On 2017-09-09 at 12:26:01 +0200, Ana Guerrero Lopez wrote: > I would welcome to have at least one weekend between both events, two > weekends even better.
also my tought: being near fosdem may have allowed somebody to attend both events, but also has a very high chance of cancellations because of fosdemflu (including from the organizers :) ), having time to recover would probably be on average better. > But in the end, IMHO, date is a very important > part of the negotiation when choosing the place, some hotel/hostels/etc > will make you a better price in the weekends they expect to have > less people, so I would suggest you to get quotes for several weekends > and see if it makes a big difference. Before writing the email I talked with the hostel to check their availability for the dates and they agree that all three weekends are a good time, with no price difference. -- Elena ``of Valhalla''

