MtnSummit2008

We're planning to hold another MtnSummit, in early 2008, this time in Europe!

MtnSummit/Ideas lists many ideas we collected for last years summit, but weren't able to complete. If you have more to wishes, make sure to add them there.

How Can I attend?

Our bar is strict but low: if you're willing to work, you're welcome to come. Even if you haven't worked with monotone source before, we'll help you get started -- or help with the docs, or testing... plenty of work for everyone.

To show your interest, put your name below and indicate what dates might work for you.

time

The offical summit is from April 28, 10:00 until May 4, 19:00.

location

Technologiezentrum Wuppertal W-tec GmbH

Lise-Meitner-Straße 1-9 42119 Wuppertal Germany

Because we are only so few, we must into another house; now it is house 1 (first building on the left side of the street). Room number is 3.1 (third floor).

directions

from airport Düsseldorf (DUS) to Wuppertal main station

• costs 9,10 Euro, ticket "Preisstufe C" valid for train and bus

• take train to "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof" (main station)

• take train "S8" from platform no 9 3/4 to "Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof" (main station)

from airport Düsseldorf-Weeze (NRN) to Wuppertal main station

• costs 18.10 EUR, a ticket in the so-called "NRW-Tarif", which allows you to use a bus or tram to resp. from the first/last train station

• 2h on weekdays, 2.5h in weekend

from airport Frankfurt (FRA) to Wuppertal main station

• costs 46-67 Euro, depending on used train

• 1.5-3 h, depending on used train

Wuppertal main station to w-tec

• costs 2.10 Euro, ticket "Preisstufe A" (you don't need this, if you have ticket "Preisstufe C" from DUS, or a ticket in the "NRW-Tarif" ), four tickets cost 7.40 Euro

• go through the tunnel to bus platform no. 6

• take bus no. 603 direction "Schulzentrum Süd" or bus no. 625 direction "Berghausen"

• exit at bus stop "Friedenshain"

• follow street "Jägerhofstraße" towards east, which changes name to "Vorm Eichholz" over the bridge; after 100m turn left into "Lise-Meitner-Str", it's next to the Delphi building (which is easily spotted) ( map)

• w-tec, because we are only so few, we must into another house; now it is house 1 (first building on the left side of the street)

• follow the signs to the company NETfinish logo

earlier arrival / later departure

food

it's up to you, nothing organized at the moment

The university mensa of Campus Freudenberg is 5 minutes from there, has excellent vegeterian food for 3.60 Euro (1.80 Euro proven students) (On weekdays, note that 1st of May is a public holiday in Germany.)

beds

• earlier arrival is possible from april 25 (Friday) late in the evening

• later departure is possible until may 11 (Sunday)

people

schedule

Apr 28, first official day of summit

Apr 29 - May 4

Note that the 1st of May is a public holiday in Germany (Jesus' Ascension and May Day).

local costs

• local transport for whole week ~30 Euro

• food for whole week ~100 Euro

• beer <1000 Euro

expected temperature range

14°C +/-8 °C (= 57°F +/- 14°F for metric impaired)

take with you

• laptop

• lan-cable

• power adaptor for germany (230V, 50Hz)

• multiple socket (if you need more than one device)

• brain, fast fingers

sightseeing

• Cologne ( especially the cathredral (Dom) http://www.koelner-dom.de/ )

• Düsseldorf ( http://www.duesseldorf.de/en/index.shtml )

• Schwebebahn overhead train ( http://www.schwebebahn-wtal.de/ )

• Engel's birth house ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels http://www.historisches-zentrum-wuppertal.de/ )

• Zoo in Wuppertal ( http://www.wuppertaler-zoo.de/ )

• Still active parts of Bayer pharmaceutical company can be seen from the Schwebebahn ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer )

• Müngstener Brücke ( http://www.muengstener-bruecke.de/ )

• Schloss Burg ( http://www.schlossburg.de/ )

• Blade museum ( http://www.solingen.de/klingenmuseum/content/ )

• Neanderthal Museum ( http://www.neanderthal.de/englisch )

• German X-Ray (Röntgen) Museum ( http://www.roentgen-museum.de/ )

  and more ...