Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:07:06 -0400 From: madodelatptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] Event: Official Announcement Warpstock Europe 2002 From: "Gerrit Schoenmaker chairman Dutch HCC OS/2 UG" When and where. The annual OS/2 (eCS) event in Europe will be held this time in the historical city of Arnhem in the Netherlands from November 8th - 10th, 2002 at the Youth Hostel "Alteveer". Members of Dutch, German and Belgian OS/2 usergroups are working together in organizing this event, giving the European thought an extra impulse that way. The location. Alteveer Hostel is a modern accomodation situated in the on the woody northern site of Arnhem, which is located at the banks of the river Rhine. It's close to the bustling city centre and with lots of recreational facilities in the area. The famous Open Air Museum and Burgers Zoo are within walking distance. A bit further you will find the Hoge Veluwe National Park with the Kroeller Mueller Museum and its outstanding collection of art and paintings. Accessibility. Inspecting a globe you will find Arnhem about a 100 km east of Amsterdam, some 10 km away from the border with Germany. It's about one hour from Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol) either by car or train. Arnhem is as far as 400km from Hamburg, 165 km from Koeln, 640 km from Basel, 215 km from Bruxelles and 510 km from Paris. The Hostel Alteveer is easily reachable from the A12 highway at exit 26 toward Arnhem-North, no matter if you are coming from Amsterdam or Germany.More information you will find on the website. The accomodation. The hostel itself (http://www.njhc.nl/english/hb_entree.cfm?id=6) has a very domesticated atmosphere, modern meeting rooms, a cheerful English pub, snooker billiard and a nice main lobby with a variety of chairs. There is already a bed and breakfast for the rate of about $20 per night for a quadruple room. So the hostel has the ultimate ingredients to exchange knowledge among OS/2 enthousiasts, even during the night! If you are curious about pictures of the hostel take a look at http://warpstock.os2.org. If you prefer a real hotel over a youth hostel, of course there is the possibility to make a choice from a wide range of all kind of Hotels in the city of Arnhem. There is a very nice website to choose hotels from (http://www.bookings.nl/cgi-bin/searchpage.pl?lang=uk&id=100001&style=B). More information about registration and all the things you need to enjoy Warpstock Europe 2002 are published very soon on the Warpstock website. What could one expect? If you are dealing with OS/2 or eCS, no matter in what way, one of the most frequently asked questions is: How to get things working on OS/2............! So much attention on this Warpstock Europe will be paid to that, e.g. USB devices, digital camera's, etc. Dutch, German and Belgian OS/2 usergroups are presenting themselves, showing you all the practical things you allways wanted to know. Furthermore vendors will be present with special offers of OS/2 software (Mensys BV: www.mensys.nl) and full OS/2 supported IBM hardware (Bluelink BV: www.bluelink.nl). The offers you will discover there are really irresistable! Some presentation sessions by well known people inside the OS/2 world are already confirmed. We mention here: * Mensys people : A look at the complete rewritten installation procedure of eCS * Alain Reykaert: CID install * Marcus de Geus: REXX-mail * Bart van Leeuwen: The brand new email client "Lookout/2 " * Peter Kolle: All about the excellent DTP program Maul * Achim Hasenmueller: Innotek software * Marcus Montkovski: USB support OS/2 * Zsolt Kadar: That amazing UpdateCD * Oliver Stein: Get connected by IR This is only the beginning and there are much more presentations to come. If you are interested in giving a presentation feel free to contact Christian Langanke (C.LangankeatTeamOS2.de) Gerrit Schoenmaker (g.s.schoenmakeratkader.hobby.nl) or John Bijnens (john.bijnensatplanetinternet.be). All speakers at Warpstock get a free bed & breakfast in Alteveer Hostel for one night! So go ahead and get in touch. More information will be available very soon at the Warpstock Europe website warpstock.os2.org. -> URL: http://warpstock.os2.org Sent via OS2.org online news formular. -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajoratos2voice.org unsubscribe news end If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submitatos2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedbackatos2voice.org