24-02-2003 02:18									#1
	International Apolyton meeting during the Olympics in Athens? Got spare money?

I had a thought about an international Apolyton meeting and we might have the perfect opportunity with the Olympics coming to Greece next year!


How about it folks? Who's interested? If we're actually gonna do it we'll have to start some serious planning.

	24-02-2003 02:29									#2
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i don't get much vacation time and prefer to spend that time with family. though if i hit the lotto and can retire i might be able to make it

	24-02-2003 02:36									#3
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That why I ask this almost 1,5 year in advance CW. And what better way to spend your vacation by going to the olympics and meet some interesting people while you're there. Well, some of them...

Whatever happens everyone will have had ample time to consider it.

	24-02-2003 03:06									#4
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I'd rather go to Portugal for the EuroChampionships.

	24-02-2003 03:07									#5
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Crunchy's on to something there!

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Looks like a good idea. Actually I was once thinking of the obsurd idea of having an international ACS meeting in Finland. However Athens might sound abit more international, but instead you will miss the chance to see Kassi and me as we won't move away from our bunkers, unless we have full Internet access. Hmm... the chance to get to whack Paiktina is maybe though too intriguing to miss. Not to mention to actually get to see Keygen.

	24-02-2003 03:34									#7
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We may be onto something here folks, keep those posts coming (that also includes you lurkers, yeah you )!

	24-02-2003 03:51									#8
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Hm, like BC and FP, I am more tempted to go to the EC in Portugal than to the Olympics in Greece.

quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin but instead you will miss the chance to see Kassi and me as we won't move away from our bunkers, unless we have full Internet access.

Get a sub-terranean motorhome with satellite Internet, and you'll be fine

	24-02-2003 04:23									#9
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Good idea, but I'll be either studying or in the army.

	26-02-2003 18:40									#10
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hi ,

n we could do it after the Olympics , then the hotels are going to be way cheaper , .....

it would be great

have a nice day

	26-02-2003 18:49									#11
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indeed. nice thought, triple hotel expenses

	26-02-2003 19:57									#12
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We can stay at you and Paiktis .

	26-02-2003 20:43									#13
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What's the dates?

	26-02-2003 22:46									#14
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At the current rate at which international events ae happening the US will:

A)be at war with france and I won't be going
B)The war in Iraq will be over but Saddam will still be hiding with nukes waiting for a suitable large event at which to use it which means I won't be going
C)US troops will have occupied Greece because they are looking for a terrorist know only by the name MarkG and the olympics will be held somewhere else
D)I'll be in school and unable to come

	26-02-2003 23:00									#15
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See you there then, HT.

	27-02-2003 01:48									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat What's the dates?

No dates as yet, I would first like to test public interest.

	27-02-2003 02:12									#17
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG indeed. nice thought, triple hotel expenses

hi ,

, ..... any ideas as to where to hold the meeting , ....

Athens can be hot , ...... maybe Thesa

you could print special polo and t - shirts with on it "i went there , and you , ...."



if there are enough people from a certain region , something could be done about airfare , .....

have a nice day

	27-02-2003 02:50									#18
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panag, are you offering to pay everyone's airfare?

	27-02-2003 03:34									#19
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Thanks panag, I'll have one of those first-class seats with the playstation and DVD player in the back of the seat in front please!

	27-02-2003 03:38									#20
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Solver,

it would take sometime to get from somewhere near Thessaloniki to Athens every morning (and vice versa in the evening) during the meeting. However I assume Keygen "could" give a place to stay for SPDT members.

However I would suggest some alternative location as Athens will be expensive during the Olympics. However I suggest Finland as you can get here easily by flight and we could get a nicely priced hotel package at some conference or business hotel if the meeting would be in the summer. Tampere or Helsinki would be good options. I could maybe even offer limited accomodation (i.e. several Apolytoners, rather than a whorde of them) at a summer cottage which is located near Tampere.

	27-02-2003 04:21									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Big Crunch panag, are you offering to pay everyone's airfare?

hi ,

, but if there are plenty of people , well some deals on lower airfare can be obtained , .....

anyway , since there are several people here from several airlines , something can be done , ....

its worth to ask , so why not , .....

we could do it in Thessa all together , ... the weather is cooler there , its a nice town , great beaches , .... and there is a high speed train running between Thessa and Athens , ..... so we could land at Athens , jump on the train , ..... and be in the hotel a couple hours later with a cold beer in one hand and a laptop in the other , ....

, in Crete special low price deals can be obtained from september to march / april for meetings , many international companies go there then to train new staff or to have seminars , ......

Greece has a thousand and one options , ....

have a nice day

	27-02-2003 05:23									#22
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Seriously speaking, we Finns could get to Thessaloniki very easily by traveling with Finnair's charter flight to which you can get tickets from at least Suntours and Ebookers. The price for a return ticket if you stay one week is 380€ (Suntour's price during the summer months, +10€ for two weeks), while Ebooker's would charge 100-150€ more. You can find the prices and dates if you go to their website and look under Halkidiki.

Those who can get tickets from Kilroy Travels get at the cheapest with Czech Airlines from Helsinki by Prague for 159€ (one way ticket) and with Malev by Budapest for 162€ (one way ticket).

Then we would basically need the accomodation, but I'm sure Markos has some extra space for a few poor Finns, right?

	27-02-2003 05:33									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin Seriously speaking, we Finns could get to Thessaloniki very easily by traveling with Finnair's charter flight to which you can get tickets from at least Suntours and Ebookers. The price for a return ticket if you stay one week is 380€ (Suntour's price during the summer months, +10€ for two weeks), while Ebooker's would charge 100-150€ more. You can find the prices and dates if you go to their website and look under Halkidiki. Those who can get tickets from Kilroy Travels get at the cheapest with Czech Airlines from Helsinki by Prague for 159€ (one way ticket) and with Malev by Budapest for 162€ (one way ticket). Then we would basically need the accomodation, but I'm sure Markos has some extra space for a few poor Finns, right?

hi ,

with or without a stop in brussels ?

in Greece it would be smart to rent a house or stay with people then in hotels , ..... you can get large villas , and it shall be way cheaper then a lux hotel , ......

have a nice day

	27-02-2003 09:46									#24
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A general Apolyton Meet would give me a great chance to assassinate meet with my enemies colleagues, who I had hitherto only encountered via the inconvenient, bug-ridden, constantly-crashing, heart-attack-inciting, general waste of time that is the Internet.

I live in Australia, so it'd be equally inconvenient from my point of view no matter where it was held.

	27-02-2003 14:09									#25
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dp

	27-02-2003 14:11									#26
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NZ would be shocking to travel from. Maybe I could burn my NZ passport and get deported.

Say... is the EU still visa-free to EU citizens? Or does my British passport mean nothing now?

	27-02-2003 15:23									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Frozzy NZ would be shocking to travel from. Maybe I could burn my NZ passport and get deported. Say... is the EU still visa-free to EU citizens? Or does my British passport mean nothing now?

hi ,

yep its visa free , .....


have a nice day

	27-02-2003 16:33									#28
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There must be a good chance that Greece will implode when teh olympics start, so you may not want to be there

	27-02-2003 17:01									#29
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Hehe it's a nice idea, but I doubt it will ever happen.

	27-02-2003 17:02									#30
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If it was this summer, then maybe. It's only around the corner.

But the next summer... No. I'll have either basic training or in the middle of an army service.