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If you want to walk: we don't recommend it.
If you want to walk: we don't recommend it.

== Emergency Phone Numbers ==

112 ALL general emergencies
061 Medical Emergencies
080 Fire Emergencies
088 Police (Mossos d'Esquadra)
092 Local Police
091 National Police
062 Civil Guard

[http://lameva.barcelona.cat/telefons-de-utilitat/en=true Other Useful Phone Numbers]

Revision as of 20:19, 19 September 2017

Summit 17 is going to happen between September 29 and October 1, 2017, at MetaBrainz HQ in Barcelona, Spain.

Topics to discuss

  1. Start designing ws/3, our next generation web service that will not be written in perl and will be JSON only.
  2. Review roadmap for music recommendation engines
  3. Debate on whether or not Freso's mom is also a hippie.
  4. Genres (hopefully the fact we just implemented them!).
  5. Where is the what if the what is in why.
  6. Discuss survey results
  7. BookBrainz: Roadmap
  8. BookBrainz: Relationship type brainstorming
  9. BookBrainz: Starting to tidy up the data model (https://community.metabrainz.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-an-edition-and-a-publication/173408)

Things to forget

  1. Napkins
  2. Not chocolate

Schedule of Events

Summit Schedule of Events this year:

  1. Thursday September 28th
    1. Misc day (was team meeting day, but Rob will be in London)
    2. Begin eating gelato
  2. Friday September 29th
    1. Overflow / Arrival day
    2. BBQ Quesito's terrace
  3. Saturday September 30th
    1. State of the Brainz
      1. Each project lead presents 'state of project'
    2. Agenda creation
    3. More gelato
    4. MetaBrainz dinner 20H at Copasetic
  4. Sunday October 1st
    1. Continuation of agenda items
    2. Pizza night
  5. Monday October 2nd
    1. Eat more gelato
    2. Proposed social event: Irish Music

Attendees

Summit attendees this year. Sign up for summit lodgings is now closed!

Arrival date Arrival transport Departure date Departure transport Lodging Food Preference
Freso Lives in BCN - - - No Vegetarian (with lots of ice cream/gelato, kthxbai ❤️).
Alastairp Lives in BCN - - - No No special requirements
Quesito Lives in BCN - - - No Todo
Ruaok Lives in BCN - - - No Yes
Zas 2017-09-26 16:10 EZY4417 2017-10-02 16:05 EZY4418 Yes (at rob's) Jamón ibérico y tapas
iliekcomputers 2017-09-26 08:50 LX147 - LX1952 2017-10-03 09:45 LX1953 - LX146 Yes will eat anything other than beef
samj1912 2017-09-26 12:35 KLM872 - KLM 1671 2017-10-03 06:00 VY8010 Yes Lacto-Vegetarian
chhavi_ 2017-09-26 12:35 KLM872 - KLM 1671 2017-10-03 06:00 VY8010 Yes Anything
ferbncode 2017-09-26 15:40 SU233 - SU2514 2017-10-02 20:00 SU2513 - SU234 Yes Vegetarian
Reosarevok 2017-09-27 16:10 BT683 2017-10-03 17:10 BT684 Yes Lots
Leftmost "The Other" Cat 2017-09-28 08:55 (UA 8682) Plane/Dinghy 2017-10-04 ??? (Traveling) / 2017-10-11 09:10 (LH 1809) Plane/Pine box Yes Delicious
LordSputnik 2017-09-28 17:25 Plane (EZY8575) 2017-10-02 18:00 Plane (EZY8580) Yes If it tastes good, I'll eat it
Leo Verto 2017-09-27 12:30 Plane (FR 129) 2017-10-03 06:25 Plane (FR 128) Yes Everything
yvanzo 2017-09-26 10:40 Plane (VY 2975) 2017-10-03 On the Road Again Yes
Bitmap 2017-09-27 20:30 Plane 2017-10-03 10:10 Plane Yes Vegetarian
loujine 2017-09-29 04:50 Plane (VY8561) 2017-10-02 19:25 Plane (VY8560) Yes
Mineo 2017-09-28 13:05 Plane (LH 1130) 2017-10-02 20:00 Plane (SWISS 1957) Yes

Lodgings

Lodging counts per night:

date needed plan to have
Sept 26 6 7
Sept 27 8 8
Sept 28 11 13
Sept 29 12 13
Sept 30 12 13
Oct 1 12 13
Oct 2 6 6
Name Number of people Number of rooms Number of beds check-in check-out notes
AirBnB "Penthouse" 6 3 6 26 September 3 October
AirBnB "Living Apartment" 6 3 4 28 September 2 October
AirBnB "Lovely in Born" 2 ? 2 28 September 2 October To be booked soon
Rob's guest room 1/2 1 1/2 - - zas 26th - 2nd, leftmost 2nd-4th, reo on couch 27th, 2nd-3rd

Travel

Very important: Barcelona is a very safe city, save for pick-pockets. Once you leave your plane/train, make sure your wallet/passport/laptop is secured! Ideally important things will be under two zippers or better. Never walk with a wallet in your back pocket, unless it is secured. Keep backpacks on the front of you, as a master pickpocket-er can empty your backpack while you're walking.


Getting Around:

Metro and Buses: In any metro station you can buy tickets which are valid on the bus system, metro, and commuter trains within the Barcelona city limits. Buy a T-10 ticket, which will give you 10 trips for about 10€. Ignore any message about not being able to use the tickets to go to the airport. Insert the ticket in a reader at a metro turnstile or when entering a bus. You can transfer from one mode of transport to another (e.g. metro to bus or between two buses) for free within 75 minutes of the first time you use your ticket. Make sure you swipe again when you enter the new transport. Even multiple people are allowed to travel on the same card -- you just need to pass the card backward so the next person can pass through the turnstile. If you travel with others on the same card, make sure to stay together in case you encounter a ticket inspector. The fee for getting caught for a ticket mishap is 100€.

More information on TMB

View Metro Map

Taxi: Barcelona does not use Uber, it's unnecessary. The taxi system here is clean and quite nice, and of course has an app. Most of the cars are also electric and you can pay within the app as well.

Download the app or for more info: mytaxi


Navigation: Google maps has pretty good public transit directions. You can also use Citymapper

Arriving by train

If you arrive at Barcelona Sants, you can take the Rodalies train from platform 8 all the way to Arc de Triomf, which is where the office and AirBnBs are.

Arriving by plane

If you arrive into the BCN airport either Terminal 1 or Terminal 2, follow the signs to the buses, taxis, or metro.

If you want to take the Aerobus: look for the light blue Aerobus. 5.90€ one way or 10.20€ round-trip this is the fastest and easiest way to get to into the city. The bus has free (slow) WiFi and a place to charge your phone! To make things easier, purchase and print your Aerobus tickets ahead of time. Take the aerobus to Plaça España, the first stop. From there, transfer to the Metro line L1 (red) and take it a few stops to Arc de Triomf. See above for tips on how to use the metro.

If you want to take a regular city bus: the one way cost is 2.50€ and the route ends at Plaça España, via Bus #46. It leaves from the bus area every 15-20 minutes, between 5am-Midnight.

If you want to take the metro: the L9 leaves from both T1 and T2. Transfer to the Red Line (L1) at Torrassa, and proceed to take the L1 till Arc de Triomf.

If you want to walk: we don't recommend it.

Emergency Phone Numbers

112 ALL general emergencies 061 Medical Emergencies 080 Fire Emergencies 088 Police (Mossos d'Esquadra) 092 Local Police 091 National Police 062 Civil Guard

Other Useful Phone Numbers