Debian SunCamp 2017

Winter is coming to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, we are all in desperate need of some sunshine. We also want to meet again with our Debian buddies, discuss ideas, and work on new projects. Why not combine both?

Imagine being in a small town by the coast, hacking next to the swimming pool, deciding your team's plans over a drink, or plotting with your cabal in the sauna. Maybe combining this with a family holiday.

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See the complete image gallery in this blog post.

If this sounds tempting, then come to Debian SunCamp 2017, a 4 day hacking and socialising event for Debian people.

Debian SunCamp (DSC for short) is not a conference, or a ?MiniConf, it is more like a DIY DebCamp. We want it to be relaxed, fun, and creative: we provide the space, anything else is up to you!

There will be no talks programme, but if you want to prepare a talk you can do that too, it's DIY!

Details

Organisation and discussion

SunCamp planning

What to expect

What not to expect

Events

As noted before, we will not have a events committee or scheduling. But we will provide a space for you to use, and timeslots will be coordinated during the event.

If you have already an idea for a event, just note it in this table.

Name

Event title or details

Notes

Tincho

How to prepare mate

Not really :-)

Pricing

The prices are per person and day assuming double rooms. It's possible to be in a single room paying a supplement of 16 EUR / day over the following prices:

10% VAT is already included. Local taxes of 1 EUR/person/day NOT included, due to pay at arrival.

It's possible to request for a triple room, in this case, the third participant has a discount of 15%.

First child up to 12years old doesn't pay, second child pay only 50% of the price.

Any special request for the room must be done directly to the hotel in the registration form. E.g.: wheelchair accessible room, cots, list attending child.

The hotel has a parking, it costs 10 EUR/day and it must be booked in advance. For bikes and motorbikes, there is a free secure bike storage.

How to register

You will need to book your own room, so put your name in the table below, and start looking for room mates!

To book your room, follow these steps:

When entering the booking code, please note that if you mistype it, it will not give you any error, and you will be taken to the general booking page. Please make sure you see the text "Rate: Debian rate" at the top of the page.

Hotel details

The hotel is wheelchair accessible, there are ramps at the entrance and leading to the courtyard. The working space is in the ground floor with no steps.

Hacking Space

The hotel has a 300m2 room for our exclusive use. This room can be split in 3 smaller rooms, so we can reserve 1/3 for meetings and have a big hacklab. They have promised to make sure we have good WiFi coverage and enough chairs and tables.

Wi-Fi

Throughout the hotel (and pool area) is free Wi-Fi provided to all guests:

But the conference area has a separate network and access points, with some outdoor coverage around that side of the pool:

Fun

Check the hotel website for full details.

Food

How to get there

All these timetables need to be rechecked for 2017!

From GRO (Girona–Costa Brava, Ryanair airport)

Daily timetable (27/3/16-24/6/16) as published by Sagalés (pdf, the GRO airport is the Vilobí d'Onyar stop)

Line

Sarfa

605

Sarfa

605

605

605

GRO airport

10:00

12:30

14:30

16:30

20:30

00:15

Lloret de mar

10:35

13:05

15:05

17:05

21:10

00:50

-

Line

605

605

605

Sarfa

605

Sarfa

605

Lloret de mar

06:25

07:45

10:00

11:20

13:10

16:00

18:45

GRO airport

07:00

08:20

10:35

11:55

13:45

16:35

19:20

From Girona AVE Train Station

From Barcelona (El Prat airport or city)

The simplest way to reach Lloret is the shuttle bus (SARFA). They have boarding points at terminal 1, terminal 2, and Estació del Nord, arrives at Lloret estació (bus station). Note that you need to buy tickets in the company desks, at least in Estació del Nord and Lloret estació (not sure about BCN airport).

BCN airport T1

07:50

10:20

12:20

14:20

15:20

16:20

18:20

20:20

BCN airport T2

08:10

10:40

12:40

14:40

15:40

16:40

18:40

20:40

Barcelona

08:45

09:45

11:15

13:15

14:15

15:15

16:15

17:15

18:30

19:15

20:30

21:15

Lloret de Mar

09:45

10:45

12:15

14:15

15:15

16:15

17:15

18:15

19:30

20:15

21:30

22:15

-

Lloret de Mar

05:00

07:30

08:30

09:00

09:30

10:30

11:30

13:30

15:30

17:15

18:15

19:00

Barcelona

06:00

08:30

09:30

10:00

10:30

11:30

12:30

14:30

16:30

18:15

19:15

20:00

BCN airport T2

06:35

09:05

10:35

11:05

12:05

15:05

17:05

19:50

BCN airport T1

06:55

09:25

10:55

11:25

12:25

15:25

17:25

20:10

Alternative option (more complicated):

Getting from Girona to GRO

Sagalés operates a bus (607: Girona — Fornells de la Selva — Aeroport de Girona) every hour from 5 am until midnight. Departures from the airport to Girona hourly at :30; from Girona to the airport at :00. the timetables.

FAQ

If you have any question, leave it here, we'll reply them.

Q: can we arrive earlier than 18th / stay later than 21th at the prices above? (this allows to get cheaper flights)

Yes, but you must still use the Debian booking code for the days of the conference, to pay for the conference space and amenities. You could book other days separately...

Yes, it's low season and the hotel will have plenty of space. Our prices are slightly more expensive (around 3-4 EUR/day) of the prices you get if you reserve without the group code and pay in advance. This is because we have to pay a small fee for the renting of the 300m2 room and because our meals have included drinks (if not, you have to pay at least 2EUR in every meal for a drink). My advise: if you're staying more days, consider doing an independent reservation without food for those extra days, so you have the possibility of eating outside the hotel. It's likely the food from the hotel will be a bit repetitive/boring for more than 4 days.

Q: can I attend even if I am not staying at the hotel?

Yes. The hotel staff understands that some people will attend the event and go sleeping to their house or on separate accommodation.

They only ask us to know who's coming, and to register on arrival, so access to the hacklab can be controlled. So please add yourself to the list of attendees even if you are not sleeping at the hotel.

You will have the option to eat in the restaurant with the rest of the people, for 12 EUR/meal, get coffee/drinks from the bar, etc.

Q: any volunteers needed? (networking, videoing?)

we're not planning to have video and we don't even know if we'll have talks ;) Networking is fully provided by the hotel. One of the selling points of this hotel (besides the deal to get the hacking space) was that we got the mail of the guy in charge of the network and he seems to be quite knowledgeable and understood quickly our needs.

Q: can the hotel provide enough power strips, or should we bring some?

The hotel will take care of this, as well as leaving a router in the meeting room, so we can connect devices by ethernet if needed.

Participants

Room status:

Name

Arrival

Departure

Booked room

Room status

Comments

Tincho

18/5

21/5

No

ok

lamby

18/5

21/5

No

?

sim6

?

?

No

ok

I like to come

enrico

18/5

21/5

No

?

valhalla

18/5

21/5

No

ok

diego71

18/5

21/5

No

ok

adria

?

?

No

?

TBD

andrewsh

18/5

21/5

No

alexm

18/5

21/5

No

ok

Alba F.

19/5

21/5

No

ok

monica

18/5

21/5

No

ok

papapep

18/5

21/5

No

ok

zumbi

18/5

21/5

No

ok

Might be coming with family

Peter Pentchev

18/5

21/5

No

ok

Still not sure I'm coming, will confirm in several days; if coming, will be with fiancee


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