[From nobody Fri Jan 18 12:26:37 2008 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nh9C7bmIV5" Message-ID: <18204.48891.418175.231409@jaguar.mkp.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 To: skigeek@lists.infradead.org Subject: Attention Skigeeks 2008 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:17:15 -0400 --nh9C7bmIV5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Description: message body text Hi, Late as usual, but here it is. I have just gotten off the phone with the ski resort people and I now have a number of units on hold for our trip. To recap, the dates will be March 8-15, 2008, in Avoriaz. We are getting the same apartment types as we had last year, but this time we are splitting them on a 3 person/apartment basis. The price per person is as advertised in the previous email - EUR 360 and a full week (6 day) ski pass is EUR 190. For starters we will need a desposit of 25% of the apartment cost, ie. 25% * EUR 360 == EUR 90. I need to receive this money by November 7 to be able to guarantee the apartments! However if you later find you won't be able to make it, you are totally free to sell your slot to someone else. We have also tried to factor in a little extra to cover minor additional expenses (like the EUR 2 or so hotel tax etc) so we hope we won't have to come back and ask for additional money later. Any money leftover we will put into the pot for a group dinner one of the evenings. For those of you sending money from far away, if you fancy sending the full amount in one go, you are welcome to do so. Otherwise just EUR 90 will do for now. If you want a ski pass too, you can add that to full payment when you send it over. Payments can be made to my French bank account or to paypal - however if you pay via paypal the money comes from a credit card, you need to add 3.6% to cover the service fees paypal will charge me on the receiving side! (Emacs' Calc mode tells me that means you have to send EUR 93.24). Account information is as follows: IBAN: FR76 1027 8073 6300 0201 8956 066 BIC (SWIFT): CMCIFR2A Account info: Jes Sorensen 5 Hameau des Chenes 01710 Thoiry France Bank info: Credit Mutuel Saint Genis Ferney 19 Rue de Geneve 01630 St Genis Pouilly France PayPal: Jes.Sorensen@gmail.com If you have any questions or comments, please speak up. Anybody who sends me lots of money will be very popular :-) Hope to see you all there! Reservations are on a first to pay the deposit basis - bring yourself, your partner, your dog, your fellow hacker friends! Cheers, Jes --nh9C7bmIV5 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Description: forwarded message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <18108.36622.478324.48389@jaguar.mkp.net> Reply-To: skigeek@lists.infradead.org X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 To: ajax@nwnk.net CC: anton@samba.org, arnd@arndb.de, b.zolnierkiewicz@elka.pw.edu.pl, bcrl@kvack.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, christoph@lameter.com, cotte@de.ibm.com, dhowells@redhat.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, ewt@troan.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, greg@kroah.com, grundler@parisc-linux.org, hch@infradead.org, horms@verge.net.au, hpa@zytor.com, hugh@blemings.org, jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org, jbourne@hardrock.org, jeff@garzik.org, jes@trained-monkey.org, jk@ozlabs.org, joern@wh.fh-wedel.de, johannes@sipsolutions.net, krafft@de.ibm.com, linux-kernel@hansmi.ch, michael@ellerman.id.au, michel@daenzer.net, mike750@mac.com, mikey@neuling.org, mkp@mkp.net, mort@bork.org, msw@rpath.com, pp@ee.oulu.fi, prumpf@zeniv.uk.linux.org, ralf@linux-mips.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net, rth@twiddle.net, schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, segher@kernel.crashing.org, trini@kernel.crashing.org, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, werner@almesberger.net, wim.coekaerts@oracle.com, arjan@infradead.org, sunil.saxena@intel.com, edwardsg@sgi.com, mg@sgi.com, Valerie Henson <val.henson@gmail.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>, Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>, Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Subject: Skigeek 2008 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:15:10 -0400 Hi, Here it is, the thing we know you have all been waiting for! The invitation for the ski and snowboarding and other cold things trip in the French Alps for next year! For those of you who didn't know you were waiting for this, then about 15 of us went this year and had great fun in the snow! Of course we have to say it was great, given we are the organizers :-) For actual proof you can take a look at some of the pictures found at http://bombadil.infradead.org/gallery2/main.php Since you have all heard the rumors by now and want to sign up for the 2008 trip, let us provide you with a few practical details about it: We plan to go back to Avoriaz at Portes du Soleil - for 2009 we may try another resort, but now that we know the system a little better we will try expanding at Avoriaz first. The resort is composed of 14 smaller ski resorts some located on the Swiss and the rest on the French side of the border and your skipass allows one to go all over the place. The resort features over 200 lifts according to their website: http://www.portesdusoleil.com/index.php?saison=winter We plan to use the same self catering apartments that we used this year. However even though they are advertised for four people, we found they are more appropriate for three (unless you wish to bring your spouse and two kids). The target is to take on up to eight (8) apartments. It will be based on a first to pay the deposit, however if you sign up and later find you have to drop out, you are welcome to sell your slot to someone else of course. We anticipate needing deposits by the end of October - we will communicate more details when we have a feel for how many people wish to go. Also feel free to pass this invitation on to relevant interested parties - if you are unsure, feel free to ask. We'd like happy skiers (or snowboarders). Although we would prefer that you didn't invite the kind of troublemaker who loses their passport and require to be driven to Geneva mid-week to get a new one to get home! Estimated prices will be (per person): Accommodation[1]: EUR 360 6 day skipass[2]: EUR 190 Dates: March 8-15 (or 15-22 if there is strong group pressure for that!) Ski/snowboard hire: Depends on type and whether you have your own! Ski/snowboard lessons[3]: Can be pre-ordered or when you get there. Food/drinks: Cook in or eat out depending on your budget Transport to resort[4]: For you to figure out :) 1: This includes occupancy taxes and ski accident insurance. The ski insurance is to cover them picking you up on the mountain and taking you to the medical center in case of accident - it does not cover regular travel medical insurance. 2: If 13 people book in advance we should get a 10% discount on these. Absolute beginners may want to start out with a local skipass just for the Avoriaz resort for the first 1-2 days while taking lessons. 3: We _strongly_ recommend beginners take a few lessons, you will get much more out of the trip by doing so - don't have actual prices at hand, but it is not too expensive. 4: We will try and organize group transport from Geneva airport like we did this year. This time we have tried to cover all costs up front so we don't have to ask for additional small payments later down the line. Any more leftover we will put towards a group dinner by the end of the trip. We would appreciate you letting us know as soon as possible whether you can make it. Answers along the lines: a) I'll be there; I'll swim there if I have to. b) I'd love to be there and there's a good chance I'll make it c) I've like to go but the chances are 50/50 d) My name is still Werner; I am still here just to heckle! So what else do you need to do at this point? Mark your calendar, sign up to the mailing list (if you haven't already done so) and tell us that you are coming! Mailing list subscriptions at: http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/skigeek We look forward to hearing from you and even more to see you there! The skicabal! --nh9C7bmIV5-- ]