) take place in the Netherlands, it doesn't say anything about the nationality of the participants...

Bas: a pity

[Zopperoni]

Alright, these are the interested:
Locutus
Paul
Zopperoni

(Mercator)
(Alva?)

Any others interested? Hueij, CapTVK, Lemmy, Colon, others???

If you're interested, can you state which period (beginning July, end of August etc.) or days (during the week, in the weekend) would suit you best?



As for ideas, the three suggestions so far are:
- Six Flags, Flevoland; can be visited on any day. Tickets cost 23 euro, but I can arrange 6 euro discount through my employer.
- Amsterdam Tournament, Amsterdam Arena; is held on Friday, August 1st and Sunday, August 3rd. I don't know the price of the the tickets, but again, I can arrange a discount.
- Lowlands, Flevoland; is held on August 29th through 31st. That's all I really know about it.


Summary:

BUMP!

[Inverse Icarus]

out of curiousuity, what language will you be speaking there, especially if you bring in other eurocoms?

[Mercator]

Dutch if there are only Dutch and Belgians, English otherwise.

In principle I'm probably available any time, but then I'm not sure if I'll be coming in the first place.

[Inverse Icarus]

i was unaware that belgains spoke dutch. yay my euro-ignorance!