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Subject: [business-transaction] Face to Face - need your preferred dates andconfirmation



The next BTP face to face meeting will be in NewCastle at HP Arjuna Labs on
two consecutive days during the week of May 13th.  The proposal on the table
is to have the meeting Thursday and Friday of that week, May 16 and 17. IF
you are going to attend please respond to this email and indicate if those
dates work for you and if not, which dates would be better.

The purpose of this meeting is to confirm the spec for committee draft then
hoist a few beers in celebration (Friday night).

Thanks,
=bill



Newcastle info courtesy of Jim Webber

Newcastle upon Tyne is the regional capital of the north-east of England. It
is situated some 110 miles south of Edinburgh, and 250 miles north of London
(which is considered to be the other end of the country!).

Newcastle itself has a long history, but attained its name from Roman times
where, as part of the fortifications against the Scots, a "New Castle" was
built on the river "Tyne" to reinforce the garrisons stationed on Hadrian's
Wall (Hadrian's Wall is like the Great Wall of China, but smaller and was
designed by the emporer Hadrian to keep out those nasty Scots!).

If you're planning to take some time here, then there are a number of places
of interest to see both in Newcastle itself and in the surrounding areas.

Newcastle is a vibrant city with a renound party scene, along with plenty of
historical and cultural attractions. The city is delimted by the river Tyne
to the south, and the countryside of Northumberland to the north.
Northumberland and the coastal areas are really pleasant places to walk and
see some (mainly roman) archaeology.

Some useful URLs:

http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/home.nsf/a/vishome?opendocument
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tyne/
http://www.newcastle.org.uk/

Other useful facts:

The inhabitants of Newcastle (and North Tyneside) are called "Geordies."
This is because they remained loyal to King George (I forget the numeral)
when the Scots decided to kick-off sometime in the past.

The arch enemies of the Geordies are the "Mackams" who inhabit a town called
"Sunderland" about 15 miles south of Newcastle - you must always say the
word "Mackam" with disdain :-)

Two things are important to Geordies: beer & football. Everything else is
just stamp collecting.

Newcastle is cold, but Geordies don't feel it. You will be surprised to see
that summer dress is the norm all year round.

Travel:

If you're travelling by air, then you can you'll need to fly into one of the
London airports and catch a connection to Newcastle (transfer takes an hour
or so). By train from London takes about 2.5 hours (from King's Cross). The
train station is right in the thick of things in the city centre (and about
50 metres from HP's lab), the airport is a 20 minute metro or taxi ride from
the city centre.

The nearest hotel is the Royal Station or thr Thistle. Other (nicer)
accomodation includes "Mal Maison" and the "Vermont" both of which are
situated on the quayside.

For information:

HP's Arjuna lab location details:
http://www.arjuna.com/contact.html

Hotels:

http://www.aboutbritain.com/Newcastle-upon-TyneHotels.asp

(Copthorne, Vermont, Mal Maison, Quality Hotel are all in
walking distance, amongst others not listed on this page).

William Z Pope
zpope@pobox.com 


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