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webwit wrote: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.43201,5 ... 56!6m1!1e1

sth wrote: another dutch party i could go to and stand around for a bit then leave because nobody really WANTS to speak english? sign me up

maxmalkav wrote: I may join depending on date and location. I can assure you guys my Dutch is null and I'm only marginally funny in Spanish. Yep, a party animal!

Chyros wrote:

webwit wrote: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.43201,5 ... 56!6m1!1e1

EENDHOVAH KEEGEWELDEG

JorisBoers wrote:Dear Dutch Clackers,

Today I have the pleasure of finally announcing the date of the Dutch Keyboard Meetup.
It is the 30th of April which is a Saturday. The meetup will be held at the Cooler Masters headquarters in Eindhoven.

There will be coffee, tea and water. All other refreshments can be bought at the local store (Albert Heijn, that is the name of the store for the people that don't know) So drinks and food are covered, partly by Cooler Master and partly by you. I will be looking to set up a account so people can join in on the snacks and additional drinks

We will have access to multiple rooms: Meeting rooms, cafeteria (IIRC closed on Saturday) and a game room. Yes, a game room with a lot of game PC's and these will be used to game and test different keyboards on. Not only the ones we bring but also some of their new line-up. There is also the option to go on a tour in the facility, including the storage area with a lot of awesome goods.

There will also be some giveaway action thanks to /u/skiwithpete from http://www.1upkeyboards.com and /u/LeandreN. There might be something else in the works but I can only tease you about it by saying something else might be giveaway. Thanks to those guys there will be the giveaway at the meetup so you could thank them for that. So that should be really fun ;D

Location (http://imgur.com/GESQAZE):

- Lodewijkstraat 1B
- 5652 AC Eindhoven

As for the time of the meetup, it will start at 11:00 AM and I urge you to be on time since we will close the doors after that. We will reopen them at a later point but this is to prevent theft of the items so that is why. The end time is 15:45 - 16:00 in which 16:00 is the time they want everyone out.

Parking is on the parking lot from Cooler Master and free so no need to worry about parking costs

You should be able to get to the location pretty easy through OV (Public Transportation), you can also come by car but that will be a bit harder due to the fact that the city Eindhoven has a lot of construction going on with the infrastructure so you may have to take alternative routes depending on where you come from. You can also get some cheaper train tickets, here: http://www.spoordeelwinkel.nl/campagnes ... uct/2eklas but that depends on where you are coming from. Would advise you to check it out though since it could save you quite some money.

This is a form so we all know what kind of boards we can expect and what kind of switches: http://goo.gl/forms/3D2G6jDhAx

Cheers

Link to GH: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79 ... msg2038398
Link to Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyb ... _the_date/
Fill out this form if you are intrested in the meetup, it is a Slack Group. This is better to control for me so that is why http://goo.gl/forms/aNswWJNwM2

Diokhan wrote: Damn joris, you did one hell of a job.
Can't believe you got so much exciting stuff in store.

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JorisBoers wrote:

Diokhan wrote: Damn joris, you did one hell of a job.
Can't believe you got so much exciting stuff in store.

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Thanks for the kind words, I tried my best to set the bar pretty high and by the looks of it right now it will be very cool.
I think there will be around 40 people which is insane imo. Really hyped about that.

Hope to see you around at the meetup!

vivalarevolución wrote: I looked up flights from Chicago to Amsterdam/Brussels/Düsseldorf out of curiosity and they are less than $700, surprisingly. Those flights do not arrive until later in the day, unfortunately. Although Düsseldorf might be doable...

Great to hear about the numbers, I hope there is a good turnout.

CM Bram wrote: We will be ready for you guys! CM Goodie bag included for everyone that comes !!

CM Bram wrote: We will be ready for you guys! CM Goodie bag included for everyone that comes !!

CeeSA wrote: is there a list of participants? Any germans traveling near or from Cologne?
"Slack Group"?

Chyros wrote: From the list it looks like this convention will be very Cherry-centered :p . Just out of interest, what kind of exotic boards are on the program?

JorisBoers wrote:

Chyros wrote: From the list it looks like this convention will be very Cherry-centered :p . Just out of interest, what kind of exotic boards are on the program?

Jup, but that is to be expected tbh.

There is a list of boards a towards the bottom of this page:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12VELFW ... rm_confirm

That will show you what boards/switches are coming in.

Hope this helps :3

scottc wrote: I started a thread a while ago to garner interest for a London-based meetup sometime in the future Chyros, we should definitely do that once I'm back there full-time.