Who's Going?

[dmoran]

Just about all other decisions depend on having a good idea whether there will be 10 people or 100 people attending. Respond to the forum is you are sure you can be there and let us know if you can volunteer to help, or want to do something like - a demo or discussion or puppet show etc.

We have a registration page set up now. Please regester at:
http://pentaho2008mainz.eventbrite.com/

By the way - I'll be there

-Doug

[bugg_tb]

I'll be there, and haza's a puppet so we may be able to do a show for you!

Tom

[jbleuel]

I'll be there definitively and have some hand puppets, too and a Pentaho flag suitable for the drop curtain...

Cheers,
Jens

[Roland.Bouman]

Hi!

I am planning to come too. Meet you there Ins'allah

[ingo.klose]

Hi,

great idea, I plan to come.

Regarding the event organization, XING.com has quite some event features including RSVP etc. It is possible for non members to view the event but I think you need to be a member to RSVP.

Regards,
Ingo

[John.Held]

Nice idea!

[klaus_zinser]

Hi,
i plan to come, too.
it could be a good chance to see enhanced pentaho applications e.g. for Data Warehouses.
Klaus

[ahauskr]

Hi,

great idea to organize such a meeting. I will be there.

Regards,
Alex

[kmende]

Hi,
I will be there too.

Klaus

[elassad]

ill be there too
Mainz Ich Kommeee!

Cheers
Yassine

[begunrom]

I will also join.

Gunter

[Dahler]

Hi,

I plan to come, too.

Regards,
Sylvana

[hjzinn]

Nice to meet you all. I will also join.
Hans

[folkar]

I plan to come too.

regards
sebastian

[aalberici]

i think i'll be in Mainz too.
Thank you all for the great idea.
Let us know if you need something from the organizational point of view ...


Andrea Alberici
Carlo Beschi

http://www.studiosynthesis.biz
a.alberici@studiosynthesis.biz

[maximnl]

I plan to be there , though it depends on the weekday. I plan to drive from the Netherlands and it would be nice to meet on friday.
Kind regardsa
Maxim Ivashkov

[codek]

I think it's hard to be able to say whether or not one can attend without a more concrete agenda.

Chicken and egg really though; The agenda comes knowing with the number of people!

Update: I'm in; Subject to the agenda being of suitable content to our business. If a draft agenda could be got together asap then that would help a lot.

[Giovanni]

Hi Jens,
I will be there too.
Please could you confirm asap the meeting date?
Bye

Giovanni

[onur.kahraman]

Hi people,

I am gonna join this event, altough I am new to Pentaho community.

Onur

[jbleuel]

Thanks to all for this great feedback until now. This gave us the possibility to calculate better.

The updated Wiki page is over here: http://wiki.pentaho.org/display/COM/...g+-+Mainz+2008

CU soon,
Jens

[bamaer]

I'll be there as well.

Regards,

Bart

[happyarts]

Hi,

we will be there, too. We are: Markus Kämmerer, Matthias Leonhardt and maybe one or two people of the Alea Datawarehouse Team.

Markus

[rwinden]

Hi Jens,

I'd like to attend the meeting. If you want me to do something, please let me know.

Rob van Winden

[andreasfreyer]

Hi,

I intend to be there too.

br,

Andreas

[pmalves]

Booking up some flights for me and the mrs

[jbleuel]

Hey anyone,

just feel free to show/talk about your experiences with Pentaho at our meeting, we have a lot of interested audience.

Post your ideas over here:
http://forums.pentaho.org/showthread.php?t=59565

That's what we need now ;-)

Cheers,
Jens

BTW: I'll update the Wiki with some accommodation hints in the next minutes
http://wiki.pentaho.org/display/COM/...g+-+Mainz+2008

[lucboudreau]

I'll see if I can find the funds for the Canada->Germany flight ! I'd definitely like to be there.

[Todobi]

Hi,

Javier and Alvaro from Spain too.....

[folkar]

I plan to come too.

... and a second pentaho follower also. ;-)

[MattCasters]

Obviously, I'll be there as well. Looking forward to see faces behind all these familiar names.

Cheers,
Matt

[hazamonzo]

Yeah, just sent my email to the boss (he will be paying ) so i should see you there.

Haza

[bugg_tb]

I would like to know why on earth Jens thought Friday the 13th is a good idea for a meet?

[Taqua]

Because its a lucky day.

All the unlucky souls will have horrible accidents on that day, so by rule of elimination (quite literally) the remaining people must be lucky

[dragosm]

Hi there,

Unfortunately I've just found out that I will not be able to join the great event. It is one of those cases when business has to be on top of priorities .

Deep inside, there is still a hope for a last-minute change that would allow my presence there - always, hope dies at last.

Have fun in Mainz,
Dragos



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Hi everybody,

If my car will not be ridden by the distance , I will join the event together with another 2 mates interested in Pentaho and German beer .

Regards from Romania,
Dragos Matea

[codek]

I'll definately be there too.

[lucboudreau]

(...)the remaining people must be lucky

Woohoo ! I take a transatlantic flight to get there. Hope I'm part of those lucky souls.

[bugg_tb]

I'd either charter a submarine or row a boat if I were you!

Woohoo ! I take a transatlantic flight to get there. Hope I'm part of those lucky souls.

[lucboudreau]

I'd either charter a submarine or row a boat if I were you!

And end up with a plane crashing on me ? no way. Come to think of it, I'd rather take a zepelin.

[bugg_tb]

Well as long as you don't moor up you'll be alright. Those pylons can be hazardous!

[jbleuel]

I asked for special rates in the near by hotels:

The closest hotels to the event: Novotel (near to the event and central), Hilton Mainz City (there are two Hiltons in Mainz, this is near to the event and central, the other one is direct on the Rhine river)

--> for these hotels we get special rates with the booking code "pentaho" for a limited number of rooms to be booked until June, 6th (please call the hotel reservation line directly).

CU,
Jens

[codek]

Doh! I already booked at the novotel!

Anyway i dont know about others but i'm arriving thursday afternoon - maybe we can arrange an informal meet up / some food on the thursday evening?

i'm legging it on friday night so wont be around for Saturday you see

[Kees Romijn]

I will be there

Kees Romijn Delft

[jbleuel]

Please take your time to register over here:

http://pentaho2008mainz.eventbrite.com/

That way we’ll get a good idea on the number of people attending (not only for planning the lunch buffet, mmmmhhhhh).

Cheers,
Jens

[jbleuel]

Just decided for this location: Some of us are already in town at Thursday evening:

Who wants to join us on Thursday evening at 7pm for dinner/beer/wine... we will meet at Proviant-Magazin, Schillerstraße 11 a, 55116 Mainz

http://www.proviant-magazin.de

CU,
Jens

[lucboudreau]

I'll meet you there. But how will I know it's you ?!?!

[codek]

I'll meet there too then, see this post:

http://forums.pentaho.org/showthread.php?t=62318

[bugg_tb]

I don't arrive till 9 but I do see its in stumbling distance of the station

[codek]

does anyone know which station in rail mainz it is? I'm planning to get the train from frankfurt airport...

Thanks,
dan

[lucboudreau]

There's only one train station (I think) in Mainz. It's the Mainz Hauptbahnhof. See here :

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&hl=en...04871&t=h&z=18

I'll take the train too from Frankfurt airport and if you surf arround in the Deutch Bahn (bahn.de) website, you can simulate a reservation from the airport to Mainz. It should cost arround 20 euros and last 18 minutes.

BTW. I was told that booking a round trip in advance could mean a 50% discount on the return ticket. The downside is that I was also told that return trips are at fixed hours and you can't take another train, so you'll have to pay another ticket if u miss it. Maybe someone could correct me on this... never been to germany before.

[codek]

ok thats great, i think i'll just buy a single ticket when i get there - can never rely on flight times!

Looking forward to this event, the list of people giving presentations is huge, and they all look extremely interesting!

[jbleuel]

Indeed, coming from Mainz some trains also stop at Mainz-Bischofsheim, Mainz-Römisches Theater etc.

--> BUT: leave at Hauptbahnhof (Main Station)

For saving money: Take a local train and not the IC or ICE, but takes a bit longer, 10 minutes I guess....

Just fixed the meeting location for Thursday evening:
Who wants to join us before the event on Thursday evening for dinner/beer/wine... we will meet at 7pm at Proviant-Magazin, Schillerstraße 11 a, 55116 Mainz. There we have enough room to sit in or out depending on the weather. It is very central and in walking distance of the hotels.

Look forward to our event,
Jens

[juliee]

No I have no idea about this, you can get a answer from google.

[annabellee]

Take care yourself happy journey