Lodging in Amsterdam

Anybody found any particularly reasonable places to stay in Amsterdam? My
wife and I are going to stay on after the meeting and would like to find a
B&B or some such that's relatively inexpensive.

Howard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-rdf-dawg-request@w3.org
> [mailto:public-rdf-dawg-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Seaborne, Andy
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 12:46 AM
> To: RDF Data Access Working Group
> Subject: RE: toward Apr AMS meeting agenda
>
>
>
> > Likewise future ftf meetings. It's good to have
> > them planned a year in advance. Anybody who would
> > like to host a future ftf meeting should please
> > let the WG know at or before the Amsterdam meeting.
> > Perhaps we'll entertain proposals before the meeting
> > in email and actually decide at the meeting.
>
> HP would be happy to host a F2F in Bristol, UK (when it is appropriate to
> have it in Europe).
>
> The airport is:
>
> http://jena.hpl.hp.com:2020/airports?lang=fetch&r=http://www.meggi
> nson.com/e
> xp/id/airports/EGGD
>
> 	Andy
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> > From: Dan Connolly <>
> > Date: 26 March 2004 18:07
> >
> > regarding "ACTION: DanC to work on face-to-face agenda"
> >  -- minutes: RDF DAWG telcon 25 March for review
> > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-dawg/2004JanMar/0186.html
> >
> >
> > Thinking out loud... the basic questions are who/what/where/when/why...
> >
> > Who is straightforward: as many WG members as can make it.
> > EricP has set up a WBS form gizmo.
> > http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35463/AmsterdamDAWGF2F/results
> >
> > Why? To first order, the charter calls for ftf meetings,
> > and each of us has agreed to the charter. To finer
> > resolution, we should have some meeting goals... hmm...
> >
> > Where? to 1st order: Amsterdam. Beyond that,
> > we've delegated to our hosts, Asemantics, who are keeping
> > us informed on a web page, http://dawg.asemantics.com/ .
> > We have a couple requests for remote participation that
> > I expect we'll accomodate.
> >
> > When? to first order: 22-23 April. But we need
> > more resolution on that... tradition suggests 9am to 5pm
> > each day, but I haven't looked at flights and such.
> > Our hosts are evidently willing to accomodate us
> > for that time:
> >   "22 and 23 of April, 9.00 -17.00."
> >    -- http://dawg.asemantics.com/
> >
> > Does anybody have a conflict starting at 9am on the 22nd and
> > continuing thru 5pm on the 23rd? Please speak of conflicts
> > for you personally, and don't worry about things you think
> > other people might have trouble with. I'm interested
> > to know about any sort of conflict, even if it's uncertain
> > whether it will ultimately affect your participation in
> > the meeting. Feel free to let me know off-list and/or
> > in the comments field of the WBS form noted above.
> >
> > What is scoped by our charter, but we clearly need more
> > resolution than that. And it's traditional to assign
> > specific times to certain topics. I mentioned a couple
> > 3-hour slots for the remote participants. These should
> > be in the afternoon (a) because that puts the sun
> > up over Pat Hayes, and (b) because Patrick Stickler
> > asked to be briefed on the morning's progress at
> > the start of the session.
> >
> > Meeting goals are also relevant to the what? and why? questions.
> > I have only just begun to consider meeting goals.
> > I suppose I'd like to get some level of consensus
> > around use cases and requirements and have a plan
> > for publishing them on http://www.w3.org/TR/ .
> >
> > Perhaps we can walk thru the RDQL submission
> > and collect issues. Or maybe it's too early for that.
> > http://www.w3.org/Submission/2003/SUBM-RDQL-20031030/
> >
> > I expect that during the breaks and such, folks will
> > discuss their favorite design proposals, or test
> > harness mechanisms, and the like. But I don't know
> > if we'll deal with that sort of thing as a group just yet.
> >
> > We have only decided telcon times thru April, so
> > please come prepared to play telcon tiddlywinks.
> > i.e. have your calendar handy. People that don't
> > plan to attend should give their input by email.
> > I'll send a separate message about that.
> >
> > Likewise future ftf meetings. It's good to have
> > them planned a year in advance. Anybody who would
> > like to host a future ftf meeting should please
> > let the WG know at or before the Amsterdam meeting.
> > Perhaps we'll entertain proposals before the meeting
> > in email and actually decide at the meeting.
> >
> > There. That's the contents of my brain relevant
> > to the ftf agenda. Let the discussion begin.
> > Keep in mind that W3C process calls for the
> > agenda to be done two weeks in advance, i.e.
> > 8 April. By that time I intend to have a meeting
> > page in place, ala
> >
> >   Fifth Meeting of the W3C Web Ontology Working Group
> >   9-10 January 2003
> >   Manchester, UK
> >   http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/WebOnt/ftf5.html
>

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