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| <H3 CLASS="western">Name of City: <A HREF="http://www.hamburg.de/">Hamburg, |
| Germany</A></H3> |
| <P>(http://www.hamburg.de/)</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Difficulty/Cost of Air Travel:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">From/To <A HREF="http://www.airport.de/index_en.phtml">Hamburg |
| Airport</A></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="http://www.airport.de/index_en.phtml">(http://www.airport.de/index_en.phtml</A>)</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">go flights</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">- hourly to Frankfurt/Munich, Germany</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">- 5-8 times a day to major European |
| Airports</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">- no intercontinental flights</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">For schedules see the <A HREF="http://www.airport.de/en/abflug_live.phtml?lang=en&anab=ab">Timetable</A></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="http://www.airport.de/en/abflug_live.phtml?lang=en&anab=ab">(http://www.airport.de/en/abflug_live.phtml?lang=en&anab=ab)</A></P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Local Support Organizations:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Staff and Students of University of |
| Hamburg</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Staff, Team Assistance of Sun |
| Microsystems</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">(potentially OpenOffice.org DE project |
| and</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">local User groups)</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Attractiveness/Proximity to Contributors:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The majority of contributors seems to |
| be located in Europe.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">We have a very active <A HREF="http://de.openoffice.org/">DE.OpenOffice.org |
| Project</A>. Members have staffed several events in Germany. They |
| have good relations to other projects and local or international |
| partners.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Sun Development is (mostly) located in |
| Hamburg, Germany</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Attractiveness/Proximity to User-Volunteers:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Historically OpenOffice.org has a large |
| user community in Germany.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">English is understood.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Cost and Quality of Convention Facilities:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html">University |
| of Hamburg</A> (<A HREF="http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html">http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html</A>) |
| has the facilities to host a conference.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The OpenOffice.org Conference would be |
| held in <A HREF="http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Publikat/falt_e.html">Philosophenturm</A></P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Publikat/falt_e.html">(http://www.uni-hamburg.de/Publikat/falt_e.html)</A>.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">There are several lecture halls (up to |
| 350 people) and small seminar room available.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The location is available without |
| charge.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Cost and Availablitly of Local Accomodations:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="http://www.hamburg-tourism.de/hotel/TISWeb.Dll?LieferInfoSeite(POL||STRUKTUR1?INDEX||HTML_KAT_NAEHEVON_AUS_K1_S1)?&herkunft=">Hotels</A> |
| of all price classes (50 EUR – 250 EUR) are in the area |
| (Hamburg Außenalster West / Alsterlake West).</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">(<A HREF="http://www.hamburg-tourism.de/hotel/TISWeb.Dll?LieferInfoSeite(POL||STRUKTUR1?INDEX||HTML_KAT_NAEHEVON_AUS_K1_S1)?&herkunft">http://www.hamburg-tourism.de/hotel/TISWeb.Dll?LieferInfoSeite(POL%7C%7CSTRUKTUR1?INDEX%7C%7CHTML_KAT_NAEHEVON_AUS_K1_S1)?&herkunft</A>=)</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">From some of those you can walk to the |
| conference location.</P> |
| <H3 CLASS="western">Other Considerations:</H3> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The root of OpenOffice.org is in |
| Hamburg, Germany.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">There is a large user base in Germany, |
| which might be interested in joining the project.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Choosing Hamburg would allow many |
| OpenOffice.org projects to be represented.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">It gives the community esp. a chance to |
| tighten the relation to contributors located in Hamburg.</P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">The host (University of Hamburg) has a |
| relation to the project and is not only interested in supporting the |
| event, but also participates in the XML project and would like to |
| actively join the group of speakers.</P> |
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| </P> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Choosing a date just after <A HREF="http://www.cebit.de/intro_channel_e.htm">CeBIT |
| 2003</A> (20.03.2003-21.03.2003) would allow attendees to arrive from |
| Hanover (~150km, 1 train hour). There might be problems in |
| availability of accommodations due to CeBIT.</P> |
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| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Hamburg has all attractions/sights and |
| possibilities for evening programs of a city with 1.5 mio citizens.</P> |
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