Dutch/Belgian Apolyton Meet: Amsterdam, 6 September 2003

[Lemmy]

dunno if i'll come, i'm sort of available from july 26th.

[Aidun]

After the 9th of July I have only two weeks before I leave for a holiday in Austria. Perhaps one of those two weeks I'll spend in Ireland or Scotland.

I doubt that I can attend it, but I have to wait and see.

Nice idea anyway.

Locutus, try BigFurryMonster, I didn't see him on the list and he is quite active too. You could also try to get Homunculus on this meeting. He is a friend of mine and I know he likes this kind of things. He is not very active here though.

Success with organizing,

Aidun

[alva]

ga dan naar de onderstaande 'draad' om dit aan te geven en

That really is a dutch habbit, isn't it, to translate these kind of words . I have never ever heard a belgian use the word 'draad', we just keep the word 'thread'
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Don't know if I'll make, I should be free though.
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So I guess in that case meeting in Amsterdam, like several of us proposed, seems like the best thing to do, assuming there aren't too many objections.

[Locutus]

Aidun,
Homunculus is one of those people whom I knew I was forgetting about I didn't even know BigFurryMonster was Dutch... I'll PM both of them in a moment...

All,
I did some research on the exact dates of my exams. The best times for me would be 5 July - 5 August or 20-24 August. After that my summer vacation is over. I would still be able to attend during weekends (heck, I can be available almost any weekend if know about it soon enough). Weekdays may still be possible, but that depends largely on what courses I plan on following (which I don't know yet). Regardless of that, I'd prefer not to do anything in the first week of a new semester (i.e. August 25 - August 29).

It seems that July is a bad month for a LOT of people, so we can probably elimate that. August 8 is the date of the London meeting and at least some of us will probably be going there as well, so we'll want to stay away from there as well. That leaves either the first week of August or late August/early September, while several people have already indicated that they would prefer the second half of August.

So I'm gonna be bold and propose 3 dates, all Saturdays: August 23, August 30 and September 6. A day or two earlier or later would still be possible, but how are people on/around these days?

For me:

23-8: Available, 24-8 and a few days earlier would be okay as well.

30-8: Available, 31-8 would also be okay, but not other days around 30-8.

6-9: Available, 7-9 is also okay, other days I don't know yet.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by alva
That really is a dutch habbit, isn't it, to translate these kind of words

I usually don't, but we used to have a few 'Nederlandse draden' here on Apolyton in the past, (until Ming disallowed them ) so I just copied the translation that was common in those days (though I have no idea who used it first)

[DeepO]

Well, can't promise anything, but keep me informed. I desperately need to visit a friend in Amsterdam (he moved there 5 years ago, and I haven't seen his house yet), so maybe something can be arranged...

on the effort!

DeepO

[Provost Harrison]

I will certainly make my best effort to get over there...

[Locutus]

I just noticed that the weekend of August 23 is also the weekend of the Uitmarkt. So there will be all sorts of cultural events throughout the city centre of Amsterdam (concerts, street artists, etc). To quote a tourist website:

This annual event in the fall highlights the upcoming season of music and performing arts. All around Amsterdam stages are setup for various groups to preview their talents. The Dam Square has the biggest stage with the best acts. The most amazing part is you get all this entertainment for FREE! That is a rare thing in Holland. If you are staying for a few months it's possible to get discounts by subscribing to a series of performances. The whole scheme is rather complex to sort out, but there are some good values.

In short, Amsterdam at it's best. Seems like an excellent date for a 'Poly meet to me... (Those who want to could even combine the Meet with a visit to a concert or a play or something, though we probably don't want to do that with the whole group)

Uitmarkt 2003 website (currently under construction and only in Dutch): http://www.uitmarkt.nl/

[Paul]

23-8 is my birthday, so I won't be able to come on that day. But I think I am available on your other two proposed dates.

[Panzer]

Sounds interesting and those dates should be fine, although I do have some re-exams in august, but barring that I will definitely consider coming .

[Zopperoni]

I'm probably available on the first two weekends mentioned. The third one is a maybe.

[Mark123jansen]

Well I will be on vacation between 3 and 26 july, and somewhere in august I'll be leaving Holland for the states (as an exchange student) No set date for that departure untill I get a host family, but probably halfway august.

[georges bonbon]

I am interested and will follow this thread.

I am not making any promises though.

Just pick a date and a location. You will never make everybody happy.

[Locutus]

I just realized 30 August is the weekend of Lowlands. Since some of us seem to want to go there but not enough to warrant a 'Poly meet, I guess we should rule out that weekend.

The only date noone has objected to yet is 6 September. Is everyone okay with that?

[Panag]

Originally posted by Locutus
I just realized 30 August is the weekend of Lowlands. Since some of us seem to want to go there but not enough to warrant a 'Poly meet, I guess we should rule out that weekend.

The only date noone has objected to yet is 6 September. Is everyone okay with that?

hi ,

seems great , if some people want a discount on trainfares from france , the uk , belgium or lux , send a pm to panag

have a nice day